Monday, December 21, 2009

Our Caldecott Short List!

Thanks to all the staff who voted off our "long list," we have our final dozen Caldecott Hopefuls. (We were shooting for a list of 10 books, but we just couldn't bear to make that many cuts!)

This will be the list for our online poll, which goes live on December 26 on Tales' Treehouse. Voting will continue through January 17. On Monday, January 18, ALA will announce their media awards and we will annouce our winner too!

Remember, the Caldecott Committee does not announce a short list. We have no idea which books they are seriously considering these last 6 weeks before making their decision!

Last year, there was only one book that received a Medal or Honor sticker that we did NOT have on our online poll: River of Words, by Jen Bryant. How will we do this year?

The Lion and the Mouse
The Curious Garden
Red Sings from Treetops
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Tsunami!
Mermaid Queen
All the World
Higher! Higher!
14 Cows for America
Otis
Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
Jeremy Draws a Monster

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i confess to not having read all of the titles but am SOOOO happy to see your short list. looking for baby presents and think i've got great pickings from what you've provided. thx!

cynthia k.