"Becust the pichrs toc to me" [sic]

One first grader's opinion

Another first grader's ballot: "The colors poped [sic]."

And the final results are in!  114 students voted.  (We have about 625 students in the school, and almost no fifth graders, the biggest grade, participated.)  Draw! retained its huge leade and emerged as our school's Caldecott winner.  Flashlight moved from third to second place and The Iridescence of Birds made a surprise comeback, moving from last place to third.  It was a tight race, with four books, Nana in the City, A Dance Like Starlight, The Scraps Book, and Josephine, all tying for sixth. Here are the details, along with what some of the students wrote about their choices.  I love how the students really considered their choices and felt strongly about them, with many of them writing that the pictures really spoke to them.  Congratulations to our winner, and to all our students who participated!

1.  Draw!: 102 points (20 first place votes, 15 second place votes, 12 third place votes)

Fourth graders liked Flashlight

2.  Flashlight: 76 points (17 first place, 11 second place, 3 third place) 

3.  The Iridescence of Birds: 49 points (9 first place, 8 second place, 6 third place)

4.  The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus: 48 points (10 first place, 8 second place, 6 third place)

A first grader gets right to the point.

5.  Viva Frida: 42 points (4 first place, 6 second place, 3 third place)  

6.  Nana in the City: 39 points (5 first place, 7 second place, 10 third place)

6.  The Scraps Book: 39 points (4 first place, 9 second place, 9 third place) 

6.  A Dance Like Starlight: 39 points (5 first place, 8 second place, 8 third place)

6.  Josephine: 39 points (6 first place, 6 second place, 9 third place)

7.  Brother Hugo and the Bear:  33 points (4 first place, 7 second place, 7 third place)