вЂњI think the Last Stop On Market Street won the Newbery Medal because of the way of the wording showed freedom, power, and beauty. вЂњIt won the Newberry medal because there was so much description in the characters and how the character talked about the setting how there was a arch of a rainbow, about the streetlamps, the graffiti, and even about the description of the characters were so much in detail, like this person was blind, and that the dog guided him around.вЂќ The author described this scene very well.вЂќ The one scene that really stood out was when CJ, his grandma, and the blind man, all closed their eyes and enjoyed the sound of the music the man with the guitar was playing. Even without the pictures I could imagine what the scene looked like. The setting and people in the setting were described very well. вЂњI think this won because the story was very well written. вЂњI think this book won the Newbery prize because this shows us that deep down inside that little town it shines bright like the sun,so i think that this book won because it teaches life lessons for kids.вЂќ вЂњThis book is different from all the other winners for this award, but it still won maybe because the amount of detail in the story even without looking at the illustration.вЂќ вЂњI think it won because the book teach you many lessons about homeless people and the different types of diversity that is in the world, also the book teach you that some people donвЂ™t have a lot of things and it is important to be thankful, the kid in the book was complaining about doesnвЂ™t have a car but some people donвЂ™t even have food.вЂќ

This book creates a story for children that letвЂ™s them think.вЂќ

вЂњBecause of the authorвЂ™s ability to use imagery, teach a valuable life lesson in a way where a child can understand, and itвЂ™s way of including racially diverse characters like the world we live in today. It shows many different things to think about.вЂќ

вЂњThis book won the Newbery award because it had so many positive things to teach kids. What made Last Stop on Market StreetВ distinguished? Why do you think it won the Newbery? (We are actually in a theme unit, so the text fit in perfectly.) Here are some answers I received: Then, after reading the book for a third time and showing the illustrations as wellВ they had to tell me what the theme of the book was. First, I asked them to tell me what made Last Stop on Market StreetВ distinguished, and why do you think it won the Newbery. They also noticed the diversity of the book without seeing the photos because they pointed out that there was a blind man on the bus.ДЇinally, I asked my students to answer two questions. When CJ says he wanted something a pair of teens had, students couldnвЂ™t see the photos to determine what it was. It was so wonderful to see how much inference needed to be done when the illustrations were excluded from the reading. Then the second time I allowed for questions and we discussed it a bit. In my class, I read the whole picture book twice. I didnвЂ™t plan on blogging about it, but the conversations that came with the activity and reading of Last Stop on Market StreetВ with my middle school students was something that needed to be shared. She then asked them how it met the criteria of the Newbery.В I loved it and decided to do it in mine as well. She decided to let her student be the judge of the book and read Last Stop on Market Street aloud to her students without showing them the illustrations. I was fascinated by all the conversations, and then I read a post on Facebook by my friend, Beth Shaum, sharing an activity she did in her classroom. This left many people wondering how a picture book could beat out novels such as Echo by Pam MuГ±oz Ryan and The War That Saved My Life byВ Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, two of the three honors books. This means that the illustrations, which are phenomenal and also won a Caldecott Honors, could not be taken into consideration during the Newbery process. Not surprised because the book didnвЂ™t deserve it, it did surprised because it is a picture book winning the award for most distinguished piece of childrenвЂ™s literature. So many of us were so happy to hear that Matt de la PeГ±a won the Newbery Medal with Last Stop on Market StreetВ though so many of us were quite surprised as well.

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