The REAL 2010 Caldecott Award Winners

The winner of the 2010 Randolph Caldecott Medal for most distinguished American picture book for children is
The Lion and the Mouse,
by Jerry Pinkney.








In addition, 2 Caldecott Honor Books were named. They are:
All the World
by Liz Garton Scanlon
illustrated by Marla Frazee
and
Red Sings from the Treetops
by Joyce Sidman
illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

Click here for more information on the 2010 Youth Media Awards presented by the American Library Association.

2010 Mock Caldecott Winners

This morning, a group of ten picture book enthusiasts, librarians and teachers, gathered at the Main Library to discuss our favorite picture books of 2009. After learning about artistic elements and their effects on picture book illustrations, we discussed and debated the merits of 48 picture books.







After a great discussion -- and tough decisions because of the strength of the nominees this year -- we cast two votes to come to arrive at our winners.

The 2010 ACPL Mock Caldecott Award goes to:
The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney

One honor book was selected:
All the World, by Liz Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee.










Because of the strength of the field of books this year, we felt it worthy to mention additional titles that made it to our final vote:






They are:
Chicken Little
A Book
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Duck! Rabbit!
Higher! Higher!
Robot Zot!
A Curious Garden
Dinothesaurus
All in a Day