From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:11:43 -0600

The CCBC held a mock Caldecott Discussion on Wednesday, December 8, 2004, and these are the results of our discussion and voting: Winner:

Kitten's First Full Moon illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes.
(Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins) Honor Books: ellington was not a street illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Written by Ntozake Shange.
(Simon & Schuster) A Hot Day on Abbott Avenue illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Written by Karen English.
(Clarion)Complete List of Books Discussed Actual Size by Steve Jenkins. 32 pages
(Houghton Mifflin) ellington was not a street illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Written by Ntozake Shange. 40 pages
(Simon & Schuster) God Bless the Child illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. 32 pages (Amistad / HarperCollins) Hot Day on Abbott Avenue illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Written by Karen English. 36 pages
(Clarion) I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket illustrated and written by Ed Young. 32 pages
(Philomel) Kitten's First Full Moon illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes. 40 pages
(Greenwillow / HarperCollins) Polar Bear Night illustrated by Stephen Savage. Written by Lauren Thompson. 32 pages
(Scholastic Press) Sea Dogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta illustrated by Mark Siegel. Written by Lisa Wheeler. 40 pages A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum) Sidewalk Circus illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. By Paul Fleischman. 32 pages
(Candlewick Press) Skin Again illustrated by Chris Raschka. Written by bell hooks. 32 pages
(Jump at the Sun / Hyperion) Kathleen T. Horning, 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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