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Three more dawns / Three more days / Three days more! (You’re welcome for the Les Mis earworm). We hope the Caldecott committee members get to Chicago before the bitterly cold temps and monster snowstorm hit. If you can’t be bundled up at home, maybe hunkered down in a hotel to vote on the most distinguished picture book of 2025 isn’t such a bad gig? (Whatever you’re doing this weekend, if you’re affected by the extreme weather,...
Results of the 2026 Calling Caldecott mock vote
Our 2026 mock vote winner—by a lot more than a whisker—is: Cat Nap, written and illustrated by Brian Lies. And our one honor book is: Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, written by Matthew Burgess. Congratulations to Brian Lies and Cátia Chien, and to all of you Calling Caldecott voters! Thanks so much for playing along...
2026 Calling Caldecott Mock Ballot — Now Open!
Now is the time, dear Calling Caldecott readers! Our mock Caldecott poll is open, and it's time to select your top three choices for the most distinguished picture book of 2025. Over the last four-and-a-half months, we’ve covered thirty eligible books (or is it twenty-nine?). We've looked at the ecletic NYT/NYPL’s Best Illustrated list — which doesn’t have to contend with eligibility rules — and we’ve...
What's on your list?
Today we are pleased to present our tentative list (subject to change!) of eligible 2025 books that we hope to cover on Calling Caldecott this season. Remember, to be Caldecott eligible, a book must be published in the U.S. in 2025 and the illustrator must either be a U.S. citizen...
Welcome back, Calling Caldecott readers!
Summer is coming to an end, pumpkin spice is in the air (like it or hate it), and Labor Day is in our rearview mirrors. That means it’s time to welcome everyone back to Calling Caldecott, the Horn Book blog devoted to discussing a year’s worth of Caldecott-eligible books through...
The 2025 Caldecott Announcement
The winner of the 2025 Caldecott Award is Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz, written by Andrea L. Rogers, published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido. The Committee selected four 2025 Honor Books: Home in a Lunchbox, written and illustrated by Cherry Mo, published by Penguin Workshop, an...
Countdown to Caldecott: Celebrating Conversations and Community
We’re all excited about Monday's Caldecott and other Youth Media Awards announcements! The YMA presentation will be livestreamed from Phoenix starting at 8 a.m. MT (10 a.m. EST). The Caldecott announcement will come toward the end; here’s a link to the video stream. What a weekend the Committee members have before them...
Results of the 2025 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote
The votes have been counted; the readers have spoken. Calling Caldecott’s 2025 Mock Vote Winner is {{drum roll, please}}: The Yellow Bus, written and illustrated by Loren Long. And our one Honor Book is: Home in a Lunchbox, written and illustrated by Cherry Mo. Excellent choices! Congratulations to Loren Long and Cherry...
2025 Calling Caldecott Mock Ballot — Now Open!
And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Okay, not that moment (the YMA announcements on Jan. 27), but here at Calling Caldecott it’s what we’ve been working toward since last September. It’s time to select your top three choices for the most distinguished picture book of 2024. Along...
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