We did not forget

They do not remember the day. She wasn't born yet.

I will not teach them of fear and sadness. I will teach them of a day when evil was sure it could divide, but instead, goodness held together and strengthened beyond measure.

I will teach them the Pledge of Allegiance and what the words mean. What it means to be united. That is what today means to me.

Caldecott -Shmaldecott!

I must rant.

I can't stand not too this time. I am reading books to the princess today at the library and I grabbed this one.

It has a Caldecott award -so it MUST be good, right? WRONG!

Evidently they didn't read it before slapping the award on.

What a terrible children's story about a dead baby owl and lack of accountability. sheeesh.

Seriously what kind of lion king would let all of the jungle animals get away with not taking responsibility for their own actions?

Who are these Caldecott people and what are they thinking??? And why the weird "kirup, kirup" type words randomly placed that don't accurately describe the sounds that these animals make? Do things sound different in Africa? Is it me?

If you want a GOOD Caldecott book, stick with this one.

Oh, and I blame the snake.