I love Philadelphia.

I love that they have something called “artisan grilled cheese” there.

I loved discussing picture books with 14 other people who care deeply and are as knowledgeable as the day is long.

I loved making “The Calls”.

I love that the phone we used to make “The Calls” had a random orange sitting behind it.

I love sitting in the third row.

I love the unexpected.

(Navigating Early wins a Printz Honor)

I love these four books.

I love that Locomotive got the biggest ovation of the morning (although I admit I may have been listening with biased ears).

I love that our committee blew train whistles when Locomotive was announced.

I love these tweets.

I love that I can watch it all on video.

I love the name Flora.

I love that Carl Harvey (member of our Caldecott committee) made Caldecott cookies to bring to his school this week.

I love the passion of the kids and adults who really wanted their favorite book to win.

I love that John Schumacher captured this video:

I love the Newbery picks, and especially that The Year of Billy Miller received recognition.

I love that I can now show my students the Caldecott winners (and I love that they picked two of them in their mock Caldecott).

I love this image from the SLJ Post-Game Show. Makes me smile every time I see it.

I love NPR’s piece on the Youth Media Award winners.

I love the video Molly Idle made after winning a Caldecott Honor.

Because I think it’s brave, I love this piece by Don Tate on what it feels like to not win the big awards.

I love that Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) did such a fine job interviewing Kate DiCamillo.

I love that I can update my Caldecott Infographic.