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 "Hot air"
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Description:
Presents a colorful children's story about the first passengers on the very first hot air balloon ride.
Book cover for "Puss in boots"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
Book cover for "Stone soup"
Star rating for Stone soup
Description:
Three soldiers coming to a French village are put to the test, when the peasants seeing them coming, suddenly become very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. The soldiers must use their wits to devise a wonderful soup of stones. Stone soup, why, of course, they have to add a carrot or two, some meat...so it went.
Book cover for "Stone soup"
Star rating for Stone soup
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.