Howe-Mannicott Award Contenders

The American Library Association will be announcing the much anticipated winners of the ALA Youth Media Awards on Monday, February 2nd.  These prestigious awards include the Randolph Caldecott Medal awarded to an American illustrator of a children's picture book with the "most distinguished" illustrations.

The Howe-Manning will participate in a Mock Caldecott event by which students will examine a variety of picture books published in 2014.  Students will rate the books based on various criteria and will then vote for the picture book they feel is most deserving of the Howe-Mannicott Award!

Click on the links below to view book trailers for some of the contenders!

FLASHLIGHT By Lizi Boyd - Animated Trailer

IVAN Book Trailer -- The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla

 

BEEKLE

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett






 

Quest by Aaron Becker Book Trailer

FLORA AND THE PENGUIN By Molly Idle - Animated Trailer

 Little Elliot Big City by Mike Curato

Shark Attacks Seal—Time Lapse Drawing Video—NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS

Louise Loves Art Book Trailer

Baby Bear by Kadir Nelson

Holiday Scholastic Book Fair

 Thank you for supporting the library with your Scholastic Book Fair purchases!  A very special thank you goes out to the parent volunteers who helped to make this event a great success!

  

Database of the Month: Trueflix by Scholastic

TrueFlix is an online collection of over 80 nonfiction e-books that focuses on engaging subject-area content in science and social studies for students spanning grades 3-6. Each of the TrueFlix subject areas leverages the award-winning True Books content to help students hone literacy skills, build knowledge of subject-area content, and cultivate 21^st Century skills through the inquiry process. Embedded videos, images, and additional web resources and activities assist beginning researchers to plan, manage, and complete projects and assignments.  The books also include an optional read-aloud feature!  The TrueFlix database offers simultaneous 24-7 access and can be accessed anywhere from home or school!

You may access the TrueFlix database from a few places:

• Click on the Links Tab on The Library Catalog
• Click on Online Databases from my School Specialist Webpage
• Click on the Online Databases Tab at the top of this blog!

Please contact Mrs. Reusch for Username and Password information.