We choose authors who write high-quality literature for children and who create beautiful illustrations.  Here are the authors we’ve studied this year! 

1.  Mo Willems is a three-time Caldecott winner for Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale and Knuffle Bunny Too:  A Mistaken Case of Identity.  Mo Willems also won two Geisel Medals for There is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You.

2.  Ezra Jack Keats                         won the 1963 Caledcott for The Snowy Day.  He used collage and marbling techniques in his illustrations.  Ezra Jack Keats was the first children’s book author to be invited to donate his papers to Harvard University.

3.  Jan Brett has won many awards, including the National Teachers Association Top Ten Titles for Elementary Students, 1999, for The Mitten. She is known for her beautiful borders, as well as for her engaging stories and colorful, highly detailed art.

4.  Other authors we have studied this year are Cynthia Rylant and Chris Raschke.