098 - 2026 Caldecott Conversation Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2026 Caldecott Winners and Honorees, focusing on the winner and two honor books.

Join the Picture Book Summit Team as we celebrate this year's crop of Caldecott Winners and Honorees. This is part 2 of our conversation. If you missed part 1, you can listen to it here: https://picturebooksummit.com/podcast-2026-caldecotts-part-1/ In this episode, we get to discuss this year's winner and two Honor Books. Get ready for insight into these books as well as the numerous things they have in common. Get your hands on these books and enjoy studying these remarkable books of art! Books mentioned in this episode: WINNER: FIREWORKS illustrated by Catia Chien and written by Matthew Burgess SUNDUST written and illustrated by Zeke Peña STALACTITE AND STALAGMITE by Drew Beckmeyer 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 Team

Topics covered

• Caldecott Winners
• children's literature
• illustration
• book discussion
• art in books

Keywords

• Caldecott
• children's books
• illustration
• book analysis
• picture books

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: FIREWORKS, SUNDUST, STALACTITE AND STALAGMITE

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