All students in grades K-5 participated in the FES Mock Caldecott program at Falmouth Elementary School. Students read 8 picture books that are eligible for the 2016 Caldecott Medal and focused on the illustrations and the artists’ techniques.
Students voted for the book they thought had the best illustrations.
The winner of the 2016 FES Mock Caldecott Award is…
Trombone Shorty
illustrated by Bryan Collier
written by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
Abrams Books for Young Readers
There were two Honor Books:
The Night World
by Mordicai Gerstein
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
The Whisper
by Pamelia Zagarenski
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Fourth and fifth grade students in the FES Mock Newbery Book Club voted for the book they thought were “distinguished.”
The winner of the 2016 FES Mock Newbery Award is…
The War That Saved My Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Three books received Mock Newbery Honors:
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Paper Things
by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Roller Girl
by Victoria Jamieson
Visit the Mock Newbery Book Club site for more to see the entire reading list.
The actual Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal will be announced in Boston at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2016. The announcements will be streamed lived online.