Always Room for One More {Caldecott Medal}

My children and I are still trying to read through the Caldecott Medal Winners list and recently read the 1966 medal winner Always Room for One More written by Sorche Nic Leodhas and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Same illustrator as One Fine Day.).

This book was a little confusing for my little boys for a couple of reasons.  First, there were many words they didn't understand because they were Scottish.  I am not good at using accents, but I think it helped to try reading with a Scottish accent.  :)

The nice thing was that there was a glossary in the back of all of the Scottish words and their meanings.

The other thing that my boys didn't really understand at first was the pictures.  They thought they looked messy.  I have to admit, it was hard for me to figure out why this book won an award for the illustrations.  However, the more we read of the story the more the pictures seemed to fit.

I think the best part of the whole book for my boys was when I went to the piano and plunked out the tune using the sheet music in the back of the book.

Since this book was about a house, I thought I would share a couple of posts I have written about houses.


H is for House

Letter H - Houses

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Always Room for One More {Caldecott Medal}