Mock Caldecott 2007
presented by Melody Allen, Rhode Island State Library
January 3, 2007

2007 Contenders

Presentation by Cynthia Fordham: Bats at the Beach
Presentation by Susan Raskin Abrams: Max's Words
Presentation: Moses
Presentation by Char Siddell: Sleepy Boy

Caldecott History Quiz

Evaluating Picture Books

The Caldecott Medal Homepage

Terms and Criteria for Randolph Caldecott Medal

2006 Contenders #2006

2006 Program Notes

 

 

2007 Mock Caldecott Contenders

Booklist compiled by Melody Allen

Adele & Simon by Barbara McClintock.

Black? White! Day? Night! by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.

Chuck’s Truck by Peggy Perry Anderson.

Construction Zone by Cheryl Willis Hudson Illus. by Richard Sobol.

Dizzy by Jonah Winter.  Illus. by Sean Qualls.

An Egg Is Quiet by Diana Aston. Illus. by Sylvia Long.

Flotsam by David Wiesner.

Gone Wild: An endangered animal alphabet by David McLimans.

I’m Dirty by Kate and Jim McMullan. 

Jackie’s Bat by Marybeth Lorbiecki.  Illus. by Brian Pinkney.

Jazz by Walter Dean Myers.  Illus. by Christopher Myers.

John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith.

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen.  Illus. by Kevin Hawkes.

Lilly’s Big Day by Kevin Henkes.

Little Mama Forgets by Robin Cruise.  Illus. by Stacey Dressen-McQueen.

Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney.

Moses: When Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford.  Illus. by Kadir Nelson.

Move! by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.  Illus. by Steve Jenkins.

My Senator and Me: A dog’s-eye view of Washington, D.C. by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  Illus. by David Small.

Once upon a Banana by Jennifer Armstrong.  Illus. by David Small.

Play, Mozart, Play by Peter Sis.

Probuditi! by Chris Van Allsburg.

Sleepy Boy by Polly Kanevsky.  Illus. by Stephanie Anderson.

So Sleepy Story by Uri Shulevitz.

Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod.

Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez.  Illus. by Julie Paschkis.

Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay, the boy whose dream was Everest by Robert Burleigh.  Illus. by Ed Young.

To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel.  Illus. by Mark Siegel.

The True Story of Stellina by Matteo Pericoli.

Walk On!: A guide for babies of all ages by Marla Frazee.

What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince.  Illus. by Giles Laroche.

Contenders for Mock Caldecott Award 2006

Booklist compiled by Melody Allen

Bears by Ruth Krauss. Illus. by Maurice Sendak.

Because Your Daddy Loves You by Andrew Clements. Illus. by R.W.Alley (RI).

Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem of China by Ed Young.

Big Sister, Little Sister by Leuyen Pham.

Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet.

Clara and Asha by Eric Rohmann.

Dear Santa by Bill Harley. Illus. by R.W.Alley (RI).

A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell DePalma

Granite Baby by Lynne Bertrand. Illus. by Kevin Hawkes.

Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janey Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel. Illus by Janet Stevens.

Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Swallow. Illus by Denis Brunkus.

Gruesome Guide to World Monsters by Judy Sierra. Illus by Heinrich Drescher.

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster. Illus by Chris Raschka.

I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont. Illus. by David Catrow.

If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty. Illus. by Steven Kellogg.

Kamishibai Man by Allen Say.

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems.

Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter.

Lights Out by Arthur Geisert.

Little Pea by Amy Rosenthal. Illus. by Jen Corace (RI).

Memories of Survival by Bernice Steinhardt. Illus. by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz.

Mr. Williams by Karen Barbour.

The Old African by Julius Lester. Illus by Jerry Pinckney.

Pearl’s New Skates by Holly Keller.

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni. Illus. by Bryan Collier.

Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson. Illus. by Hudson Talbott.

Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman. Illus. by Beckie Prange.

Stars Beneath Your Bed by April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by Ann Jonas.

Summertime Waltz by Nina Payne. Illus. by Gabi Swiatkowska.

10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle.

Terrific by Jon Agee.

White Is for Blueberry by George Shannon. Illus. by Laura Dronzek.

Wiggle by Doreen Cronin.

Witch’s Walking Stick by Susan Meddaugh.

Zen Shorts by Jon Muth.

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