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The twelve pockets in Caldecott Winners, Grades 1-3 extend the literature connection through creative writing and exciting art projects. The first pocket introduces students to Randolph Caldecott and the history the Caldecott Medal.
Each of the succeeding 11 pockets features:
- a medal-winning illustrator
- a biography of the illustrator
- complete writing projects
- art projects
The Illustrators studied are:
- Barbara Cooney—Ox-Cart Man
- Ezra Jack Keats—The Snowy Day
- Maurice Sendak—Where the Wild Things Are
- David Wiesner—Tuesday
- Simms Taback—Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
- Nonny Hogrogian—Always Room for One More
- Peggy Rathman—Officer Buckle and Gloria
- Stephen Gammell—Song and Dance Man
- John Schoenherr—Owl Moon
- Leo and Diane Dillon—Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
- Gerald McDermott—Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
