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 Horn Book Language Arts: him to bed without Fanfare Easy, Pictures supper and he Grades: K-3 imagines himself in a New York Fiction faraway land as king. 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 2 The Stinky Cheese Man and Jon Scieszka Jon Scieszka The New York Compare/Contrast Other Fairly Stupid Tales(Honor) provides an Times Best fairy tales; elements entertaining look at Illustrated of fairy tales, writing some of the more Book Award process skills, oral popular fairy tales. reading, Picture His new millennium Children’s book, fact/opinion; slant allows children Book Award: grades 4-8 of all ages to tap into Shortlist their imaginations as they read about how the fairy tales are non-traditional 3 Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe The story of two Coretta Scott Fairy tales/folk tales; (Honor) beautiful daughters King writing process; being considered to (illustrations) Picture book, grades be married to a king. 2-6 The good daughter Reading wins out in the end, Rainbow Book but not before the evil sister sets out to win Boston Globe- the king’s affections Horn Book at all costs. Award

ALA Notable Children’s Book

Horn Book Fanfare Award

Parent’s Choice Silver Honor

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 American Social Studies that describes the life Book Award connection, The and times of an Honor Book Great Depression, African-American race relations-Jim family trying to ALA Notable Crow laws, survive the Book characterization, turbulence of race writing process, relations and the Boston Globe- rural south, Great Depression Horn Book friendship, family; while living in the Award Honor grades 4-8 rural south, as told Book through the eyes of 10 year old Cassie Jane Addams Logan Book Award: Children’s Books that Build for Peace

George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books for Recognition of Merit Award

Coretta Scott King Award (honor)

Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award 5 The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Christopher First person account Coretta Scott The Civil Rights 1963 (Honor) Paul Curtis of a young boy’s King Award Movement, writing understanding of the (honor) process, Birmingham street characterization, bombing and other Publisher’s friendship, death, coming of age issues Weekly Best grief, when he and his Book of the compare/contrast; family take a trip Year grades 4-6 down south in the 1960’s New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year

ALA Notable Children’s Book

Horn Book Fanfare

Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book

IRA Young Adult Choice

ALA Top 10 Best Book/Quick Pick

A New York Times Top 100 Books of the Year 6 Moon Over Manifest By Clare 12 year old Abiline on Spur Award for Historical fiction, Vanderpool a western adventure Best Western World War I, The in Kansas during Juvenile Great Depression, World War I and the Fiction US Depression with a History/Geography, little mystery thrown writing process, in. 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 Scott O’Dell Southern history, series of books that Award for the Civil War, describes how the Historical characterization, Logan family Fiction friendship, race acquired hundreds of relations, family; acres of land during grades 6-9 the Civil War era in the south 8 Elijah of Buxton Christopher Elijah learns a great Newbery Canadian History; Paul Curtis deal about being free Honor Book slavery, race (and never a slave) relations, family, as he learns first School Library friendship; grades 5- hand why his parents Journal Best 8 fought so hard to not Book be enslaved. Parent’s Choice Gold Award Winner

IRA Notable Book for a Global Society

Publisher’s Weekly Best Book

A Booklist Editor’s Choice

Scott O’Dell Award Winner

Kirkus Best Book

A Hornbook Fanfare Book

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book

Canadian Library Association Book of the Year

A Red Maple Award Nominee 9 One Crazy Summer By Rita A child’s-eye view of Scott O’Dell Historical fiction, Williams-Garcia the Black Panther Award for friendship, family; movement within a Historical grades 7-12 powerful and Fiction affecting story of sisterhood and National Book motherhood. Award Finalist Michael Printz Award Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection 10 Monster Walter Dean An African-American Coretta Scott Realistic fiction, rules, Myers teenager’s written King (honor) conflict, documentary of characterization;Grades being jailed for ALA Best 7 and up murder Book for Young Adults

ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Kentucky Bluegrass Award 11 Lizzie Bright and the Gary Schmidt Turner Buckminster New York Friendship, conflict, Buckminster’s Boy (honor) and Lizzie Bright Times Best environmental science, become friends and Seller coastal Maine, try to save her slave historical fiction; founded community ALA Notable Grades 6-8 from being converted Children’s into a tourist spot Book

ALA Best Book for Young Adults

Newbery Honor Book

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Kirkus Editor’s Choice 12 Jellicoe Road By Melinda Abandoned at 11 ALA Best Writing process, Marchetta and now 17, Taylor Book for characterization; trying to put together Young Adults Grades 8-12 the pieces of her past to save her Kirkus future. Reviews Best Young Adult Book

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

USBBY Outstanding International Book 2009

Pura Belpre Award Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection 15 Baseball in April and Other Gary Soto Various stories are George G. Multi-cultural focus, Stories told from the Stone Center writing process, perspective of for Children’s characterization; Hispanic teenagers in Books grades 7-9 this collection of short Recognition of stories Merit Award 16 Parrot in the Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez Fourteen year old National Book Characterization, Manny Hernandez Award for friendship, family wants to belong even Young relations, conflict; if it means being in a People’s grades 8 and up gang to get the Literature respect he feels he deserves; his dad thinks his family is pennies… Carnegie Award Videos Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection 17 “March On! The Day My Weston Woods Dr. King’s sisters Non-fiction, Civil Brother Martin Changed the Studios, producers account of the 1963 Rights Movement, World” of "March On! The March on family, writing Day My Brother Washington. process; grades 4-6 Martin Changed the World” Author Christine King Farris

18 “The Dot” FableVision/Weston Vashti learns that Oppenheimer Art education, Woods Studios, she can be an Platinum Toy conflict, freedom, Paul Gagne and inspiration to herself Award (2004) writing process; Melissa Reilly and others if and grades K-6 when she puts her Best Book of mind to it. There is the Year: Most so much power in a Inspirational little dot… The Christopher Award

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 Mythology, discovers he is half- 2005 School Fantasy/Fiction, God and that may be Library Journal characterization, the cause for his Best Book conflict; grades 4-7 ADHD diagnosis. His discovery takes him 2005 New on the journey of a York Times lifetime. 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 20 Flush Carl Hiaasen Noah believes the New York Characterization, casino boat is Times Notable realistic fiction, flushing raw sewage Book environmental into the harbor and science, character sets out to prove it. National education; grades 5- Parenting 8 Publications Award

Disney Adventures Book Award

ALA Best Book for Young Adults

ALA Notable Children’s Book

ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 21 Measle and the Wrathmonk Ian Ogilvy Adventures of Ten- Fantasy, Fiction, year-old orphan family; Measle Stubbs characterization; whose guardian Basil grades 3-6 Tramplebone casts a spell that shrinks Measle.

Additional materials Item # Title Author/Producer/Date Brief Summary Additional Awards Why/Curr Connection 22 Forever Judy Blume Katherine and Margaret A. Realistic fiction, Michael fall in love in Edwards friendship, love, high school. trust; Grades 9-12 23 The Giver Lois Lowry Jonas questions the Margaret A. Freedom, rules imposed on his Edwards rules/social order, village by the elders conformity, conflict, until he comes to Newbery adult-child understand that Award relationships; fiction; freedom is what his grades 6-9 spirit needs Boston Globe- Horn Book Award (honor)

ALA Best Book for Young Adults

ALA Notable Children’s Book 24 Charlotte’s Web E. B. White A pig and a spider Laura Ingalls Friendship, death, become best friends Wilder life, family; realistic and share their fiction, grades 2-6 special bond with Newbery other farm animals Award while living in a barn Horn Book Fanfare

Massachusetts Children’s Book Award 25 The Cat in the Hat Theodor Geisel Rhyme, mischief and Laura Ingalls Friendship, siblings, (Dr. Seuss) fun on a rainy day. Wilder rules, poetry/rhyme, The cat cleans up the easy reading; mess he makes grades K-3 before mom gets home.