Mock Caldecott List for 2009

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend)

Deborah Hopkinson/John Hendrix

BL * 9-15; BCCB R * 10; SLJ * 9

"...watercolor and pen-and-ink."

Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Doreen Rappaport/Kadir Nelson

BCCB R 10; BL * 6-1/15; SLJ * 10;

"...compelling illustrations, worked in a palette of umber, ochre, red and blue..."-Kir

All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank

Don Brown

HB * 9/10; PW * 12-1; SLJ * 11;

"...watercolors..."

"...watercolors done with a brush dipped in stardust and frozen mist." Richard Peck-HB (Author Peck is a Titanic expert)-cb

Benny and Penny: Just Pretend

Geoffrey Hayes

BCCB R 7/8; BL * 3-15; PW * 3-17;

"...colored-pencil pictures..."-Kir

Big Bad Bunny

Franny Billingsley/G. Brian Karas

BCCB R 5; BL * 3-15; K * 3-1; PW * 2-4;

"...gouache and acrylic with pencil."

Boogie Knights

Lisa Wheeler/Mark Siegel

BL * 10-15; Kir * 7-15; SLJ * 8;

"...rendered in charcoal, pierre noire pencil, and in Photoshop."

Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation

Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney

BCCB R 12; BL * 10-15; SLJ * 10;

"Colored inks on clay board..."

Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman

Marc Tyler Nobleman/Ross Macdonald

BCCB R 10; BL * 6-1/15; Kir * 6-1; PW * 6-23;

"...done in a classic litho palette of brassy gold, antique blue and fireplug red."-PW

"...sepia-toned, stylized imagery..."-BL

"Watercolor and pencil"-Random House ad

Buffalo Music

Tracey E. Fern/Lauren Castillo

BCCB R 6; Kir * 4-1; SLJ * 6;

"...mixed media."

Bye-Bye, Crib

Alison McGhee/Ross MacDonald

BCCB R 6; PW * 2-25; SLJ * 2;

"...watercolors and pencil crayon, with some letterpress wood type."

Cardboard Piano, The

Lynne Rae Perkins

BCCB R 11; HB * 9/10; Kir * 9-15; PW * 11-3;

"Pen and ink and watercolor paint..."

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond

Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

BCCB R 11; BL * 11-1; Kir * 10-1;

"...photos, and reproductions of drawings, collages, and scale models..."

Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak

Kay Winters/Larry Day

BCCB R 5; BL * 5-15; SLJ * 6;

"...watercolor-and-ink illustrations."

Cool Daddy Rat

Kristyn Crow/Mike Lester

BCCB R 4; PW * 3-17; SLJ * 4;

"...a No. 2 pencil, watercolor, and a Mac."

Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, A

Marla Frazee

BCCB R* 3; Kir * 2-1; PW * 2-18; SLJ * 3;

"...black Prismacolor and gouache on Stonehenge paper."

Day Leo Said I Hate You, The

Robie H. Harris/Molly Bang

Kir * 8-1; PW * 7-7; SLJ * 8;

"...created in Photoshop using scans of paper cutouts and photographs."

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime

Bob Shea

BCCB R * 10; HB * 9/10; PW * 9-8;

"...interspersed photographic collage elements...-BCCB

Dog and Bear: Two's Company

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

BCCB R 4; BL * 4-1; HB * 3/4; Kir * 3-15; PW * 2-4;

"...gouaches in terracotta, ochre and olive green on a white ground...rough-hewn ink outlines..." PW

Duel! Burr and Hamilton 's Deadly War of Words

Dennis Brindell Fradin/Larry Day

BL * 6-1/15; HB * 6/7; Kir * 6-15; SLJ * 7;

"...ink with watercolor and gouache."

Fartiste

Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer/Boris Kulikov

BCCB R 6; Kir * 5-15; PW * 6-2;

"...mixed media (acrylic, gouache, watercolor, ink) on Fabriano paper."

Hello, Day!

Anita Lobel

BCCB R 7/8; Kir * 3-1; PW * 2-25; SLJ * 3;

"Markers, pencil, colored pencil, watercolors,and gouache..."

Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale, The

Megan McDonald/Brian Floca

BCCB R* 11; PW * 8-11; SLJ * 8;

"...watercolor and ink."

House in the Night

Susan Marie Swanson/Beth Krommes

BL * 4-15; Kir * 4-1; PW * 5-12; SLJ * 4;

"...scratchboard and watercolor..."

How I Learned Geography

Uri Shulevitz

BCCB R 3; BL * 5-1; PW * 3-3; SLJ * 5;

"...collage, pen and ink, and watercolor..." from Author's Note

How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?

Steve Jenkins and Robin Page/Steve Jenkins

BCCB R 12; BL * 9; SLJ * 10

"...cut and torn paper collage."

How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush: An Adventurer's Guide to the Fabulous Riches Discovered in 1848

Tod Olson/Scott Allred

BCCB R 12; BL * 10-15; SLJ * 12;

"...period lithographs...reproduced alongside original illustrations..."-BL

I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer

Carole Boston Weatherford/Eric Velasquez

BL * 2-1; Kir * 12-1-07; PW * 1-28; SLJ * 1;

"...Prismacolor Nupastel and Prismacolor Soft Pastel on Wallis paper."

I Will Surprise My Friend!

Mo Willems

BL * 7; Kir * 5-15; SLJ * 8;

Cartoon art similar to Willems' 2008 Geisel Award winner, There Is a Bird on My Head.-cb

I'm Bad!

Kate and Jim McMullan

Kir * 4-1; PW * 4-21; SLJ * 5;

Watercolor-and-ink? (art is similar to I Stink, I'm Dirty, etc.)-cb

In a Blue Room

Jim Averbeck/Tricia Tusa

BCCB R 5; PW * 3-31; SLJ * 6;

"...ink, watercolor, and gouache on Fabriano 140 lb. paper."

Kitten Tale, A

Eric Rohmann

BL * 11-1-07; Kir * 12-1-07; PW * 11-26-07; SLJ * 2;

"...relief and monotype prints. The artist begins by cutting a key image (the relief print). Then the color monotype is printed in multiple layers-a layer for each color, so that each image is the result of thirty to forty separate runs."

Lady Liberty: A Biography

Doreen Rappaport/Matt Tavares

BL * 4-15; HB * 6/7; Kir * 4-15; SLJ * 5;

"...watercolor, ink, and pencil."

Let It Begin Here! April 19, 1775, the Day the American Revolution Began

Don Brown

BL * 10-1; PW * 12-1; SLJ * 10;

"...watercolor-and-pencil compositions..."-PW

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken

Kate DiCamillo/ Harry Bliss

BCCB R 12; PW * 9-15; SLJ * 11

"...watercolors..."-HB

Madam President

Lane Smith

BCCB R * 7/8; BL * 5-1; PW * 6-23; SLJ * 7;

"...disparate uses of materials and images that often give the look of collage..."-BL

"...mixed media..."-PW

My Friend, the Starfinder

George Ella Lyon/Stephen Gammell

BCCB R 3; Kir * 2-15; PW * 1-28;

"...pastel, watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache."

Nic Bishop Frogs

Nic Bishop

BCCB R 3; HB * 3/4; Kir * 12-15-07; SLJ * 2;

"...color photographs..."-BL

Old Bear

Kevin Henkes

BL * 6-1/15; HB * 11/12; PW * 7-7; SLJ * 9;

"Watercolor paints and ink..."

On the Farm

David Elliott/Holly Meade

BCCB R 3; BL * 5-15; HB * 3/4;

"...woodblock prints and watercolor."

One Boy

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

BCCB R 10; BL * 10-15; PW * 7-7; SLJ * 10;

"Windows cut through each heavy page...thick black outlines and bright, solid colors..."-HB

"...pared-down digital art and flat saturated colors..."-PW

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out

National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance/various illustrators

HB * 11/12; PW * 9-8; SLJ * 9;

"...contributions from more than 100...children's writers and illustrators..."-BL

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

Janet Schulman/Meilo So

BCCB R 2; BL * 2-15; HB * 3/4; NYT-BIB 11-9; PW * 1-28; SLJ * 1;

"...Arches cold press watercolor paper with watercolor inks and colored pencils."

Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum

Robert Andrew Parker

BCCB R 4; BL * 2-1; Kir * 12-15-07; SLJ * 2;

"...watercolor."

Planting the Trees of Kenya : The Story of Wangari Maathai

Claire A. Nivola

BL * 2-15; PW * 3-10; SLJ * 4;

"...watercolor illustrations."

Rapunzel's Revenge

Shannon Hale and Dean Hale/Nathan Hale

HB * 11/12; PW * 8-4; SLJ * 9;

Graphic novel

River of Words : The Story of William Carlos Williams, A

Jen Bryant/Melissa Sweet

Kir * 7-15; NYT-BIB 11-9; SLJ * 9;

"...watercolor, collage, and mixed media."

"...multimedia illustrations."--NYTimes

Sisters & Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World

Robin Page and Steve Jenkins/Steve Jenkins

BCCB R 7/8; BL * 4-1; Kir * 4-1; SLJ * 7;

"...cut-and torn-paper collage."

Spuds

Karen Hesse/Wendy Watson

BCCB R 12; BL * 9-15; PW * 8-25

"...pencil, colored ink, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper."

There's a Wolf at the Door

Zoe B. Alley/R. W. Alley

BCCB R 12; BL * 9; HB * 11/12; Kir * 9-1;

"...watercolor and pen-and-ink..."-BL

Wabi Sabi

Mark Reibstein/Ed Young

BL * 9; Kir * 9-15; NYT-BIB 11-9;

"...collages..."

Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body, The

David Macaulay

BCCB R 12; HB * 9; PW * 10-27; SLJ * 10;

"...pencil and watercolor..."

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Kadir Nelson

BCCB R 4; BL * 2-1; HB * 5; Kir * 12-15-07;NYT-BIB 11-9; PW * 1-7; SLJ * 1

"...oil paintings..."

What to Do about Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!

Barbara Kerley/Edwin Fotheringham

BL * 1/1-15; HB * 3/4; Kir * 2-1; PW * 3-31; SLJ * 3;

"...digital media."

Will Sheila Share?

Elivia Savadier

BCCB R 5; PW * 1-28; SLJ * 4;

"...watercolor and ink...--PW