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 "1 is one"
Star rating for 1 is one
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Rhyming verse and pictures introduce the numbers from one to twenty.
Book cover for "All the world"
Star rating for All the world
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.
Book cover for "The amazing bone"
Star rating for The amazing bone
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.
Book cover for "Berry song"
Star rating for Berry song
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
Book cover for "Bill Peet"
Star rating for Bill Peet
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
Book cover for "A chair for my mother"
Star rating for A chair for my mother
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
Book cover for "Click, clack, moo"
Star rating for Click, clack, moo
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
Book cover for "The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins"
Star rating for The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Book cover for "First the egg"
Star rating for First the egg
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A picture book about transformations. Using simple text and illustrations, shows how animals and objects change, including tadpoles to frogs and seeds to flowers, in a book with cutouts so that certain colors from the previous picture help create the next picture.
Book cover for "Free fall"
Star rating for Free fall
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A young boy dreams of daring adventures in the company of imaginary creatures inspired by the things surrounding his bed.
Book cover for "The garden of Abdul Gasazi"
Star rating for The garden of Abdul Gasazi
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary dog.
Book cover for "Going down home with Daddy"
Star rating for Going down home with Daddy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.
Book cover for "The grey lady and the strawberry snatcher"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In this story without words, an old woman is pursued by a strange man with a passion for strawberries.

14. Journey

Book cover for "Journey"
Star rating for Journey
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
Book cover for "Knight Owl"
Star rating for Knight Owl
Series:
Knight Owl volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon.
Book cover for "Knuffle Bunny too"
Star rating for Knuffle Bunny too
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
When she arrives at school, excited to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny, Trixie is quite upset when someone else has the exact same bunny. Her daddy in tow, Trixie hurries to school to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny!
Book cover for "Last stop on Market Street"
Star rating for Last stop on Market Street
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
Book cover for "Little Red Riding Hood"
Star rating for Little Red Riding Hood
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.
Book cover for "Marshmallow"
Star rating for Marshmallow
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A cat who is used to being the center of attention learns to share his home with a rabbit.
Book cover for "No, David!"
Star rating for No, David!
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.