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Yellow Bus by Loren Long
Signs of Hope by Mara Rockliff
Solar Bear by Beth Ferry
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady

Yellow Bus by Lauren Long
Roar-Choo! by Charlotte Cheng
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony
Below is the final list of books mentioned for our Mock Newbery Poll.
The First Round will include:
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker and illustrated by Matthew Cordell
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony and illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Being Home by Traci Sorell and illustrated by Michaela Goade
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Gracey Zhang
Roar-Choo! by Charlotte Cheng and illustrated by Dan Santat
Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent by Mara Rockliff and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Solar Bear by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough by Hayley Rocco with contributions from John Rocco
A huge shout out to those that contributed to the list. Thank you all for your participation it was a crazy busy holiday season.
The First Round will include:
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker and illustrated by Matthew Cordell
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony and illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Being Home by Traci Sorell and illustrated by Michaela Goade
Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Gracey Zhang
Roar-Choo! by Charlotte Cheng and illustrated by Dan Santat
Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent by Mara Rockliff and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Solar Bear by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough by Hayley Rocco with contributions from John Rocco
A huge shout out to those that contributed to the list. Thank you all for your participation it was a crazy busy holiday season.
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Ship in the Window (other topics)Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough (other topics)
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration (other topics)
Home in a Lunchbox (other topics)
The Last Zookeeper (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Michaela Goade (other topics)John Rocco (other topics)
Gracey Zhang (other topics)
Devon Holzwarth (other topics)
Dan Santat (other topics)
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Please post the books that you think are worthy of the 2025 Caldecott award.
The top 20 books that are mentioned the most will be on our voting list.
Thank you
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This thread will close on January 8th and voting will commence on January 9th.