The NABNASSET MOCK CALDECOTT
Mrs. Loughman, the Nabnasset and Abbot librarian, holds a fun, interactive and dynamic mock Caldecott election with the second and third grade students. The students read and analyze the illustrations of books that are creating buzz in the literary community. They play Caldecott bingo, design their own “Nab Medal” and vote to determine the winner of the Nab Caldecott. In truth, it never matters the real world winner, the students have too much fun determining the Nab winner!
Please enjoy these books with your children.
*Indicates Nab Winner
2017 Mock Caldecott Titles
School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex
Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
This is Not a Picture Book (Nab) by Sergio Ruzzier
Freedom in Congo Square (Abbot) by Carole Boston Weatherford
Before Morning by Joyce Sidman
Thunder Boy by Alexie Sherman
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan
Are We There Yet by Dan Santat
2016 Mock Caldecott Titles
*Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
Float by Daniel Miyares
Toy Meets Snow by Emily Jenkins and Paul Zelinsky
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
Wait by Antoinette Portis
Waiting by Kevin Henkes
Water is Water by Miranda Paul
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman
Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead
2015 Mock Caldecott Titles
*Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Marc Barnett
Bad Bye Good Bye by Deborah Underwood
Draw by Raul Colon
Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
Firebird by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers
Firefly July by Paul B. Janeczko
My Teacher is a Monster by Peter Brown
Right Word by Jen Bryant
Frida by Yuyi Morales
Dance Like Starlight by Kristy Dempsy
2014 Mock Caldecott Titles
*Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner
Bluebird by Bo Staake
The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
The Dark by Lemony Snicket
Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Journey by Aaron Becker
Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: And Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty by Bob Shea