Read Around the World!

I saw your face
by Kwame Senu Neville Dawes
A poem and portraits of children illustrate the shared beauty and heritage of people of African descent living throughout the world.
J 811.54 DAW

The little penguin
By Audrey Wood
A newly hatched Emperor penguin wants more than anything to look like his tall, strong father. But when his own fluffy gray feathers start to fall out, Little Penguin is sure his wish will never come true. It takes a long ocean journey and some gentle words of wisdom from his mother before he realizes that he has become what he most wanted to be after all. Nature lovers of all ages will delight in the captivating illustrations and the reassuring story about growing up. On every page, lavish embossing illuminates the frosty beauty of the Antarctic setting and adds intriguing texture to the feathers and footprints of the creatures that live there.
E WO

Nikolai, the only bear
Joosse, Barbara M.
Nikolai, a bear who lives in the orphanage in Novosibirsk, Russia, does not seem to fit in until the day some visitors arrive from America.
E JO

Are we there yet? : a journey around Australia
Lester, Alison
Join Grace and her family on a year of adventure as they hit the road, camping, experiencing, and meeting all the people and places that make up Australia. Based on author Alison Lester's real life travels.
E LE

The miraculous tale of the two Maries
Wells, Rosemary
J 232.92 WEL

The pot that Juan Built
Andrews-Goebel, Nancy
Juan Quezada creates pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people. This real-life story relays how Juan's pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community.
E AN

Jabuti the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon
McDermott, Gerald
All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
J 398.2 MCD



Author's Corner

Meet David Wiesner

The 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 2007 Caldecott Medal Winner is Flotsam by David Wiesner. Flotsam is a cinematic unfolding of discovery. A vintage camera washed up on the beach provides a young boy with a surprising view of fantastical images from the bottom of the sea. From fish-eye to lens-eye, readers see a frame-by-frame narrative of lush marinescapes ebbing and flowing from the real to the surreal.

This is not Weisner's first Caldecott Medal. He won in 2002 for The Three Pigs and in 1992 for Tuesday. He also received two Caldecott Honor Awards, Sector 7 in 2000 and Free Fall in 1989.

The 2007 Caldecott Honor Awards went to Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford.