Caldecott 2006

Here's some of the top titles for [my] consideration this year:

• A Splendid Friend Indeed. Illustrated and written by Suzanne Bloom
  


• Cool Cat, Hot Dog. illustrated and written by Sandy Turner. (Atheneum)
  


• Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. Illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book /Atheneum)
  


• I Ain't Gonna Paint No More. Illustrated by David Catrow, written by Daren Beaumont
  


• Leaf Man. Illustrated and written by Lois Ehlert. (Harcourt)
  


• Lies and Other Tall Tales. Illustrated and adapted by Christopher Myers. Collected by Zora Neale Hurston. (HarperCollins)
  


• Our Tree Named Steve. Illustrated by David Catrow, written by Alan Zweibel
  


• Show Way. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott. Written by Jacqueline Woodson. (Putnam)
  


• The Great Fuzz Frenzy. Illustrated by Janet Stevens, written by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel.
  


• The Song of Francis and the Animals. Illustrated by David Frampton. Written by Pat Mora. (Eerdmans)
  


• White Is for Blueberry. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. Written by George Shannon. (Greenwillow / HarperCollins)
  


• Zen Shorts. Illustrated and written by Jon J Muth. (Scholastic Press)

I'll be in San Antonio on January 23, 2006 when the award winners are announced.