Books On Film: A Newbery/Caldecott Blast from the Past

Let’s go back a decade. Back to 2002. Back before the Youth Media Awards were the PowerPointed, webcasted event they are today. Back when they held up the winning books. Do you remember the 2002 Newbery and Caldecott winners? Here’s a hint:
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Click the image to watch.
A while back I also posted about the 2001 Youth Media Awards.
Filed under: Books on Film, News
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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That was our winner the year I served on the Caldecott! It was a great experience with a great bunch of book-discussing peeps, all presided over by our chair, the fondly remembered, late, great Kate McClelland