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2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Caldecott Contenders aka Mock Caldecotts by year:
2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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message 1: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Is The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane illustrated? It is a middle grade book of 288 pages.


message 2: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Is Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels a book for children? From the summaries I read, it sounds like a book for adults, and the Caldecott Award is for books aimed at children.


message 3: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Dandelion's Dream is not eligible as the author/illustrator lives in London, England.


message 4: by Beverly (new)

Beverly A Forest in the City is not eligible for a Caldecott as both the author and illustrator live in Canada.


message 5: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Green on Green by Dianne White is not eligible because the illustrator lives in Italy.


message 6: by Joe (new)

Joe I'm pretty sure An Ordinary Day is not eligible; the illustrator is Dutch.


message 7: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World is not eligible because the illustrator lives in Vietnam.


message 8: by Ed (new)

Ed Beverly wrote: "Is The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane illustrated? It is a middle grade book of 288 pages."

There are no illustrations in the book. I think it should be removed from this list (although it is a good book so far)...


message 9: by Beverly (new)

Beverly My Day with the Panye by Tami Charles (which is on the list as "A Day with the Panye") will be published next year, in March 2021.


message 10: by Beverly (last edited Nov 29, 2020 10:12AM) (new)

Beverly Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas is not eligible. The illustrator, Rebecca Gibbon, lives in England, even though the book is about the Everglades in the USA.


message 11: by Beverly (new)

Beverly Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki is not eligible, because Tamaki lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


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