2021 Caldecott Announcements

Winners of the Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor books have been announced! Read on to find out which titles won the official award AND which books were chosen by Brookline students for our Mock Caldecott prizes.

Brookline's Mock Caldecott Winners: click on the video to the right to find out which books won our gold and silver medals!

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Mock Caldecott Student Work

Student Work from our Mock Caldecott Program!

Take a look at the work that was submitted from students for various books and activities throughout the program.

2021 Caldecott winners

Caldecott Medal

We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom

Caldecott Honors

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart illustrated by Noa Denmon, written by Zetta Elliott

The Cat Man of Aleppo illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha

Me & Mama illustrated and written by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Outside In illustrated by Cindy Derby, written by Deborah Underwood

Caldecott Medal winner!

Congratulations Michaela Goade - Illustrator of The Water Protectors!

Do you know that Michaela Goade is the first Native American to win the Caldecott? She lives in Juneau, Alaska and she is of Tlingit heritage.

Click to see images of her beautiful work on her webpage .
Listen to an interview with Michaela Goade on Little Brown and Company Book Chat.

Cozbi Cabrera

Me & Mama

Do you know that Cozbi is also a fashion designer and doll maker? Check out her website.

Noa Denmon

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart

Noa is an illustrator who recently graduated from UArts She designed a Google Doodle for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Yuko Shimizu

The Cat Man of Aleppo

Yuko is a Japanese illustrator and professor living in NYC.

Learn more about her work as an artist.