In a few hours the winner of the
2014 Caldecott Award will be announced. I’ve followed these awards for decades,
and I’ve collected almost every book that’s ever received one. I have a few
favorites among the picture books that are in the running this year, but I won’t
risk betting that any of them will actually win. The Caldecott isn’t a
popularity contest. If it were, Ylvis’ What Does the Fox Say? would take the
medal. Yes, it’s a real book, and no, it’s not one I’d choose. I like “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. But it
probably won’t win, either. Over the years a lot of wonderful picture books
have been passed over by the ALA, like Madeline, Stone Soup, McElligot’s Pool, Bartholemew
and the Oobleck, Frog and Toad are Friends, Strega Nona, and The Garden of
Abdul Gasazi. No matter; I have room on my shelf for those, too.
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