We want to read awarded books! Lower Elementary Options Summer 2021

A curated list of books from Ms. Adair for students and families seeking books with a variety of characters. Most books on this list have won awards within the following categories: Randolph Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Schneider Family Award, & Sibert Award. Please see the second page for a description of the listed awards and additional resources.

Rescue & Jessica The Undefeated Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

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partnership, a heartening A poem to inspire, of the powerful women in story of love and encourage, and pay her life, a young girl recog- teamwork between a girl tribute to black nizes her own beauty and Americans of all discovers a path to By: Jessica Kensky and her service dog will By: Kwame Alexander occupations in past By: Joanna Ho self-love and & Patrick Downes illuminate & motivate. F&P: S empowerment. F&P: L years.

We Are Grateful Otsaliheliga Manjhi Moves a Mountain Six Dots: A Story of Young The true story of Dashrath Louis Braille A gracious, warm, and Manjhi who used a A look at the childhood loving celebration of hammer, chisel, grit, of Louis Braille, and his community determination, and 20 creation of the Braille and gratitude. years to carve a path that writing system for the By: Traci Sorell would help the people in By: Nancy Churnin By: Jen Bryant blind. his village obtain essential F&P: N F&P: R resources.

Me & Mama Story Boat Milo Imagines the World Milo is on a long subway With lyrical prose and a As a family of refugees ride. So to pass the time, he tender touch, Mama and Me flee to a new home, they studies the faces around him is an ode to the strength of must learn to find and imagines their lives. But the bond between a mother comfort and hope in the when a passenger gets off at and her child. the same stop as Milo, he simplest of objects. By: Matt de la Pena By: Cozbi A. Cabrera By: Kyo Maclear realizes you can’t F&P: L really know anyone just by looking at them.

Fauja Singh Keeps Going The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince Born with legs that would not allow him to play, The story of a young Native and his Orchestra Fauja never stopped American girl devoted to the A brief recounting of the trying. At the age of 81, he care of her tribe's horses. career of this jazz musician ran his first marathon and Her people notice her and composer who, along reminds us that it's where special way with the horses, with his orchestra, created By: Simran Jeet we start and how we finish and she eventually becomes By: Andrea Davis music that was beyond Singh By: Paul Goble one of them to forever run Pinkney category. F&P: L that make our journeys F&P: N unforgettable. free. F&P: Q We want to know about the awards!

The Randolph Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The first award was given in 1938 and continues to host beautifully crafted illustrations to this day.

Link to previous winners: https://alsc-awards-shelf.org/directory/results?booklist=6

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present

The Schneider Family Book Awards

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/1/all_years

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois.

Link to previous winners: https://alsc-awards-shelf.org/directory/results?q=sibert&page=1