The Outer Cape Mock Caldecott 2025
11th Annual Outer Cape Mock Caldecott
Every year, the Association of Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist(s) of the most distinguished American children’s picture book. Provincetown and Truro Libraries, with the participation of our patrons, mirror this process by choosing a book to honor with our own “mock” Caldecott award. Last year Truro Library patrons and students from Truro Central School chose Little Land, illustrated and written by Diana Sudyka.
We encourage all of our patrons to participate and become part of the “Mock Caldecott Committee.” You might like to watch this video called Mock Caldecott: How to Choose, which features Barbara Klipper, or look at her slideshow, to review criteria and “points to consider” when making your selection. From there, you can request each of the books from the library along with a physical paper ballot, or download the ebooks. You may find the books on the CLAMS catalogue here. After enjoying the books, fill out the paper ballot (you can download it here) and drop it off at the library, or use the online ballot available HERE. Voting ends Friday, January 24, 2025 and we will announce our winner on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Outer Cape Mock Caldecott representatives from the Provincetown IB Schools, the Provincetown Public Library, the Truro Central School, and the Truro Public Library have selected six contenders for the 2025 Outer Cape Mock Caldecott:
2025 Outer Cape Mock Caldecott
 Being Home illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Traci Sorell |  Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King illustrated by Ekua Holmes and written by Coretta Scott King |
 Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love illustrated and written by Rashin Kheiriyeh |  The Yellow Bus illustrated and written by Loren Long |
 The Iguanodon’s Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again illustrated and written by Sean Rubin |  Time to Make Art illustrated and written by Jeff Mack |