The November Nominations at Calling Caldecott are in!

We asked for readers to give us four titles that they thought were worthy of the Caldecott Award. Big thanks to everyone who posted on the website and social media.

We will have one more round of nominations. In early December, we will ask for three nominations, so stay tuned for that, and participate! 

Here’s what the nominations showed: 

• Eighteen total titles were nominated

• Seven titles have more than one nomination. The leading title is An American Story (illustrated by Dare Coulter; written by Kwame Alexander), followed closely by Big (written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison)

• Eleven titles have a single nomination. That’s more than half. The real Caldecott committee must consider all titles — even those that receive a single nomination. 

• My takeaway: While a few titles garnered more consensus, by and large, the field is still open and full of some surprises. 

Here is our list of November nominations. Stay tuned (and contribute!) in early December when we put out our final call for three nominations.