The Caldecott Medal is awarded each year to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The award was named in honor of nineteenth century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.

The Caldecott KidsReading program at Eddins Elementary is for students in Kindergarten through Second Grade. The purpose of the program is to encourage children to read award-winning books and appreciate different kinds of literature.

In order to become "crowned" a Caldecott Kid, each student must read 25 Caldecott winners. The books may either be the Award winners or the Honor winners. Students must keep a reading log of the award winning Caldecott books read or that have been read to them by a parent or teacher. After 25 Caldecott winning books have been read, students will turn in their log to Mrs. Perret in the Eddins Learning Commons.

We will "crown" students as a Caldecott Kid and they will get a special gold crown as well as recognition on morning announcements. We will also take their picture and put it up on our Learning Commons bulletin board for display. Students get to wear their crowns every Friday.

(Click the crown above for a Caldecott Log Sheet)

Students may continue to read Caldecott books after the first 25 are completed. After receiving a crown, for every 15 books read and recorded on a Jewel Log Sheet, students can earn either one large jewel or 3 smaller jewels for their crown.

(Click on the crown below for a Jewel Log Sheet)

Please send Mrs. Perret an email if you have questions. (pperret@mckinneyisd.net)