caldecott medal

Provides annotations of all the Newbery and Caldecott award books, cited for excellence in children's literature and illustration from 1922 to 2010.

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Offers librarians and teachers easy-to-follow lessons based on Caldecott award-winning books that help students develop and improve their literacy and writing skills.

Presents the Caledcott Medal-winning story, "The Snowy Day," in which a little boy who lives in the city spends an exciting day playing in the new-fallen snow; and includes three additional Caldecott Honor books.

Presents nearly seventy activity plans designed for elementary language arts classes and linked to specific published stories.

Presents three Caldecott-honored books--Tomie DePaola's "Strega Nona," William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," and Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings"--in English and Spanish, and includes subtitle options in both languages and an on-screen learning guide for each story.

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.