And OUR Caldecott Winner Is ...

The American Library Association awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist of "the most distinguished American picture book for children." This year, kindergartners and first-graders chose a title for the Oak Lawn Mock Caldecott by an illustrator who has ALA honor in the past: Jon Klassen. Our book? The Rock from the Sky.

Here are some reasons the kids voted for it:

NOTE: I asked for clarification on this comment ... the student appreciated that Klassen did so much with so little ... it's the same basic landscape with the same characters, but he made it fun.