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Results of the 2021 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote
The votes are in! The results of our 2021 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote yielded a mock winner and two honor books. Our readers chose We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, as the winner. ...
It's Time to Vote! — Calling Caldecott 2021 ballot is now open
Can you all believe that we are one week away from the Caldecott Awards announcement? In case you missed it, here is where you can catch the exciting news next Monday morning. We have covered a big stack of 2020 picture books here at Calling Caldecott since September. We are...
The 2021 "Books We Wish We Had Time For" list
One of my favorite things about the 2019 Caldecott Awards was that a book we hadn’t covered here at Calling Caldecott (Brian Lies’s The Rough Patch) up and won an Honor. And I love this, because it proves the point that we are not in the business of predicting winners,...
Tell us all about your Mock Caldecotts!
You may not be surprised to see that, once again, we are asking you, our readers, for your Mock Caldecott plans! We know that many of you — teachers, school librarians, public librarians, and even booksellers — do mock Caldecotts with students, library patrons, etc. And you know we love to hear about them. Want to...
NYT/NYPL List, We Miss You!
JULES: Some of you may have already heard that, sadly, the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book Awards will not take place this year, because of the pandemic. (Here are last year’s awards if you want to take a stroll down memory lane.) I look forward...
Review of The Bear and the Moon
The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess; illus. by Cátia Chien Preschool, Primary Chronicle 48 pp. g 9/20 978-1-4521-7191-3 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4521-8125-7 $11.99 A wide-eyed bear — a furry stand-in for toddlers learning to manage strong emotions, as well as readers of all ages dealing with sorrow —...
2021 CaldeNotts
If we here at Calling Caldecott ran the world, one of the first things we’d do is make it so that the Caldecott award could become an international award. The Caldecott manual states: “The award is restricted to artists who are citizens or residents of the United States.” But, as...
Review of Sun Flower Lion
Sun Flower Lion by Kevin Henkes; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Greenwillow 40 pp. g 9/20 978-0-06-286610-3 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-06-286611-0 $19.89 Meet the sun, “as bright as a flower”; a flower that looks like a lion; and a lion, who sees the flower and dreams about a field...
Review of Marie's Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea by Josie James; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Ottaviano/Holt 48 pp. g 9/20 978-1-250-21473-7 $19.99 e-book ed. 978-1-250-80619-2 $9.99 This picture-book biography of geologist and oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp (1920–2006), who revolutionized the world’s understanding of the ocean’s floor,...