2015 Mock Caldecott Awards!
The winner of the SSDS Caldecott Award is:
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
Our Honor Books are:
Here's our full list of nominees, which was compiled by Ms. Yosca, with lots of input from The Horn Book Magazine's Caldecott speculation blog, Calling Caldecott.
Titles in blue link to book trailers.
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- Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
- Bad Bye, Good Bye by Jonathan Bean
- Draw! by Raul Colon
- Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynn Cox, illustrated by Brian Floca
- The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
- Flashlight by Lizi Boyd
- Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Christian Robinson
- Grandfather Gandhi by Bethany Hegedus and Arun Gandhi, illustrated by Evan Turk
- Gravity by Jason Chin
- The Iridescence of Birds by Patricia Maclachlan, illustrated by Hadley Hooper
- Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea, illustrated by Lane Smith
- A Letter for Leo by Sergio Ruzzier
- My Grandfather's Coat by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Barbara McClintock
- The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
- Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
- Where's Mommy? by Beverly Donofrio, illustrated by Barbara McClintock
- Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Rick Allen
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