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1 Caldecott Challenge Prize Choices 2017 Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Weatherford Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel

2 Finding Winnie by Lindsey Mattick Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews Voice of Freedom by Carole Weatherford

3 The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo The Right Word by Jen Bryant Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett Viva Frida by Yuri Morales

4 This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo Lococmotive by Brian Floca Journey by Aaron Becker Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett illustrated by Jon Klassen Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

5 Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Flora & the Flamingo by Molly Idle Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds illustrated by Peter Brown Dave the Potter by Laban Carrcik Hill illustrated by Bryan Collier A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell

6 A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead illustrated by Erin E. Stead The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski Blackout by John Rocco A River of Words by Jennifer Bryant illustrated by Melissa Sweet

7 How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Henry s Freedon Box by Ellen Levine The Wall by Peter Sis

8 Flotsam by David Wiesner Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein Moses: When Harriet Tubamn Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford illustrated by Kadir Nelson Zen Shorts byjon J Muth The Red Book by Barbara Lehman Kitten s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

9 Knufle Bunny by Mo Willems Noah s Ark by Jerry Pinkney My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohman Song of the Water Boatman by Joyce Sidman illustrated by Beckie Prange The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt illustrated by Toni DiTerlizzi Don t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

10 The Three Pigs by David Wiesner Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin illustrated by Betsy Lewin The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley illustrated by Brian Selznick Olivia by Ian Falconer Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Sims Tabak The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by Julius Lester

11 When Sophie Gets Angry... by Molly Bang No David! by David Shannon A Child s Calendar by John Updike illustrated by Trina Hyman There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Tabak

12 Snow by Uri Shulevitz Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully Song and Dance Man bykaren Ackerman illustrated by Stephen Gammell Owen by Kevin Henkes

13 Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky The Stinky Cheese Man... byjon Scieszka illustrated bylane Smith Tuesday by David Wiesner Lon Po Po by Ed Young The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Rumplestiltskin by Paul Zelinsky

14 Mufaro s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe Owl Moon by Jane Yolen illustrated by John Scheonherr When I was Young in the Mtns. by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Diane Goode King Bidgood s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood illustrated by Don Wood The Polar Express bychris Van Allsburg

15 Little red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg

16 Freight Train by Donald Crews Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People s Ears by Verna Aardema illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott Frog & Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

17 In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak A Story, A Story by Gail Haley Swimmy by Leo Lionni Rain Makes Applesauce byjulian Scheer illustrated bymarvin Bileck

18 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendack The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey

19 One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey Madeline s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry illustrated by Marc Simont

20 Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey McElligot s Pool by Dr. Seuss Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Animals of the Bible by Dorothy Lathrop Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

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