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Caldecott Contenders - Part 1
Posted 01/05/21 by Regina S
Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s 48th Annual Caldecott Read-In is going virtual this year. It will be held Saturday, January 23 from 10-11:30 AM. A live discussion and voting will choose our local winner and (we hope) predict the actual 2021 winner. The Caldecott Medal is awarded yearly to the artist of the most distinguished picture book from the previous year. In advance of our Read-In, here is Part One of the long list of our favorite picture books published in 2020. All have a chance of being chosen as the 2021 Caldecott Medal winner.
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball
All Because You Matter
The Barnabus Project
The Bear and the Moon
The Bear's Garden
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures
A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
Black Is a Rainbow Color
The Blue House
The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan
Brick by Brick
The Camping Trip
The Cat Man of Aleppo
Dozens of Doughnuts
Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
Everyone's Awake
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
The Fabled Life of Aesop: The Extraordinary Journey and Collected Tales of the World's Greatest Storyteller
The Farmer and the Monkey
Freedom Bird: A Tale of Hope and Courage
A Girl Like Me
Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers
Hike
Honeybee: The Busy Life of APIs Mellifera
How to Find a Bird
I Am Every Good Thing
I Am the Storm
I Got the School Spirit
If You Come to Earth
In a Jar
Excited yet? We hope to see you at this event. Don’t forget to register to attend at: Caldecott Read-In.
See top contenders for the Caldecott Medal.
See (Part 2) of best picture books from 2020.
See (Part 3) of best picture books from 2020.
Find digital copies of many of the titles on this list on Overdrive.
If you would like an EXCEL file with our entire Caldecott Long List, email us at childrens.library@toledolibrary.org
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