Caldecott Honor Books

These are books that did not win the Caldecott Award, but were given Honor Awards as books of distinction.

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Book cover for "Andy and the lion"
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3.5 stars
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In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.
Book cover for "The Bremen town musicians"
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A retelling of the Grimm tale in which an old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster, no longer wanted by their masters, set out for Bremen to become musicians.
Book cover for "Freight train"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
Book cover for "Madeline"
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4.3 stars
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Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Book cover for "Moja means one"
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The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.
Book cover for "The relatives came"
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The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.
Book cover for "Trombone Shorty"
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4 stars
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Hailing from the Tremâe neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Book cover for "The ugly duckling"
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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
Book cover for "The wall"
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4.3 stars
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I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news...