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Is I Am A Cat eligible for the 2019 Caldecott? The copyright date in the book is 2017? The publication information listed here says 2018. I love the book but don't want to include it in my Mock Caldecott unit if it is not eligible.

Galia Bernstein Hi, Jane
I Am a Cat came out in the US on Feb 6, 2018.
The reason for the 2017 copyright, is that it sold translation rights to 10 languages before it w…moreHi, Jane
I Am a Cat came out in the US on Feb 6, 2018.
The reason for the 2017 copyright, is that it sold translation rights to 10 languages before it was published and 3 more after (don’t ask me how that happened, I’m still in shock). As a resault, 3 countries - Australia, Japan and Korea - published it in 2017, but as far as the US is concerned, it’s a 2018 book.
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