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Results of CCBC's Caldecott Discussion

From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:35:50 -0600

As we're talking this month about the books we think are the best of the year, I invite any of you holding your own award discussions locally, whether with children and teens or adults, to share the results of your discussions with the CCBC-Net community.

Last night, we held our annual CCBC Caldecott Award discussion at the CCBC, and here are the results:

Winner: "Action Jackson," illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

Honor Book: "The Three Questions," illustrated and written by Jon J Muth. Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy. Scholastic Press, 2002.

Honor Book: "What Charlie Heard," illustrated and written by Mordicai Gerstein. Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

And here is the complete list of books we discussed:

"Action Jackson," illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

"Apple Pie 4th of July," illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Written by Janet S. Wong. Harcourt, 2002.

"Duck on a Bike," illustrated and written by David Shannon. The Blue Sky Press / Scholastic Inc., 2002.

"Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey," illustrated and written by Maira Kalman. Putnam, 2002.

"Knick-Knack Paddywhack!" illustrated and adapted by Paul O. Zelinsky.

Dutton, 2002.

"The Pot That Juan Built," illustrated by David Diaz. Written by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. Lee & Low, 2002.

"This is the House that Jack Built," illustrated and written by Simms Taback. Putnam, 2002.

"The Three Questions," illustrated and written by Jon J Muth. Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy. Scholastic Press, 2002.

"What Charlie Heard," illustrated and written by Mordicai Gerstein. Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

Kathleen T. Horning, Acting Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706

horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608&3721 Fax: 608&2I33 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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