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Caldecott Medal Books
2008
Swanson, Susan
PB SWANS Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.
2007
Selznick, Brian
J SELZN When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
2006
Weisner, David
PB WEISN The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
2005
Juster, Norton
PB JUSTE A young girl describes the magical kitchen window at her Nanna and Poppy's house.
2004
Gerstein, Mordicai.
791.34 GERST A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
2003
Rohmann, Eric.
Pb ROHMA Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
2002
Wiesner, David.
Pb WIESN The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
2001
St. George, Judith.
973.099 STGEO Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
2000
Taback, Simms.
Pb TABAC A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
1999
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs.
551.578 MARTI A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
1998
Zelinsky, Paul O.
398.22 Z A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
1997
Wisniewski, David.
398.21 W A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
1996
Rathmann, Peggy.
Pb The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.
1995
Bunting, Eve.
Pb BUNTI When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
1994
Say, Allen.
Pb A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
1993
McCully, Emily Arnold.
Pb Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
1992
Wiesner, David.
Pb Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
1991
Macaulay, David.
Pb Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
1990
Young, Ed.
398.209 YOUNG Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
1989
Ackerman, Karen.
Pb Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
1988
Yolen, Jane.
Pb YOLEN On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
1987
Yorinks, Arthur.
Pb YORIN 1985
Hodges, Margaret.
398.2 HODGE Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
1984
Provensen, Alice.
Pb A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's.
1983
Cendrars, Blaise.
398 Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
1982
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Pb VANAL Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
1981
Lobel, Arnold.
Pb Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
1980
Hall, Donald.
Pb Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
1979
Goble, Paul.
j Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to living among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
1978
Spier, Peter.
Pb SPIER Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
1977
Musgrove, Margaret.
960 Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with the letters from A to Z.
1976
Aardema, Verna.
Pb AARDE Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.
1975
McDermott, Gerald.
291.212 MCDER An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.
1974
Zemach, Harve.
398.209 Duffy, the ragged servant girl, can't believe her luck. Squire Lovel of Trove has given her a position at his comfortable manor house helping the aging housekeeper. But when the old woman tells Duff to spin some wool and knit a pair of stockings, Duffy panics. She doesn't know how to spin or knit. The devil offers to do knitting and spinning for Duffy for a price. After 3 years she must guess the devil's name or he will take her away.
1973
Mosel, Arlene
PB MOSEL While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
1972
Hogrogian, Nonny.
Pb After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.
1971
Haley, Gail E.
398.209 HALEY Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."
1970
Steig, William, 1907-
Pb STEIG In a moment of fright Sylvester and the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
1969
Ransome, Arthur.
398 When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
1968
Emberley, Barbara.
Pb A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.
1967
Ness, Evaline.
Pb Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. When her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality.
1966
Leodhas, Sorche Nic.
Pb Children's story based on the Scottish ballad of the same title.
1965
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.
Pb DEREG One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation -- the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?"
"Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected!
1964
Sendak, Maurice.
Pb Max sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.
1963
Keats, Ezra Jack.
Pb KEATS The adventures of a little boy in the city on a snowy day.
1962
Hitopadea.
398 Story is based on a tale in the Hitopadesa.
1961
Robbins, Ruth.
394 1960
Ets, Marie Hall, 1895-
Pb Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piņata for it.
1959
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Pb A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
1958
McCloskey, Robert.
Pb MCCLO Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
1957
Udry, Janice May.
Pb UDRY The author celebrates the beauty and joy found in the everyday world and captures the wonder of young children as they discover the simple pleasures trees give to those who take the time to enjoy them.
1956
Langstaff, John M.
Pb LANGS "For this book, I made one happy story out of the different ballads that are sung in many parts of America and other countries about the frog and the mouse and their little animal friends ... The music is only one of many tunes for the ballad." The author.
1955
Perrault, Charles.
398 In her haste to leave the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.
1953
Ward, Lynd.
Pb Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.
1952
Will.
Pb WILL Two dogs who have found a bone can't decide who should eat it.
1951
Milhous, Katherine.
j One Easter morning, Katy and Carl went on an egg hunt through Grandmom's house. Katy couldn't find anything until she went up to the attic. And there she discovered a very special set of eggs...
1950
Politi, Leo.
j Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
1949
Hader, Berta.
Pb Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
1948
Tresselt, Alvin R.
Pb When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
1947
MacDonald, Golden,
Pb Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.
1946
Petersham, Maud Fuller.
Pb A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.
1945
Field, Rachel.
248 An illustrated bedtime prayer which gives thanks for the many aspects of a child's world.
1944
Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
Pb THURB Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
1943
Burton, Virginia Lee.
Pb BURTO A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
1942
McCloskey, Robert.
Pb The busy Boston streets are too dangerous for eight little ducklings! But with a little help from a friendly policeman, Mrs. Mallard and her family arrive safely at their new home in the Boston Public Garden.
1941
Lawson, Robert.
B007 LAWSO Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.
1940
D'Aulaire, Ingri.
B L736AA Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.
1939
Handforth, Thomas.
Pb After spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God.
1938
Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis.
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