It's amazing anything got done last night, what with me checking the results every thirteen seconds or so! My finger was permanently adhered to the refresh button, I tell you!

Lolly has constructed this dandy table and I have done the math. (Fingers crossed that I haven't messed anything up. Frantic calculating while second graders are entering the room is not in my normal skill set.)

Behold the power of weighted voting! Behold the power of the second place votes! Look at the third place column and feel the anxiety of What To Vote For Last.

This leaves us with nine titles for the second (and last) ballot. We picked any title that garnered more than 150 votes. Here is the place where some of you might want to have a moment of silence for books that are now off the table. Or maybe a sigh of relief for those that have held on by a thread.

	1st choice (4 points)	2nd choice (3 points)	3rd choice (2 points)	Total points
Abe Lincoln's Dream	9	8	9	78
And Then It's Spring	14	24	16	160
Baby Bear Sees Blue	48	15	6	249
Bear has a Story to Tell	7	12	18	100
Chloe and the Lion	17	17	18	155
Each Kindness	5	7	19	79
Extra Yarn	64	31	37	423
Fifty Cents and a Dream	2	3	8	33
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs	5	10	19	88
Green	18	38	28	242
Hello, Hello	22	6	6	118
A Home for Bird	19	17	13	153
I Have a Dream	11	19	13	127
Island	9	8	15	90
Life in the Ocean	2	7	8	45
Little Dog Lost	4	11	8	65
Machines Go to Work in the City	1	3	2	17
Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!	1	3	4	21
Mouseterpiece	1	2	3	16
The Obstinate Pen	3	3	6	33
Ocean Sunlight	1	3	4	21
Step Gently Out	13	21	14	143
This Is Not My Hat	20	29	21	209
Unspoken	27	21	16	203
Z is for Moose	30	32	36	288

 

We had more than 300 people voting.  As we enter into our second (and final) vote, we would love to have at least as many voters. We’ve decided to post the second ballot later this afternoon — earlier than scheduled –  but will leave the polling tool up until 9 a.m. Friday as originally planned. For now, take another look at the remaining books and make a pitch for the ones you appreciate and tell us what concerns you about the others.

And, I as I asked in my last post, let's agree not to scrounge for specific votes on social media. We want a lot of votes, but we want folks who are educated voters, not just an illustrator's college roommate's BFFs from Facebook.

If we talk here, in the comments, we can approximate the begging  lobbying that happens around the Caldecott table. It’s a lot more fun if we hear from you.

Here are the nine books that will move on to a second ballot: