caldecott

CALDECOTT AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN'S BOOKS

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Location: PZ8.3 .L5492
Author: Leodhas, Sorche Nic
Title: Always Room for One More Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. [1965]
Summary: In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

Location: PZ7.M143 Ar
Author: McDermott, Gerald.
Title: Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale Adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. [1974]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.R538 Ba
Author: Robbins, Ruth.
Title: Baboushka and the Three Kings Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov. Adapted from a Russian folk tale. [1960]
Summary: An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

Location: PZ7.H1168 Bi

Author: Hader, Berta.
Title: The Big Snow [1948]
Summary: Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.

Location: PZ7.W214 Bi
Author: Ward, Lynd. Also illustrated. 1905-
Title: The Biggest Bear [1952]
No summary available.

Location: PZ7.M119 Bl
Author: Macaulay, David.
Title: Black and White [1990]
Summary: Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures.

Location: Z1035.A2 M49
Author: Miller, Bertha E. Mahony. ed.
Title: Caldecott Medal Books, 1938-1957 with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine. Edited by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field. [1957]

Location: Z1037.A1 B46
Author: Bell, Irene Wood. 1944-
Title: Caldecott Search-A-Word Learning Guide Illustrated by Jay Conley. [1988]

Location: PZ7.C393 Ch
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey. d.1400.
Title: Chanticleer and the Fox Adapted and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. [1958]
Summary: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

Location: PZ7.P426 Ci
Author: Perrault, Charles. 1628-1703.
Title: Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper A translation from the French of Charles Perrault, with pictures by Marcia Brown. [1988]
Summary: Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

Location: PZ7.Y26 Cr
Author: Yashima, Taro.
Title: Crow Boy [1976]
No summary available.

Location: PZ7.E434 Dr
Author: Emberley, Barbara. (adaptation)
Title: Drummer Hoff Illustrated by Ed Emberley. [1967]
Summary: A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

Location: PZ8.1 .Z38
Author: Zemach, Harve. (adaptation)
Title: Duffy and the Devil Pictures by Margot Zemach. [1973]
Summary: Duffy the Squire wins her name and a carefreelife through the spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for, until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name. A Cornish folk tale.

Location: PZ7.M599 Eg
Author: Milhous, Katherine. 1894-
Title: The Egg Tree Illustrations also by Katherine Milhous. [1950] No summary available.

Location: PZ7.L7835 Fa
Author: Lobel, Arnold.
Title: Fables Illustrations also by Arnold Lobel. [1980]
Summary: Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.

Location: PZ7.W66 Fi
Author: Will [pseud.], and Nicolas [pseud.]
Title: Finders Keepers [1951]
Summary: Two dogs who have found a bone can't decide who should eat it.

Location: PZ7 .R174
Author: Ransome, Arthur. 1884-1967.
Title: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship A Russian tale, retold by Arthur Ransome. Pictures by Uri Shulevitz. [1968]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.L269 Fr
Author: Langstaff, John.
Uniform-Title: "A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go" (Folk-song)
Title: Frog Went A-Courtin', retold by John Langstaff. With pictures by Feodor Rojankovsky. [1955]
Summary: Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

Location: PZ7.C127 Fr
Uniform-Title: "A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go" (Folk-song)
Title: A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go ...

Location: PZ8.1 .M8346
Author: Mosel, Arlene.
Title: The Funny Little Woman Retold by Arlene Mosel. Pictures by Blair Lent. [1972]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.G638 Gi
Author: Goble, Paul.
Title: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses [1978].
Summary: Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

Location: TL721.B5 P76
Author: Provensen, Alice.
Title: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 [1983]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.Y82 He
Author: Yorinks, Arthur.
Title: Hey, Al Pictures by Richard Egielski. [1986]
No summary available.

Location: Z1037 .S648
Author: Smith, Irene, 1903-
Title: A History of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals [1957].

Location: GV1493 .L47
Author: Lewis, Marguerite Relyea.
Title: Hooked on Reading : 114 Wordsearch and Crossword Puzzles based on the Newbery and Caldecott Award winners. Illustrated by Pamela J. Kudla. [1986]

Location: PZ7.V263 Ju
Author: Van Allsburg, Chris.
Title: Jumanji. [1981]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.B814 Li
Author: [Brown, Margaret Wise] 1910-
Title: The Little Island, by Golden MacDonald [pseud.] with illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. [1946]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ8.1 .Y84
Author: Young, Ed.
Title: Lon Po Po. [1989]
Summary: Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

Location: PZ7.B423 Ma
Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962.
Title: Madeline's Rescue. [1953]
Summary: A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.

Location: PZ7.D444 Ma
Author: De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.
Title: May I bring a friend? Illustrated by Beni Montresor. [1964]
Summary: A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring a friend--and the friends are always wild animals--and always well-behaved.

Location: PZ7.H191 Me
Author: Handforth, Thomas, 1897-
Title: Mei Li. [1938]
No summary available.

Location: Z1037.A2 K5 1956-65
Author: Kingman, Lee, ed.
Title: Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956-1965, with acceptance papers, biographies & related materials chiefly from the Horn book magazine. Edited by Lee Kingman.

Location: Z1037.A2 N48 1966-75
Title: Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books, 1966-1975, with acceptance papers, biographies, and related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine. Edited by Lee Kingman. [1975]

Location: Z1037.A2 N49 1976-85
Title: Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books, 1976-1985, with acceptance papers, biographies, and related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine. Edited by Lee Kingman. [1986]

Location: REFERENCE Z1037.A2 N474
Title: The Newbery and Caldecott awards : a Guide to the Medal and Honor Books Association for Library Service to Children.

Location: PZ7.E742 Ni
Author: Ets, Marie Hall, 1895-
Title: Nine Days to Christmas. [1959]
Summary: Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a pinata for it.

Location: PZ8.2 .H5
Author: Brown, Marcia
Uniform-Title: Hitopadesa.
Title: Once A Mouse ... A Fable Cut in Wood. [1961]
Summary: As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

Location: PZ7.H679 On
Author: Hogrogian, Nonny.
Title: One Fine Day. [1971]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.Y78 Ow
Author: Yolen, Jane.
Title: Owl Moon. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. [1987]
Summary: On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

Location: PZ7.H141 Ox
Author: Hall, Donald, 1928-
Title: Ox-Cart Man. Pictures by Barbara Cooney. [1979]
Summary: Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.

Location: PZ7.V263 Po
Author: Van Allsburg, Chris.
Title: The Polar Express. [1985]
Summary: A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

Location: PZ7.F458 Pr
Author: Field, Rachel, 1894-1942.
Title: Prayer For a Child; Pictures by Elizabeth Orton Jones. [1984]
No summary available.

Location: PZ7.P452 Ro
Author: Petersham, Maud Fuller, 1890-1971. illus.
Title: The Rooster Crows; a book of American rhymes and jingles [1945]
Summary: A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.

Location: PZ8.1 .H69
Author: Hodges, Margaret.
Title: Saint George and the dragon : a golden legend / adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. [1984]
Summary: 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.

Location: PZ7.N373 Sa
Author: Ness, Evaline.
Title: Sam, Bangs, and moonshine [1966]
Summary: Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between makebelieve and real life
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Location: PZ7.C332 Sh
Author: Cendrars, Blaise, 1887-1961.
Title: Shadow / translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown from the French of Blaise Cendrars. [1982]
No summary available.

Location: PN6109.97 .S56
Title: Sing a song of popcorn : every child's book of poems / illustrated by Marcia Brown ... [et al.] ; selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers ... [et al.]. Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988. Description: xvii, 142 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Summary: A collection of 115 poems by a variety of well-known authors with illustrations by nine Caldecott medalists.

Location: PZ7.K225 Sn
Author: Keats, Ezra Jack.
Title: The snowy day. [1962]
Summary: The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

Location: PZ7.A573 So
Author: Ackerman, Karen, 1951-
Title: Song and dance man ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell. [1988]
Summary: Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.

Location: PZ7.S331 Syl
Author: Steig, William, 1907-
Title: Sylvester and the magic pebble [1980]
Summary: In a moment of fright, Sylvester 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.

Location: PZ7 .L4384
Author: Lawson, Robert, 1892-1957.
Title: They were strong and good [1940]
Summary: Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

Location: PZ7.M132 Ti
Author: McCloskey, Robert, 1914-
Title: Time of wonder. [1957]
No summary available.

Location: QK475.8 .U36
Author: Udry, Janice (May)
Title: A tree is nice. Pictures by Marc Simont. [1956]
Summary: Briefly describes the value of a tree.

Location: PS3573.I444 V5
Author: Willard, Nancy.
Title: A visit to William Blake's inn : poems for innocent and experienced travelers; illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. [1981]
Summary: A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn.

Location: PZ7.S47 Wh
Author: Sendak, Maurice.
Title: Where the wild things are. [1963]
Summary: A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

Location: PZ7.T725 Wh
Author: Tresselt, Alvin R.
Title: White snow, bright snow; illus. by Roger Duvoisin. [1947]

Location: PZ8.1 .A213
Author: Aardema, Verna.
Title: Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. [1975] Summary: Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.