Instructions for the Media Log Assignment Your Name: Letitia Green

For each of the award categories listed below, review at least two items. For the remaining items select a variety of formats-- print, audio, video, kits, 3-D items, etc. Review additional award categories at: http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm

As you complete your Materials Order assignments and the Media Review assignments, you may wish to include those items in the log. Additional rows may be added for resources desired beyond the 25 required titles.

Caldecott Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

1 / Where The Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak / Max’s mother sends him to bed without supper and he imagines himself in a faraway land as king. / Horn Book Fanfare
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Reading Rainbow Book
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Library of Congress Children’s Books
New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award / Language Arts: Easy, Pictures
Grades: K-3
Fiction
2 / The Stinky Cheese Man (Honor) / Jon Scieszka / Jon Scieszka provides an entertaining look at some of the more popular fairy tales. His new millennium slant allows children of all ages to tap into their imaginations as they read about how the fairy tales are non-traditional / Compare/Contrast fairy tales; elements of fairy tales, writing process skills, oral reading, Picture book, fact/opinion; grades 4-8
3 / Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (Honor) / Coretta Scott King (illustrations) / Fairy tales/folk tales; writing process; Picture book, grades 2-6

Newbery Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

4 / Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred Taylor / The first in a trilogy that describes the life and times of an African-American family trying to survive the turbulence of race relations and the Great Depression while living in the rural south, as told through the eyes of 10 year old Cassie Logan / Social Studies connection, The Great Depression, race relations-Jim Crow laws, characterization, writing process, rural south, friendship, family; grades 4-8
5 / The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 (Honor) / Christopher Paul Curtis / First person account of a young boy’s understanding of the Birmingham street bombing and other coming of age issues when he and his family take a trip down south in the 1960’s / Coretta Scott King Award / The Civil Rights Movement, writing process, characterization, friendship, death, grief, compare/contrast; grades 4-6
6 / Moon Over Manifest / By Clare Vanderpool / 12 year old Abiline on a western adventure in Kansas during World War I and the Depression with a little mystery thrown in. / Historical fiction, World War I, The Great Depression, US History/Geography, writing process, characterization; grades 6-8

Coretta Scott King Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

7 / The Land / Mildred Taylor / The first novel in a series of books that describes how the Logan family acquired hundreds of acres of land during the Civil War era in the south / Southern history, the Civil War, characterization, friendship, race relations, family; grades 6-9
8 / Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis / Elijah learns a great deal about being free (and never a slave) as he learns first hand why his parents fought so hard to not be enslaved. / Canadian History; slavery, race relations, family, friendship; grades 5-8
9 / One Crazy Summer / By Rita Williams-Garcia / A child’s-eye view of the Black Panther movement within a powerful and affecting story of sisterhood and motherhood. / Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
National Book Award Finalist / Historical fiction, friendship, family; grades 7-12

Michael Printz Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

10 / Monster / Walter Dean Myers / An African-American teenager’s written documentary of being jailed for murder / Realistic fiction, rules, conflict, characterization;Grades 7 and up
11 / Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster’s / Gary Schmidt / Grades 6-8
12 / Jellicoe Road / By Melinda Marchetta / Abandoned at 11 and now 17, Taylor trying to put together the pieces of her past to save her future. / ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book / Writing process, characterization; Grades 8-12

Batchelder Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

13 / Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books for A Time of Miracles / By Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maude
First published in French in 2009
Winner 2011 / Young refugee boy’s quest for identity, safety and truth in war torn Caucasus over a 5 year period. / Writing process, characterization, Historical fiction; grades 8-12
14 / Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit / By Nahoko Uehashi translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano
Winner 2009 / Balsa, martial arts expert on a quest to redeem lives lost for her sake. / Indie Bound Kids’ Next List, Fall 2008
ALA Notable Children's Book, 2009
USBBY Outstanding International Book 2009 / Japanese history, Asian/Japanese culture, writing process; grades 7-10

Pura Belpre Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

15 / Baseball in April and Other Stories / Gary Soto / Various stories are told from the perspective of Hispanic teenagers in this collection of short stories / Multi-cultural focus, writing process, characterization; grades 7-9
16 / Parrot in the Oven, Mi Vida / Victor Martinez / Characterization, friendship, family relations; grades 8 and up

Carnegie Award Videos

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

17 / “March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World” / Weston Woods Studios, producers of "March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World”
Author Christine King Farris / Dr. King’s sisters account of the 1963 March on Washington. / Non-fiction, Civil Rights Movement, family, writing process; grades 4-6
18 / “The Dot” / Vashti learns that she can be an inspiration to herself and others if and when she puts her mind to it. There is so much power in a little dot… / Art education, conflict, freedom, writing process; grades K-6

Georgia Children’s Book Award

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

19 / The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan / Percy Jackson discovers he is half-God and that may be the cause for his ADHD diagnosis. His discovery takes him on the journey of a lifetime. / 2005 School Library Journal Best Book
2005 New York Times Notable Book
2005 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book List
2005 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction List
2005 ALA Notable Book
2005 YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
2006 Red House Children's Book Award Winner (UK)
2006 Notable Children's Book, National Council for Teachers of English
2006 Askews Torchlight Award (UK)
2006 CCBC Choice Award
Cooperative Children's Book Center / Mythology, Fantasy/Fiction, characterization, conflict; grades 4-7
20 / Flush / Carl Hiaasen / Noah believes the casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor and sets out to prove it. / Characterization, realistic fiction, environmental science, character education; grades 5-8
21 / Measle and the Wrathmonk / Ian Ogilvy / Adventures of Ten-year-old orphan Measle Stubbs whose guardian Basil Tramplebone casts a spell that shrinks Measle. / Fantasy, Fiction, family, characterization

Additional materials

Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection

22 / Forever / Judy Blume / Katherine and Michael fall in love in high school. / Margaret A. Edwards / Realistic fiction, friendship, love, trust; Grades 9-12
23 / The Giver / Lois Lowry / Jonas questions the rules imposed on his village by the elders until he comes to understand that freedom is what his spirit needs / Margaret A. Edwards
Newbery Award / Freedom, rules/social order, conformity, conflict, adult-child relationships; fiction; grades 6-9
24 / Charlotte’s Web / E. B. White / A pig and a spider become best friends and share their special bond with other farm animals while living in a barn / Laura Ingalls Wilder
Newbery Award / Friendship, death, life, family; realistic fiction, grades 2-6
25 / The Cat in the Hat / Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) / Rhyme, mischief and fun on a rainy day / Laura Ingalls Wilder / Friendship, siblings, rules, poetry/rhyme, easy reading; grades K-3