Our class is very happy because two amazing books won the Caldecott and Newbery awards. One of the books was This is Not my Hat by Jon Klassen. It is about a little fish who steals a hat and thinks he can get away with it, But what he doesn't know is that there will be consequences. We are very happy about that AND we chose it for OUR Mock Caldecott winner! The Newbery winner was our class's favorite book: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN!! It's written  by Katherine Applegate, an amazing author. It is about a REAL silverback gorilla named Ivan. If you look at our previous posts you will see that we have mentioned this book before because our class loves it so much! Whenever we heard the news we were extremely excited that it won. Our teacher went to the award ceremony, so we were one of the first classes to find out. To celebrate our class is going to enjoy Yogurt Raisins  (Ivan's favorite snack)!  Here are some photos:

Here is a picture of Katherine Applegate! She skyped with Mrs. Alaniz's class last year.

The book The One and Only Ivan and Ivan, our class mascot!

Ivan's favorite snack, Yogurt Raisins!