What can win? What will win? What should win the 2027 Caldecott Award? It's beginning to look a lot like...Calling Caldecott season!* Adrienne and I are back officially on Tuesday, September 8, to kick off our blog coverage of 2026 titles eligible for the... See more
Kestrel Takes Flight by Joy McCullough Intermediate, Middle School Atheneum 304 pp. 5/26 9781665972659 $17.99 Eleven-year-old Kestrel is used to being vigilant; she’s careful to follow her strict pastor grandfather’s rigid rules, including avoiding life o... See more
Pool Party! by Amy Hevron; illus. by the author Primary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 9/25 9781665935043 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781665935050 $10.99 Hevron’s (Sunken Ship, rev. 9/24) latest foray takes readers to a South American rainforest, where her focus is the “... See more
A four-way tie?! Thank you to everyone who participated in our second round of nominations, with comments here and on Facebook! Eighteen books were nominated; four titles tied for first place with just two nominations each. Three of the four — Every Monda... See more
Results from our first round of nominations!
We asked readers to give us four titles that they thought were worthy of the Caldecott Award. Thank you to everyone who submitted comments.
We will have one more round of nominations in December.
Here’s what th... See more
