For this assignment I had to choose a book for the Caldecott award for the year 2001. There were four books in the running that year; "Casey at the Bat" illustrated by Christopher Bing, "Olivia" illustrated by Ian Falconer, "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" illustrated by Betty Lewin, and "So You Want to be President" illustrated by David Small.
             "Casey at the Bat" was an enjoyable picture book. I really liked the illustrations. Bing made the book to look like a sort of scrapbook or collage type of illustration. Everything also looks like it was drawn with ink, making the book almost seem like a memory. I thought that was very creative. "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" was another enjoyable picture book. I really liked Lewins use of colors. When I read this book and looked at all the pictures, the first thing I thought of was representation of colors. I always noticed the red door. I thought it represented the farmer's anger. I also liked the emotion that the animals were showing. In the book "Olivia", there was a lot of open space. I liked that because it gave great empathsis to all the trouble that Olivia seemed to be getting into. I also liked that she was always wearing red. This color made her look like there was always excitement even though Falconer only used black and gray for his illustrations.
             Though I liked all of the books I did choose "So You Want to be President" illustrated by David Small for the winner. I loved the usage of watercolors and the chalky look of his art. I thought it was exceptional art, and I really liked the slapdash pictures. Everything is so bright and colorful especially when the book is refering to the great aspects of presidency. On the other hand I also like the darkening of the pictured when there are not so good moments of presidenc
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