This is the list of 2016 picturebooks that my Simmons College graduate class CHL 403 The Picturebook is using in our Mock Caldecott. Which books are you rooting for? Which ones would you add? Chime in with comments or @ me on Twitter.
| Illustrator | Title | Author |
| Blackall, Sophie | A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785 | Olshan, Matthew |
| Brown, Lisa | The Airport Book | Brown, Lisa |
| Castillo, Lauren | Twenty Yawns | Smiley, Jane |
| Christie, R. Gregory | Freedom in Congo Square | Weatherford, Carole Boston |
| Collier, Bryan | City Shapes | Murray, Diana |
| Dominguez, Angela | Marta! Big and Small | Arena, Jen |
| Klassen, Jon | We Found a Hat | Klassen, Jon |
| Krommes, Beth | Before Morning | Sidman, Joyce |
| Lewis, E. B. | Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis | Asim, Jabari |
| López, Rafael | Maybe Something Beautiful | Campoy, F. Isabel & Howell, Theresa |
| McCarty, Peter | The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking through Anne Frank’s Window | Gottesfeld, Jeffrey |
| McClintock, Barbara | Emma and Julia Love Ballet | McClintock, Barbara |
| Morales, Yuyi | Thunder Boy, Jr. | Alexie, Sherman |
| Pak, Kenard | Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn | Pak, Kenard |
| Robinson, Christian | School’s First Day of School | Rex, Adam |
| Robinson, Christian | The Dead Bird | Brown, Margaret Wise |
| Rohmann, Eric | Giant Squid | Fleming, Candace |
| Ruzzier, Sergio | This Is Not a Picture Book | Ruzzier, Sergio |
| Santat, Dan | Are We There Yet? | Santat, Dan |
| Saracone-Roach | Excellent Ed | McAnulty, Stacy |
| Stead, Erin E. | The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles | Cuevas, Michelle |
| Stead, Philip C. | Ideas Are All Around | Stead, Philip C. |
| Steptoe, Javaka | Radiant Child | Steptoe, Javaka |
| Tonatiuh, Duncan | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | Tonatiuh, Duncan |
| Turk, Evan | The Storyteller | Turk, Evan |
| Vallejo, Francis | Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph | Orgill, Roxane |
| Wenzel, Brendan | They All Saw a Cat | Wenzel, Brendan |
| Young, Ed | The Cat from Hunger Mountain | Young, Ed |
| Zagarenski, Pamela | Henry & Leo | Zagarenski, Pamela |
| Zunon, Elizabeth | Don’t Call Me Grandma | Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux |