Caldecott Honor Books

4.3 stars

How did Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela end up with such a long name? As Daddy tells the story of her many names, Alma can almost feel herself grow into them.

3.5 stars

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.

4.4 stars

An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

4.7 stars

A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

4 stars

Afraid of his teacher and unable to make any friends, a young Japanese boy finds himself alone until a new teacher sees things in him that no one else has ever noticed.

4.6 stars

"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--

4.4 stars

Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?

4.7 stars

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

3.7 stars

A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.

2.5 stars

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.