Boston Globe-Horn Book Award- Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Polly Dunbar; Indies' Choice Book Awards- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems; Golden Kite Awards- A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton, Last Night by Hyewon Yum; Pura Belpré Award- Just In Case by Yuyi Morales; Giverny Award for "Best Children's Science Picture Book"- Forest Bright, Forest Night by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly; Christopher Awards- Close to You: How Animals Bond by Kimiko Kajikawa, That Book Woman by Heather Henson, illustrated by David Small; The Coretta Scott King Award- The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; Randolph Caldecott Medal- The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes; Theodor Seuss Geisel Award- Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems; Parents’ Choice Awards- City Animals by Simms Taback; Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems.
The short (or long or tall) of it: A concept book is a picture book that teaches a broad concept to young readers. Examples? Alphabet books, number books, books about c o l o r s , opposites, feelings and emotions. A concept is an idea, an abstract notion. Here's the rub. Very young readers are concrete thinkers, very "here and now." Luckily concept books do not have to teach the alphabetic principle, or algebra, or color theory. They teach what toddlers and young preschoolers can see, hear, touch, and feel - the upper and lowercase, quiet and loud, and happy and sad face of things. Three concept books by DENISE FLEMING: LUNCH (1998) from Henry Holt and Co. Concept: Colors. A toothsome mouse called Mouse eats his way through the primary and secondary colors and then some. The pictures are deliciously big. Bon appetit! The emergent literacy bent: The text is sparse and the letters large, fostering print awareness. Point out a few words as you read. Clever...
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