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The 2022 Caldecott Announcement

                               The winner is Watercress, written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin, edited by Neal Porter, and published by Holiday House. Let's just sit with that cover a minute as we remember the impressive strengths of...

It's Almost Time! (Again!)

As we here at Calling Caldecott always like to do at this time of year — right before the big awards announcement — we take a moment to thank our guest bloggers, all the talented and observant writers who visited Calling Caldecott this year to delve into a tall stack of...

Results of the 2022 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote

The votes are in! The results of our 2022 Calling Caldecott Mock Vote yielded a winner and two honor books. Watercress, illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang, is our winner.                                 Our two honor books...

2022 Calling Caldecott Ballot — Now Open!

ALA Midwinter has traditionally been the time for the ALSC book award committees to make their choices, but now there is no more Midwinter (here we go, LibLearnX!) and because the committees meet virtually, due to the pandemic, it's not even clear when the committees might be convening to decide...

The 2022 "Books We Wish We Had Time For" List

One of NPR's Pop Culture Critics, John Powers, will often present at the end of a calendar year what he calls his Ghost File. He describes this as the books, films, or television shows he saw that haunt him, precisely because he loved them and wanted to cover them — but...

Nominations, please!

Hello, everyone! Mid-November is when we typically pause our coverage of the year's Caldecott-eligible books to ask our readers to weigh in with their favorites.  You probably all know the drill by now — we're asking for four nominations now; three more to come in mid-December. This mirrors (very roughly) the...

The 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books list

It’s that time of year! Last Friday, the 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library’s Best Illustrated Children’s Books were announced. We at Calling Caldecott always look forward to this list, and to see the winners this year is particularly exciting, since last year’s awards were cancelled. This was due...

Jerry Pinkney, the Lion of the Caldecott

The late Jerry Pinkney was a Caldecott giant, winning five Caldecott honors before striking gold with his historic 2010 win for The Lion and the Mouse. Let's take a moment — here on this blog that's all about the Caldecott — to appreciate his impact on the award as we remember a great...

Building Our List

Today at Calling Caldecott, we start talkin' books. Which ones will we write about this year?  Here's where we remind you that this list is ever-evolving. Books may be added to it, and books might fall off of it.  Please also remember that we have zero, zilch, nada to do...
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