2024 Caldecott Announcements

The votes are in, and the winners of the Brookline Mock Caldecott Medal and Honor books have been announced! Read on to find out which books were chosen by Brookline students and which ones won the official Caldecott awards.

And the winner is...

Simon and the Better Bone 

by Corey Tabor

Brookline Mock Caldecott Honor Books

Once Upon a Book

illustrated by 

Grace Lin

Zap! Clap! Boom!

illustrated by 

Elly MacKay

And now, the winners of the official Caldecott Awards...

Caldecott Medal Winner


Big, by Vashti Harrison

Caldecott Honor Winners

In Every Life

by Marla Frazee

Jovita Wore Pants

by Molly Mendoza

There Was a Party for Langston

illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey

The Truth About Dragons

illustrated by Hanna Cha