And the Mock Award goes to...

We here at Guessing Geisel are thrilled to announce the official winner and honor titles for the 2018 Guessing Geisel Mock!

Winner: Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes

Honors:

• Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy by Laurel Snyder, illustrated. by Emily Hughes
• Egg by Kevin Henkes
• The Good for Nothing Button by Charise Mericle Harper & Mo Willems
• I See a Cat by Paul Meisel

This year we used 2 ballots. The first determined our mock winner and the second our mock honors. Using the same weighted point system as the Real Committee (4 points for each first choice vote, 3 points for each second choice vote, and 2 points for each third choice vote), the results of the first ballot made it clear that Charlie & Mouse was our winner. Out of 30 ballots, the sibling duo garnered 43 points! You can see the tally from the first ballot below. 

After the first ballot, we turned our thoughts to the mock honor titles. As Misti outlined in her post, we decided upon a second ballot to mirror the process the Real Committee would go through.  As with the Real Committee, we decided there would be no limit (or requirement) for the number of honor titles to be named. Looking at the results of our second ballot, we felt that these 4 titles clearly rose to the top each with total point counts above 17 points. You can see the tally of points below. 

Now all we can do is eagerly anticipate the announcement of the real YMAs on February 12, 2018 at 8am (MST). We hope you'll join us in live streaming the announcements online or watching (and cheering!) in person at ALA Midwinter in Denver, CO.