Survivor Tree, written by Marcie Colleen and illustrated by Caldecott Honored illustrator Aaron Becker, is the fifth and final book up for consideration in our 2022 OPS Picture Book Awards. This beautiful picture book tells the story of the resilient pear tree that survived the devastating tragedy of September 11th, 2001, and still grows on the site of the former Twin Towers to this day. Marcie Colleen's simple text and Aaron Becker's use of nature's cycle of colors provides young readers with a moving story about how hope and healing can follow a tragedy. To take a quick look at this uplifting story of resilience please watch this video:
Survivor Tree is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Illustrations, Best Message, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Thursday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 4th. To check out a copy please visit the Oradell Public Library's BCCL's system.
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Keeping the City Going by Caldecott Medal winning author/illustrator Brian Floca is the fourth book up for consideration in our 2022 OPS Picture Book Awards. Created during the lockdown that occurred in New York City at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Keeping the City Going is a tribute to healthcare and other essential workers who stayed on the streets and on the job despite the risk of infection. Written from the perspective of a young child and featuring a mix of detailed watercolor, ink, acrylic, and gouache illustrations, the book is an evocative reminder of the sacrifice many people made to keep New York City going during this difficult period. To enjoy this beautiful picture book, please watch this animated read aloud of Keeping the City Going by Brian Floca:
Keeping the City Going is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Illustrations, Best Message, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Thursday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 4th. To check out a copy please visit the Oradell Public Library's BCCLS system.
The next nominated book we would like to spotlight in our 2022 OPS Picture Book Awards is Someone Builds The Dream by Lisa Wheeler with illustrations by Loren Long. In this inspiring picture book, Lisa Wheeler pays tribute to the hard working men and women of the building trades. With illustrations by Loren Long inspired by the WPA murals of the great depression, Someone Builds The Dream is a thank you to American workers whose labor, team work, and dedication to their craft is often forgotten when we consider what they have built. Watch Lisa Wheeler and Loren Long discuss their inspiration for Someone Builds The Dream.
Someone Builds The Dream is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Illustrations, Best Message, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Thursday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 4th. To check out a copy visit the Oradell Public Library's BCCLS system.
This week in the OPS Library we continue our consideration of another nominated book in our 2022 OPS Picture Book Awards, Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel. Brendan's latest picture book, Inside Cat, is a fun and fascinating look at a cat whose inquisitive nature opens up a whole new world beyond the walls and windows of his home. Brendan's mix of drawings and collage create a feast for the eyes and allow the reader to follow along with the cat as he wanders from room to room discovering new sensations and encountering a host of surprises along the way. Brendan is an accomplished author/illustrator, whose previous book They All Saw A Cat was a Caldecott Honor book. To find out more about Brendan's creative process and watch him demonstrate how to draw Inside Cat, please watch this video.
Inside Cat is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Illustrations, Best Message, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Thursday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 4th. To check out a copy of Inside Cat, please visit the Oradell Public Library's BCCLS system.
We are very excited to kick off the first week of our second annual OPS Picture Book Awards, an event where our OPS reading community is given the opportunity to recognize some of the best picture books from the previous year.
Our students will be reading, analyzing, and considering five picture books selected by our award committee, which is made up of myself, OPS Principal Michelle Hawley, and our Director of Curriculum Amy Brancato. Each of the five books will be read aloud and discussed with our OPS students, who will then have an opportunity to vote on which book(s) will be awarded with one of three awards: Best Illustrations, Best Message, and Best Overall picture book. The winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 4th as the culmination of our Read Across America festivities. The first book our students will consider is Be A Tree! by Maria Gianferrari with illustrations by Felicita Sala. To find out more about the inspiration behind Be A Tree! and to see how Felicita Sala created some of it's illustrations, please watch the video below. |
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