Make Way for Ducklings

The Orbis Pictus Award is the most prestigious award given to authors that successfully create a nonfiction book for children. The authors are celebrated with this award if their work meets a certain set of criterion – accuracy (of the person/event they focus on), style (interesting and stimulating writing), organization, design (attractive details), and usefulness in the classroom – and only one author is honored with the award each year. The book must be written with the purpose of sharing information in a way that children would find interesting, thus the criteria that it be in book format versus a textbook layout. Knowing the five criterions, I explored six Orbis Pictus Award winning books from past years and focused on the elements…

What elements of the illustrations make it worthy of a Caldecott award or honor? What distinguishes these illustrations? Consider the design and layout of the book, visual elements, use of space, media, perspective, and style. Elizabeth, Queen of the Sea, deserve to receive the honor of having Caldecott because of the skillful way the illustrator Brian Floca was able to add small visual details that further enhanced the quality of the story. Using pen-and-ink and water colors Brian Floca…

Back in 2010 The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Award by the ALSC for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. When the ALSC decides what book will be the receiver of the Caldecott Award there are quite a few factors that go into their decision making process. Their website shows all of these factors, but the main ones to be focused on are that the publisher/artist must be an American citizen and that their illustrations be original. As far…

The 1964 winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal was Where The Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. This award is given to a deserving artist who is a United States citizen or resident of America and has crafted an engaging and compelling picture book for children. Where The Wild Things Are is considered a classic work for both its illustrations and story. I agree that Where The Wild Things Are was deserving of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for numerous reasons. The artwork…

The Caldecott Medal is an award in honor of the nineteenth- century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children. This Caldecott Medal is granted to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The picture book, which is chosen by a prestigious panel of judges must be visually appealing to the eye while providing effortless understanding of the plot without using diction. The Snowy Day was written…

When baby animals such as ducklings are born, they begin to identify and follow their mother around through a process called imprinting. Scientists say a duckling can imprint on its mother in as little as 15 minutes after it is hatched. Once imprinting has occurred, the duckling can follow any object, be it the mother duck or any animal, provided that it sees the object within the typical "sensitive period." the study found that ducklings are capable of abstract thought. This newly discovered…

The story begins as Mr. and Mrs. Mallard fly over various potential locations to start a family. Each time Mr. Mallard selects a location, Mrs. Mallard finds something wrong with it. The mallards continue their search, flying over Boston landmarks and they find the Charles River. From this island, the mallards visit a policeman named Michael on the shore, who feeds them peanuts every day. Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Mallard hatches eight ducklings named Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack,…

self-worth. One of the themes of the story was Tragedy. All her life Adeline was suffering, her life was miserable, few people loved her and her family despised her. Through this hardship, she was able to build a strong character that never gave up. An event in the novel that represented tragedy was when her beloved pet duckling was cruelly murdered. PLT or precious little treasure was the name of her cherished duckling. PLT symbolised Adeline's heart. When her duckling was eaten into pieces…

him…”(Twain81). Tom is always lonely and he tried to make friends but it didn't work out, not because of him but because of others,by this people can tell that Tom doesn’t fit in. Comparable to the way Tom was looked at, the duck that hatched last in the story “The Ugly Duckling” was looked at differently than everyone else. “‘It’s a very large duckling,” said she; “none of the others look like that. Can it really be a turkey chick?Yes, but it’s too large and peculiar,” said the Duck who had…

and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that¨ (Soledad O'Brien). The journey and ways you apply yourself is a big part of why your journey is what it is and why it is as important or similar as the destination. This is shown in The Odyssey, ¨The ugly duckling¨, and to me as a personal experience. This topic clearly shows ¨The Odyssey¨ when Odysseus was sent to other land because of the mistakes made by his crew.…