096 - 2026 Caldecott Conversation Part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2026 Caldecott Winners and Honorees, analyzing specific books and their common themes.

Join the Picture Book Summit Team as we celebrate this year's crop of Caldecott Winners and Honorees. We have so much to say that it can't be contained in one episode! Today, we analyze OUR LAKE, written and illustrated by Angie Kang, and EVERY MONDAY MABEL, written and illustrated by Jashar Awan. Plus, we discuss commonalities in all of this year's Caldecott books, what we loved and observed about these books, and while picture books look easy, these are particular ones are so layered and full of nuance. From thoughtful and beautiful to funny and relatable, we hope this conversation inspires you to do some creating of your own. Books mentioned in this episode: OUR LAKE written and illustrated by Angie Kang EVERY MONDAY MABEL by Jashar Awan Find all of this year's Caldecott books in the Picture Book Summit Bookshop ! How are Caldecott books chosen each year? Check out Emma's video explanation here . We talked about Katie's awesome Summit presentation on picture book endings. Podcast listeners can get 25% off! Use code PODCAST at this link: https://picturebooksummit.freshlearn.com/endings .

People in this episode

Host: Picture Book Summit

Topics covered

• Caldecott Winners
• picture book analysis
• children's literature
• book recommendations
• creative inspiration

Keywords

• Caldecott
• OUR LAKE
• EVERY MONDAY MABEL
• children's books
• book analysis
• Angie Kang
• Jashar Awan

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