Mock Caldecott Contenders

Week 6

Interpretation

How the words and pictures go together

  • The mood of the pictures should match the story

  • Illustrations should include details that add more to the story

  • The illustrations should interact with the words so that together they make the book special

Think about how the illustrations bring meaning to the stories!!

Outside In.mp4

Outside In

Written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Cindy Derby

Copy of Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story.webm

Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story

Written by Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Jonathan Voss

Activities

Write Your Own Haiku

Whoo-Ku Haiku author Maria Gianferrari invites you to try writing your own haiku about an animal - or even a series of haikus to make a story! Directions here. Share your poem with Ms. Reid (anne_reid@psbma.org) to have it posted.


Go Exploring

Get outside! Look up! Look down! There's a lot to see in the woods!
Some ideas:

  1. Go for a walk in one of Brookline's nature sanctuaries

  2. Complete a Quest or Nature Bingo at Boston Nature Center & Wildlife Sanctuary

Take a picture of something you notice in the woods, and send it to Ms. Gonyer (dominique_gonyer@psbma.org) to have it posted.

Bonus Material

Illustrator Cindy Derby

Outside In illustrator Cindy Derby uses watercolor, charcoal, Inktense pencils, and India ink to create her illustrations. Watch the videos on her website to see her create artwork, including Outside In illustrations.

Online Drawing Lesson for Kids

This YouTube channel, Art for Kids Hub, has a lot of great step-by-step videos that can help you learn how to draw something new!

Drawing Tips from children's book illustrator Ed Emberley

Everyone can learn to draw! Massachusetts native Ed Emberley wrote a series of drawing books, and illustrated dozens more. He also won the Caldecott award in 1968. Borrow his books from the Brookline Public Library or the Boston Public Library.

Whoo-Knows About Great Horned Owls?

Visit All About Birds website to learn more about Great Horned Owls, then watch the videos from bird cams to see owlets develop over 5 weeks. Can you spot anything the owls do in these videos that our owls did in Whoo-Ku Haiku?

All About Birds

Learn all about Great Horned Owls from the Cornell Lab.

February 7

Great Horned Owl brings food for two owlets

March 13

Mom Sees A Threat

March 25

Branching/Fledging Owlets