Caldecott Award & Honor Books
call number if located in the Curriculum Lab
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Description of the Award |
What
is the Caldecott Medal?
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to an illustrator “for the most distinguished
American picture book for children.”
Who
decided the winner?
A division of the American Library Association, the Association for Library
Service to Children, selects the winner from
books published during the previous year. They consider “excellence of execution in the artistic
technique employed...of delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or
information through the pictures.” The
artist must be a citizen of the United States but does not need to be the author
of the book. The winner is
announced by the ALA at their midwinter meeting.
When
did the award begin?
The award began in 1936 because picture books did not compete favorably with
books for older readers in capturing the coveted Newbery Medal.
As with the Newbery Medal, Frederic Melcher proposed this award and
suggested it be named for Randolph Caldecott. The first award was
presented in 1938 to Dorothy P. Lathrop for "Animals of the Bible."
Why
is it called the Caldecott award?
Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) was a well-known English artist and illustrator
of books for children. Randolph Caldecott's illustrations are known for
action, vitality and humor.
What
does the award look like?
The Caldecott Medal is made of bronze. It
was designed in 1937 by Rene Paul Chambellan, an American scultpor.
Chambellan recreated Randolph Caldecott’s illustrations on both sides
of the medal. One side portrays
John Gilpin’s ride from the book by Caldecott.
The other side depicts a pile containing four-and-twenty blackbirds being
set before the king.
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TITLE
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| 2007 | Wiesner, David | FLOTSAM |
| McLimans, David | GONE WILD: AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL ALPHABET (J 591.68 M165go) | |
| Nelson, Kadir | MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM | |
| 2006 | Raschka, Chris | THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW (JPB Juster) |
| Collier, Bryan | ROSA (J 92 P252gi) | |
| Muth, Jon J. | ZEN SHORTS (JPB Muth) | |
| Priceman, Marjorie | HOT AIRE: THE (MOSTLY) TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST HOT-AIR BALLOON RIDE (JPB Priceman) | |
| Prange, Beckie | SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN AND OTHER POND POEMS (JPB Sidman) | |
| 2005 | Henkes, Kevin | KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON (JPB Henkes) |
| Lehman, Barbara | RED BOOK (JPB Lehman) | |
| Lewis, E.B. | COMING ON HOME SOON (JPB Woodson) | |
| Willems, Mo | KNUFFLE BUNNY (JPB Willems) | |
| 2004 | Gerstein, Mordicai | MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS (JPB Gerstein) |
| Chodos-Irvine, Margaret | ELLA SARAH GETS DRESSED (JPB Chodos-Irvine) | |
| Jenkins, Steve & Paige, Robin | WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TAIL LIKE THIS? (JPB Jenkins) | |
| Willems, Mo | DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS (JPB Willems) | |
| 2003 | Rohmann, Eric | MY FRIEND RABBIT (JPB Rohmann) |
| DiTerlizze, Tony | SPIDER AND THE FLY (J 821.8 H863sp) | |
| McCarty, Peter | HONDO & FABIAN (JPB McCarthy) | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | NOAH'S ARK (J 222.11 P655no) | |
| 2002 | Wiesner, David | THE THREE PIGS (JPB Wiesner) |
| Collier, Bryan | MARTIN'S BIG WORDS: THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (J 92 K53ra) | |
| Selznick, Brian | DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS: AN ILLUMINATING HISTORY OF MR. WATERHOUSE HAWKINS, ARTIST AND LECTURER (J 567.9 K39di) | |
| Simot, Marc | THE STRAY DOG (JPB Simot) | |
| 2001 | Small, David | SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT (J 923.173 S193so) |
| Bing, Christopher | CASEY AT THE BAT: A BALLAD OF THE REPUBLIC SUNG IN THE YEAR 1888 (J 811.527 T369ca 2000) | |
| Lewin, Betsy | CICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE (JPB Cronin) | |
| Falconer, Ian | OLIVIA (JPB Falconer) | |
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| 2000 | Taback, Simms | JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT (JPB Taback) |
| Wiesner, David | SECTOR 7 (JPB Wiesner) | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | THE UGLY DUCKLING (J P655ug) | |
| Bang, Molly | WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY, REALLY, REALLY ANGRY (JPB Bang) | |
| Updike, John | A CHILD’S CALENDAR (J 811.54 U66ch) | |
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| 1999 | Azarian, Mary | SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY (J 92 B477ma) |
| Pinkney, Brian | DUKE ELLINGTON (J 92 E46pi) | |
| Shannon, David | NO, DAVID! (JPB Shannon) | |
| Shulevitz, Uri | SNOW (JPB Shulevitz) | |
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| 1998 | Zelinsky, Paul O. | RAPUNZEL (J 392.2 Z49ra) |
| Myers, Christopher | HARLEM (JPB Myers) | |
| Small, David | THE GARDENER (JPB Stewert) | |
| Taback, Simms | THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY (JPB Taback) | |
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| 1997 | Wisniewski, David | GOLEM (J 398.21 W815go) |
| Meade, Holly | HUSH! A THAI LULLABY (J 811.54 H678hu) | |
| Pelletier, David | THE GRAPHIC ALPHABET (JPB Pelletier) | |
| Pilkey, Dav | THE PAPERBOY (JPB Pilkey) | |
| Sis, Peter | STARRY MESSENGER (J 92 G133si) | |
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| 1996 | Rathmann, Peggy | OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA (JPB Rathman) |
| Johnson, Stephen | ALPHABET CITY (JPB Johnson) | |
| Priceman, Marjorie | ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A VIOLIN (JPB Moss) | |
| Pinkney, Brian | THE FAITHFUL FRIEND (J 398.2 S197fa) | |
| Stevens, Janet | TOPS AND BOTTOMS (JPB Stevens) | |
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| 1995 | Diaz, David | SMOKEY NIGHT (JPB Bunting) |
| Zelinsky, Paul | SWAMP ANGEL (JPB Isaacs) | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | JOHN HENRY (J 398.21 L642jo ) | |
| Rohmann, Eric | TIME FLIES (J H465t) | |
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| 1994 | Say, Allen | GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY (JPB Say) |
| Fleming, Denise | IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND (JPB Fleming) | |
| Henkes, Kevin | OWEN (JPB Henkes) | |
| MacDermott, Gerald | A TRICKSTER TALE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | |
| Lewin, Ted | PEPPE THE LAMP LIGHTER (JPB Bartone) | |
| Raschka, Chris | YO! YES? (JPB Rashka) & (VCR Y54) | |
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| 1993 | McCully, Emily | MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE (JPB McCully) |
| Byard, Carole | WORKING COTTON (JPB Willliams) | |
| Smith, Lane | THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES (JPB Scieszka) | |
| Young, Ed | SEVEN BLIND MICE (JPB Young) | |
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| 1992 | Weisner, David | TUESDAY (JPB Weisner) |
| Ringgold, Faith | TAR BEACH (JPB Ringgold) | |
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| 1991 | Macauley, David | BLACK AND WHITE (JPB Mcauley) |
| Marcellino, Fred | PUSS IN BOOTS (J 398.2 P454pu) | |
| Williams, Vera | “MORE , MORE, MORE,” SAID THE BABY: THREE LOVE STORIES (JPB Williams) | |
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| 1990 | Young, Ed | LON PO PO (J 398.2 Y71lo) |
| Ehlert, Lois | COLOR ZOO (JPB Ehlert) | |
| Hyman, Trina | HERSHEL AND THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS (JPB Kimmel) | |
| Peet, Bill | BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY(J 92 P375p) | |
| Pinkney, Jerry | THE TALKING EGGS (J398.21 S197ta) | |
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| 1989 | Gammell, Stephen | SONG AND DANCE MAN (JPB Ackerman) |
| Pinkney, Jerry | MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND (JPB McKissack) | |
| Weisner, David | FREEFALL (JPB Weisner) | |
| Say, Allen | BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP (JPB Snyder) | |
| Marshall, James | GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS (J398.21S844gu) | |
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| 1988 | Schoenherr, John | OWL MOON (JPB Yolen) |
| Steptoe, John | MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS (JPB Steptoe)&(VCR M949) | |
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| 1987 | Egielski, Richard | HEY, AL (JPB Yorkins) |
| Zelinsky,Paul | RUMPLESTILTSKIN (J398.21 G864ru 1984) | |
| Grifalconi, Ann | VILLAGE OF ROUND AND SQUARE HOUSES (JPB Grifalconi) | |
| MacDonald, Suse | ALPHABATICS (JPB MacDonald) | |
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| 1986 | Van Allsburg, Chris | THE POLAR EXPRESS (JPB Van Allsburg) |
| Wood, Don | KING BIDGOOD’S IN THE BATHTUB (JPB Wood) | |
| Gammell, Stephen | THE RELATIVES CAME (JPB Rylant) | |
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| 1985 | Hyman, Trina Schart | SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON (J 782.81 L285s) |
| Zelinsky, Paul | HANSEL AND GRETEL (J 398.21 G864ha) | |
| Tafuri, Nancy | HAVE YOU SEEN MY DUCKLINGS? (JPB Tafuri) | |
| Steptoe, John | THE STORY OF JUMPING MOUSE | |
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| 1984 | Provensen, Alice & Martin | THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT: ACROSS THE CHANNEL WITH LOUIS BLERIOT JULY 25,1909 (J 92 B647p) |
| Hyman, Trina Schart | LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (J 398.21 H996l) | |
| Bang, Molly | TEN, NINE, EIGHT (JPB Bang) | |
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| 1983 | Brown, Marcia | SHADOW (JPB Cendrars) |
| Williams, Vera | A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER (JPB Williams) | |
| Rylant, Cynthia | WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS (JPB Rylant) | |
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| 1982 | Van Allsburg, Chris | JUMANJI (JPB Van Allsburg) |
| Lobel, Anita | ON MARKET STREET (JPB Lobel) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | OUTSIDE OVER THERE (JPB Sendak) | |
| Provensen, Alice & Martin | A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE’S INN: POEMS FOR INNOCENT AND EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS | |
| Gammell, Stephen | WHERE THE BUFFALOES BEGIN (J 398.2 B168w) | |
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| 1981 | Lobel, Arnold | FABLES (J L797f) |
| Plume, Ils | THE BREMEN-TOWN MUSICIANS (J 398.2452 P734b) | |
| Bank, Moll | THE GREY LADY AND THE STRAWBERRY SNATCHER (JPB Bang) | |
| Low, Joseph | MICE TWICE (JPB Low) | |
| Crews, Donald | TRUCK (JPB Crews) | |
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| 1980 | Cooney, Barbara | OX-CART MAN (JPB Hall) |
| Isadora, Rachel | BEN’S TRUMPHET | |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI (JPB Van Allsburg) | |
| Shulevitz, Uri | THE TREASURE | |
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| 1979 | Gobel, Paul | THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES (JPB Goble) |
| Crews, Donald | FREIGHT TRAIN (JPB Crews) | |
| Parnall, Peter | THE WAY TO START A DAY (J 291.12 B358w) | |
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| 1978 | Spier, Peter | NOAH’S ARK (JPB Lorimer) |
| Macauley, David | CASTLE (J 623.19 M117ca) | |
| Zemach, Margot | IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE | |
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| 1977 | Dillon, Leo & Diane | ASHANTI TO ZULU: AFRICAN TRADITIONS (J 960 M987a) |
| Steig, William | THE AMAZING BONE (JPB Steig) | |
| Hogrogian, Nonny | THE CONTEST (J 398.2209 H716c) | |
| Goffstein, M. B. | FISH FOR SUPPER | |
| McDermott, Gerald | THE GOLEM: A JEWISH LEGEND ( 398.22 M134g) | |
| Parnell, Peter | HAWK, I’M YOUR BROTHER (JPB Baylor) | |
| 1976 | Dillon, Leo & Diane | WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS (J 398.2 A113w)&(VCR 627hy) |
| De Paola, Tomie | STREGA NONA (JPB De Paola)&(VCR S915) | |
| Parnall, Peter | THE DESERT IS THEIRS (J 591.5265 B358d) | |
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| 1975 | McDermott, Gerald | ARROW TO THE SUN (J 398.21 M134a) |
| Feelings, Tom | AMBO MEANS HELLO: A SWAHILI ALPHABET BOOK | |
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| 1974 | Zemach, Margot | DUFFY AND THE DEVIL (JPB Zemach) |
| Macauley, David | CATHEDRAL:THE STORY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION (J 726.6 M117c) | |
| Jeffers, Susan | THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN (JPB Caldecott) | |
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| 1973 | Lent, Blair | THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMAN (J 398.2095 M898f) |
| Baskin, Leonard | HOSIE’S ALPHABET (JPB Baskin) | |
| Burkert, Nancy | SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (J 398 S674g) | |
| Bahti, Tom | WHEN CLAY SINGS (J 970.49 B358w) | |
| McDermott, Gerald | ANANSI THE SPIDER: A TALE FROM THE ASHANTI (J 398.2452 M131a) | |
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| 1972 | Hogrogian, Nonny | ONE FINE DAY (JPB Hogrogian) |
| Lobel, Arnold | HILDILID’S NIGHT (JPB Yan) | |
| Domanska, Janina | IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA (JPB Domanska) | |
| Feelings, Muriel | MOJA MEANS ONE: SWAHILI COUNTING BOOK (JPB Feelings) | |
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| 1971 | Haley, Gail | A STORY, A STORY (J 398.2096 H168s) |
| Lent, Blair | THE ANGRY MOON | |
| Lobel, Arnold | FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS (JPB Lobel) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | THE NIGHT KITCHEN (JPB Sendak) | |
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| 1970 | Steig, William | SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE (JPB Steig) |
| Lionni, Leo | ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE (JPB Lionni) | |
| Keats, Ezra | GOGGLES! (JPB Keats) | |
| Parker, Robert | POPCORN AND MA GOODNESS (JPB Preston) | |
| Zemach, Margot | THE JUDGE: AN UNTRUE TALE (JPB Zemach) | |
| Turkle, Brinton | THY FRIEND, OBADIAH (JPB Turkle) | |
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| 1969 | Shulevitz, Uri | THE FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING
SHIP (J 398.21 D395fo) |
| Lent, Blair | WHY THE SUN AND THE MOON LIVE IN THE SKY: AN AFRICAN FOLKTALE (J 398.2 D275) | |
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| 1968 | Emberley, Ed | DRUMMER HOFF (JPB Emberly) |
| Lionni, Leo | FREDERICK (JPB Lionni) | |
| Yashima, Taro | SEASHORE STORY (JPB Yashima) | |
| Young, Ed | THE EMPEROR AND THE KITE (JPB Yolen) | |
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| 1967 | Ness, Evelyn | SAM, BANGS, AND MOONSHINE (JPB Ness) |
| Emberley, Ed | ONE WIDE RIVER TO CROSS (JPB Emberley) | |
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| 1966 | Hogrogian, Nonny | ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE (JPB Leadhas) |
| Duvoisin, Roger | HIDE AND SEEK FOG (JPB Tresselt) | |
| Ets, Marie | JUST ME (JPB Ets) | |
| Ness, Evaline | TOM TIT TOT (J 398.2 N463t) | |
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| 1965 | Montresor, Beni | MAY I BRING A FRIEND? (JPB De Regniers) |
| Bileck, Marvin | RAIN MAKES APPLESAUCE (JPB Scheer) | |
| Lent, Blair | THE WAVE (YP R479w) | |
| Ness, Evaline | A POCKETFUL OF CRICKET (JPB Caudill) | |
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| 1964 | Sendak, Maurice | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (JPB Sendak) |
| Lionni, Leo | SWIMMY (JPB Lionni) | |
| Ness, Evaline | ALL IN THE MORNING EARLY (JPB Leadhas) | |
| Reed, Philip | MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYMES (J 398.8 M918mr) | |
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| 1963 | Keats, Ezra | THE SNOWY DAY (JPB Keats) |
| Bryson, Bernarda | THE SUN IS A GOLDEN EARRING (J 398.2 B452s) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT (JPB Zolotow) | |
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| 1962 | Brown Marcia | ONCE A MOUSE... (J 398.2 H67) |
| Spier, Peter | A FOX WENT OUT ON A CHIILY NIGHT: AN OLD SONG | |
| Sendak, Maurice | LITTLE BEAR’S VISIT (JPB Minarik) | |
| Adams, Adrienne | THE DAY WE SAW THE SUN COME UP (JPB Goudey) | |
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| 1961 | Sidjakov, Nicolas | BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS |
| Lionni, Leo | INCH BY INCH (JPB Lionni) | |
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| 1960 | Ets, Marie | NINE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS |
| Adams, Adrienne | HOUSES FROM THE SEA (JPB Gaudey) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | THE MOON JUMPERS (JPB Udry) | |
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| 1959 | Cooney, Barbara | CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX(JPB Chaucer) |
| Frasconi, Antonio | THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: LA MAISON QUE JACQUES A BASTIE (JPB Frasconi) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | WHAT DO YOU SAY DEAR? (JPB Joslin) | |
| Yashima, Taro | UMBRELLA (JPB Yashima) | |
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| 1958 | McCloskey, Robert | TIME OF WONDER (JPB McCloskey) |
| Freeman, Don | FLY HIGH, FLY LOW (JPB Freeman) | |
| Galdone, Paul | ANATOLE AND THE CAT (JPB Titus) | |
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| 1957 | Simont, Marc | A TREE IS NICE (JPB Udry) |
| Ets, Marie | MR. PENNY’S HORSE RACE (JPB Ets) | |
| Daugherty, James | GILLESPIE AND THE GUARDS (JPB Elkin) | |
| Galdone, Paul | ANATOLE (JPB Titus) | |
| Pene du Boise, William | LION (YP K42l) | |
| Tudor, Tasha | 1 IS ONE (JPB Tudor) | |
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| 1956 | Rojankovsky, Fedor | FROG WENT A-COURTIN’(JPB Rojankovsky) |
| Ets, Marie | PLAY WITH ME (JPB Ets) | |
| Yashima, Taro | CROW BOY (JPB Yashima) | |
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| 1955 | Brown, Marcia | CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER (J 398 P45c) |
| De Angeli, Marguarite | BOOK
OF NURSERY AND MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES (J 398.8 D284b) |
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| Gergely, Tibor | WHEEL ON THE CHIMNEY (JPB Brown) | |
| Sewell, Helen | THE THANKSGIVING STORY | |
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| 1954 | Bemelmans, Ludwig | MADELEINE’S RESCUE (JPB Bemelmans) |
| McCloskey, Robert | JOURNEY CAKE, HO (JPB Sawyer) | |
| Charlot, Jean | WHEN WILL THE WORLD BE MINE? (J S341w) | |
| Brown, Marcia | THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER (J 398.21 A544st) | |
| Sendak, Maurice | A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE (JPB Krauss) | |
| Birnbaum, A. | GREEN EYES | |
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| 1953 | Ward, Lynd | THE BIGGEST BEAR (JPB Ward) |
| Perrault, Charles | PUSS IN BOOTS (J 398.2 P454pu) | |
| McCloskey, Robert | ONE MORNING IN MAINE (JPB McCloskey) | |
| Eichenberg, Fritz | APE IN A CAPE: AN ALPHABET OF ODD ANIMALS (JPB Eichenberg) | |
| Graham, Margaret | THE STORM BOOK (JPB Zolotow) | |
| Kepes, Juliet | FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS (JPB Kepes) | |
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| 1952 | Mordvinoff, Nicolas | FINDERS KEEPERS (JPB Lipkind) |
| Ets, Marie | Mr. T. W. ANTHONY WOO | |
| Brown, Marcia | SKIPPER JOHN’S COOK | |
| Graham, Margaret | ALL FALLING DOWN (JPB Zion) | |
| Pene, William | BEAR PARTY | |
| Olds, Elizabeth | FEATHER MOUNTAIN | |
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| 1951 | Milhous, Katherine | THE EGG TREE (J M644e) |
| Brown, Marcia | DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT (J 398.22 W626b) | |
| Mordvinoff, Nicolas | THE TWO REDS (JPB Lipkind) | |
| Geisel, Theodor | IF I RAN A ZOO (JPB Geisel) | |
| Stone, Helen | THE MOST WONDERFUL DOLL IN THE WORLD (J M145m) | |
| Harper, Clare | T-BONE THE BABYSITTER(JPB Newberry) | |
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| 1950 | Poloti, Leo | SONG OF THE SWALLOWS (J |