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The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer

Caldecott circle: Fifth-grade teacher Robert Whiteman talks on Jan. 30 about illustrations as kids make their own notes evaluating art in past Caldecott winners. The fifth-graders also read candidates for this year’s Newbery Medal and planned to learn the results by watching Monday’s press conference live in their classroom. Because of the snow, school was canceled but Whiteman sent the students links to watch the announcements live from home. He then spent the day on an email thread with much of his class as students offered their thoughts on the Caldecott and Newbery choices.