Have you ever wanted to award a prize to your favorite picture book? Here’s your chance!
Voting in the Iowa City Public Library’s Mock Caldecott Award is underway! The public is invited to cast their votes for their favorite picture books out of 10 titles nominated by ICPL’s Children’s Room librarians. The titles include:
Another by Christian Robinson
Babymoon by Hayley Barrett
My Heart by Corinna Luyken
Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born by Miranda Paul
River by Elisha Cooper
Saturday by Oge Mora
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Thurgood by Jonah Winter
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks by Evan Turk
Vote for your favorites online at icpl.org/kids between now and January 23. The title with the most votes will win ICPL’s Mock Caldecott Award.
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year. Named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott, the first medal was awarded in 1933.
Your Vote Needed in ICPL’s Mock Newbery Award
Have you ever wanted to award a prize to your newest favorite book? Here’s your chance!
Voting in the Iowa City Public Library’s Mock Newbery Award has begun. The public is invited to cast their votes for their favorite books out of 10 titles nominated by ICPL’s Children’s Room librarians. The titles include:
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu
My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Vote for your favorites online at icpl.org/kids by January 23. The title with the most votes will win ICPL’s Mock Newbery Award.
The Newbery Medal was established on June 22, 1921, making it the world’s first children book award. It is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, the first medal was awarded in 1922.
ICPL's Best Books of 2019!
Every year we collect staff nominations for the best books released in 2019 in 10 categories:
GRAPHIC NOVEL (all age levels: kids through adult; the list wil be published on December 28)
Books that receive more than one nomination in all genres will make the ICPL Best of 2019 list. The book with the most nominations will be our No. 1 recommendation for the year. This is our eighth year of releasing a Best of the Best list. We've heard from several patrons that they use it to kick off their New Year's Resolution reading goal, which we love!
Our first list sharing our favorite fiction titles of 2019 was posted on December 1, with subsequent lists following every third day. Be sure to check our website on December 31 to see which titles made our Best of the Best list, as well as the book ICPL staff loved above all others.
