Welcome to the IRC's Mock Caldecott Panel library guide.
This guide provides information about Mock Caldecott panel sessions held with students in Dr. Mary Rycik's children's literature course from fall 2002 through spring 2016. Featured here are titles reviewed by each class and voting results from each panel. Navigate this guide using the menu tabs on the left side of this page; move easily from top to bottom on the menu, or choose an item of interest to you.
Mock Caldecott panel sessions were held with students in Dr. Mary Rycik's children's literature course from fall 2002 through spring 2016. Each fall and spring term, students participated in this activity in the Instructional Resource Center, AU Library. This library guide features:
Interested in learning more? Additional information is available on the IRC News & Information Blog, Children's Award Book Library Guide and the Mock Caldecott IRC Pinterest Board.
Criteria and terms for the Caldecott Medal are set forth by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). To expedite the panel, picture books presented to each class are pre-selected to meet Caldecott Medal terms for illustrators, a citizen or resident of the United States and publication date, published in the preceding year, already verified. Terms for a book to be considered are as follows:
"The Medal shall be awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in English in the United States during the preceding year. There are no limitations as to the character of the picture book except that the illustrations be original work. Honor Books may be named. These shall be books that are also truly distinguished."
"The Award is restricted to artists who are citizens or residents of the United States."
"The committee in its deliberations is to consider only the books eligible for the award, as specified in the terms." (ALSC, Caldecott Terms & Criteria)