Posted by Casey on Saturday, Nov 18, 2017
Last year we did our first ever ICPL Mock Caldecott Awards and had more than 100 votes for the 15 titles nominated by staff. This year we have narrowed the field to ten titles released in 2017 by authors currently living in or citizens of the USA. Voting will be online this year and will be open from December 1st through January 31st. I will also be posting a review of a nominated title once a week for the next ten weeks, so be sure to check back in!
Without further ado and in no particular order, here are ICPL's Mock Caldecott nominees:
About the Author
Casey buys books for ICPL's youngest readers. However, she enjoys reading books of all shapes and sizes. You can find her at the Children's Desk, out and about at one of our area preschools, or providing in-house programming like StoryJAM.
The Only Good Indians is a masterpiece, and not for the faint of heart. If you're up for it, I recommend going into this title cold, cover material only, and no spoilers here! However, I will say that Shaun Taylor-Corbett's narration lends the perfect tone to Stephen Graham Jones's hauntingly beautiful prose. I'm adding it to my 2021 rereads list for the Fall, as I'm still thinking about it and have yet to pick up another novel after finishing weeks ago. -Casey