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Big
by Vashti Harrison
This emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small follows a young child's journey to self-love, showing the power of words to both hurt and heal.
2024 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Hot Dog
by Doug Salati
Tired of the city's sizzling sidewalks, wailing sirens and people's feet in his face, a hot dog finds inner peace and calm when his owner takes him to the beach, where he happily cools off.
2023 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Watercress
by Andrea Wang
A little girl traveling through Ohio in an old car helps her family collect muddy, snail-covered watercress from a ditch in the wild before learning the story of her immigrant heritage and how foraging for fresh food helps her loved ones stay together.
2022 Caldecott Medal Winner
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We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom
When a black snake threatens to destroy the earth, one young water protector takes a stand to defend the planet's water, in a tale inspired by the many indigenous-led conservation movements across North America.
2021 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem by the Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover and artwork from a two-time Caldecott Honoree is a love letter to black life in the United States, highlighting the unspeakable trauma of slavery; the faith and fire of the Civil Rights Movement; and the grit, passion and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
2020 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Hello Lighthouse
by Sophie Blackall
Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper.
2019 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Wolf in the Snow
by Matthew Cordell
When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.
2018 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Radiant Child: the Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Presents the life of the artist, who was inspired as a child by a book of anatomy given to him by his mother after being injured in a car crash and who went on to become a celebrity in the art world before his early death at twenty-eight.
2017 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Finding Winnie: the True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
by Lindsay Mattick
A picture book adaptation of the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh describes how the author's great-grandfather, a veterinarian from Winnipeg, rescued a bear cub and took her with him to an English army base during World War I.
2016 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend
by Dan Santat
Born on a faraway island, an imaginary dragon patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child only to be overlooked repeatedly before he embarks on an incredible journey to the city in search of his perfect match.
2015 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Locomotive
by Brian Floca
The award-winning creator of Moonshot presents a richly detailed visual exploration of America's early railroads that examines the sounds, speed and strength of the fledgling transcontinental locomotives and the experiences of pioneering travelers.
2014 Caldecott Medal Winner
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This is Not My Hat
by Jon Klassen
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.
2013 Caldecott Medal Winner
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A Ball for Daisy
by Christopher Raschka
Told through impressionistic illustrations by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Hello, Goodbye Window, a poignant, wordless tale features an endearing young dog that is heartbroken when a bigger dog destroys a favorite toy.
2012 Caldecott Medal Winner
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A sick day for Amos McGee
by Philip Christian Stead
Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.
2011 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Lion & the Mouse
by Jerry Pinkney
Vibrant illustrations bring to life this wordless adaptation of this classic Aesop fable about a merciful lion who spared a mouse's life and the unexpected reward he received for his good deed from the tiny hero.
2010 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The House in the Night
by Susan Marie Swanson
A board book edition of a Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime classic combines intricately detailed illustrations of a nighttime world in which ordinary objects, from a key and a toy to a bear and a book, are strikingly illuminated.
2009 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures
by Brian Selznick
Living in the walls of a busy Paris train station in 1931, clock keeper and orphan Hugo Cabret must constantly work to keep his secrets safe, but when an inquisitive girl and an old man who owns a toy store begin probing, he must do all he can to keep them at a safe distance.
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Flotsam
by David Wiesner
A wordless book in which a boy finds a camera at the beach and the film inside reveals fascinating underwater pictures as well as children around the world, so the boy takes his own picture and returns the camera to the sea where it will journey to another child.
2007 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
by Norton Juster
A little girl loves going to her Nanna and Poppy's house because their kitchen window is a magical portal to a world of discovery and imagination, in a delightful story that celebrates childhood and the love of family.
2006 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it, but her adventure eventually leads her back home where something special is waiting just for her.
2005 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein
Offers the incredible and true story of French aerialist Philippe Petit who walked, danced, and performed tricks for more than an hour on a tightrope set up between the two towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
2004 Caldecott Medal Winner
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My Friend Rabbit
by Eric Rohmann
After letting Rabbit play with his toy plane, Mouse finds himself in a real jam as the plane gets stuck high in a tree, but despite Rabbit's persistent assistance, Mouse's plane just won't come free.
2003 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
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.
2002 Caldecott Medal Winner
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So You Want to be President?
by Judith St. George
Complete with full-color illustrations, a revised edition of a Caldecott-winning book provides young readers with colorful profiles on many of the most popular presidents--now including "dubya"--along with humorous tales, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and more.
2001 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
2000 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
A Caldecott-winning tale illuminates the work of photographer Wilson Bentley, who throughout his life endeavored to capture the extraordinary beauty of snowflakes in his icy Vermont home.
1999 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Rapunzel
by Paul O. Zelinsky
A retelling of the German folktale follows a beautiful girl with long golden hair who is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. An ALA Notable Book & Caldecott Medal Winner.
1998 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Golem
by David Wisniewski
Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by paper-cut illustrations, the legend of Rabbi Loew, who shapes a giant man of clay--a golem--and brings him to life to defend the Jews of Prague from their persecutors, reveals the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. A Caldecott Medal winner & ALA Notable Children's Book.
1997 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Officer Buckle and Gloria
by Peggy Rathmann
Officer Buckle puts everyone to sleep with his painfully dull if informative lectures on safety, until he takes on a new partner, Gloria, Napville's new police dog, who knows just how to liven up Officer Buckle's safety speeches.
1996 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Smoky Night
by Eve Bunting
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. A Caldecott Medal winner.
1995 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Grandfather's Journey
by Allen Say
In a special anniversary edition of his Caldecott-winning classic that includes a new introduction and downloadable audio, Allen Say offers a poignant account of a family's unique cross-cultural experience in America and Japan, in a story that warmly conveys his own love for the two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.
1994 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Mirette on the High Wire
by Emily Arnold McCully
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.
1993 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Tuesday
by David Wiesner
When the moon rises, frogs on their lily pads embark on an adventure in the air, providing young readers with different aerial perspectives in a humorous and imaginative fantasy story.
1992 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Black and White
by David Macaulay
Divided into quadrants, this book tells four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, and begs the question if these are four separate stories or just one.
1991 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China
by Ed Young
A haunting Chinese rendition of the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" follows the adventures of young Shang, Tao, and Paotze, who encounter a terrifying wolf. Caldecott Medal. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
1990 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Song and Dance Man
by Karen Ackerman
The special love of a grandfather, a retired entertainer, for his grandchildren is featured in a Caldecott Medal-winning story about the magic of vaudeville.
1989 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
1988 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Hey, Al
by Arthur Yorinks
A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.
1987 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
1986 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Saint George and the Dragon : a golden legend
by Margaret Hodges
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. A Caldecott Medal winner.
1985 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Shadow
by Blaise Cendrars
A full-size reissue of a Caldecott Medal winner offers beautiful collages and an evocative text that capture the elusive mystery of Shadow, a figure from African folklore who lives in the margins of belief and the past.
1983 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
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.
1982 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Fables
by Arnold Lobel
Tells the stories of a selfish lion, lovesick ostrich, greedy hippopotamus, vain rhinoceros, proud camel, the timid duck sisters, and others, and the lessons that they learned.
1981 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Ox-Cart Man
by Donald Hall
A lyrical journey through the seasons and passing years of one New Englander's family evokes the feeling of historical America.
1980 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble
Full-color artwork capturing the wildlife of the American West and evoking traditional native American crafts complements the story of a young native American girl and her affinity with the wild horses near her village. Caldecott Medal winner.
1979 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Noah's Ark
by Peter Spier
A translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem on Noah retells how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
1978 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Duffy and the Devil
by Harve Zemach
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
1974 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Funny Little Woman
by Arlene Mosel
While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the magic for becoming the richest woman in Japan.
1973 Caldecott Medal Winner
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One Fine Day
by Nonny Hogrogian
A fox begins an unusual adventure when his greediness causes him to lose his tail.
1972 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig
In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
1970 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship : a Russian tale
by Arthur Ransome
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.
1969 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Drummer Hoff.
by Barbara Emberley
A picture book, from an old folk verse, which tells of the building of a cannon as each soldier brings a part.
1968 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness
Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between make-believe and real life.
1967 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Always Room for One More
by Sorche Nic Leodhas
In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.
1966 Caldecott Medal Winner
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May I Bring a Friend?
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
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.
1965 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are is over 50 years old and this gorgeous anniversary edition features color-restored images that bring the classic work to vibrant life as never before.
1964 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
1963 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Baboushka and the Three kings.
by Ruth Robbins
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.
1961 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Nine Days to Christmas : a story of Mexico
by Marie Hall Ets
Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piänata for it.
1960 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Chanticleer and the Fox
by Geoffrey Chaucer
A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
1959 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Time of Wonder
by Robert McCloskey
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on. an island off the coast of Maine.
1958 Caldecott Medal Winner
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A Tree is Nice
by Janice May Udry
Both amusing and factual, this is a joyous account of what trees can mean to a child.
1957 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Frog Went A-Courtin'
by John Langstaff
Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
1956 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
by Charles Perrault
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.
1955 Caldecott Meda Winnerl
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Madeline's Rescue
by Ludwig Bemelmans
A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
1954 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Biggest Bear
by Lynd Ward
Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.
1953 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Finders Keepers
by Will
Two dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership.
1952 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Egg Tree
by Katherine Milhous
Describes the tradition of the Easter Egg Tree in a story that will persuade readers to make their own Egg Tree for Easter.
1951 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Song of the Swallows
by Leo Politi
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.
1950 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Big Snow
by Berta Hader
Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
1949 Caldecott Medal Winner
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White Snow, Bright Snow
by Alvin Tresselt
When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
1948 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Little Island
by Margaret Wise Brown
A deluxe reissue of a Caldecott Medal-winning title relates the ways in which the changing seasons affect a tiny island and its plant and animal life.
1947 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Prayer for a Child
by Rachel Field
Winner of the Caldecott Medal and in print since 1941, this prayer for boys and girls all over the world--now available in an oversize board book edition--celebrates family, friends, God's protection and all the everyday things in a young child's world.
1945 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Many Moons
by James Thurber
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
1944 Caldecott Medal Winner
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The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
1943 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
An anniversary release of the Caldecott Medal-winning classic is complemented by an audio CD recording and McCloskey's full-color map of Boston, a collectible that reflects beloved landmarks including the State House, the Old North Church and the Swan Boats in the Public Garden.
1942 Caldecott Medal Winner
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They Were Strong and Good
by Robert Lawson
Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.
1941 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Abraham Lincoln
by Ingri D'Aulaire
An illustrated biography of the great American president chronicles "Honest Abe's" rise from impoverished son of a Kentucky farmer to president of a nation at war with itself.
1940 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
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.
1939 Caldecott Medal Winner
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Animals of the Bible : a picture book
by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
The winner of the first Caldecott Medal, reissued in a special deluxe edition in honor of the Caldecott's sixtieth anniversary, details various stories of the Bible, including the Creation, Noah's Ark, and the first Christmas.
1938 Caldecott Medal Winner
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