Last week a member of our school community came to me and told me how much she wished she could have joined our Caldecott Adventure. A prior commitment made joining impossible.
Her observation was that everywhere she went she heard someone talking about the books. Talking with passion. She felt she was missing something of value and missing on that sense of sharing.
She laughed as she related seeing a teacher walking down the hallway and another teacher bursting out of her room asking her if she had read “A Bedtime for Bear” yet. It was impossible to hold in the excitement about the book.
I laughed when I heard that, because that book is creating quite a stir among our members. Not a single person who read that title in the library was able to quietly record their observations and move on. They all felt they had to share it with someone, talk over all the funny details that made it sing to them and to create a connection. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this is one of the ones nominated by our group for the first cut.
What is remarkable, however, is how picture books are taking over our conversation. There is no time to waste on petty things - there are books to be discussed.
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