Mock Caldecott 2026 discussion

"During the selection meetings, the committee discusses all nominated and suggested books before beginning balloting. Each committee member votes for three books, with four points assigned to first choice, three points to second choice, and two points to third choice."

http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/als...

We will narrow our current list down to 9 books for our final voting.

Please list in order your three choices for the Caldecott award.

Your first pick will be awarded 4 points.
Your second choice will be awarded 3 points.
Your final selection will be awarded 2 points.

Points will not be given to any books mentioned past the third selection and only books from our voting list will be eligible.


The 2023 Mock Caldecott voting list:


Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Gracey Zhang

I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by
Juana Martinez-Neal

Hot Dog by Doug Salati

Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero

Gibberish by Young Vo

Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder and illustrated by Dan Santat

Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran by Cory McCarthy and illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins and illustrated by Daniel Miyares

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane and illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell

Knight Owl by Christopher Denise

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Leo Espinosa

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen

Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud and illustrated by Kalila J. Fuller

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and illustrated by Daniel Minter

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura

To Change a Planet by Christina Soontornvat and illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker and illustrated by Devon Holzwarth

Emile and the Field by Kevin Young and illustrated by Chioma Ebinama

Midnight and Moon by Kelly Cooper and illustrated by Daniel Miyares and illustrated by Daniel Miyares


This thread will close, in the evening, on the morning of January 21st.

1. Gibberish by Young Vo
2. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
3. The World Belonged to Us

1. Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
2. Nigel and the Moon illustrated by Gracey Zhang and written by Antwan Eady
3. Hot Dog by Doug Salati

1. Farmhouse
2. The World Belonged to Us
3. Knight Owl

1. Blue: A History of the Color ... by Nanu Ekua
2. Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
3. Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady

Gibberish
Blue
Finding my Dance

1. Farmhouse
2. Berry Song
3. Blue

Blue
Endlessly Ever After
Berry Song

1. Circles in the Sky
2. Farmhouse
3. Hot Dog

My #2 was Farmhouse. Not sure how it got erased.

1. Knight Owl
2. Gibberish
3. Nigel and the Moon

1. Endlessly Ever After

2. The Three Billy Goats Gruff

3. Blue

. Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
2. Nigel and the Moon illustrated by Gracey Zhang and written by Antwan Eady
3. Berry Song by Michaela Goade

1. Gibberish
2. Knight Owl
3. Blue

Berry Song
Farmhouse
Gibberish

1.Farmhouse
2. Midnight and Moon
3. Gibberish

2. Midnight and Moon

1. Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
2. Gibberish by Young Vo
3. Berry Song by Michaela Goade

1-Gibberish
2-Out of a Jar
3-Knight Owl

1. Farmhouse
2. Knight Owl
3. Berry Song

1. Farmhouse
2. Knight Owl
3. Hot Dog

Berry Song
Knight Owl
Blue

1. Hot Dog by Doug Salati
2. Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
3. Berry Song by Michaela Goade

1 Blue
2 Knight Owl
3 Gibberish

Final count for round 1:

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall, 37 Votes
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise, 30 Votes
Gibberish by Young Vo, 28 Votes
Blue: A History of the Color by Nanu Ekua, 23 Votes
Berry Song by Michaela Goade, 21 Votes
Hot Dog by Doug Salati, 10 Votes
Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady, 10 Votes
Endlessly Ever After, 7 Votes
The World Belonged to Us, 5 Votes
Circles in the Sky, 4 Votes
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion, 3 Votes
Midnight and Moon, 3 Votes
Out of a Jar, 3 Votes
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 3 Votes
Finding my Dance, 2 Votes