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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1. 1 is one

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Author:
Tudor, Tashaz
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5 stars
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E TUDOR
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E TUDOR
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books has 2
E TUDOR
Description:
Rhyming verse and pictures introduce the numbers from one to twenty.

2. Ain't burned all the bright

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Author:
Reynolds, Jason
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"--

3. All the world

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Author:
Scanlon, Liz Garton
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5 stars
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E SCANLON
East Regional - Picture Books has 2
E SCANLON
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E SCANLON
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.

4. Alma and how she got her name

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Author:
Martinez-Neal, Juana
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4.3 stars
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E MARTINEZNEAL
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E MARTINEZNEAL
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E MARTINEZNEAL
Description:
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.

5. The amazing bone

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Author:
Steig, William, 1907-2003
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5 stars
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E STEIG
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E STEIG
Leesville Community - Picture Books
E STEIG
Description:
On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

6. Andy and the lion: a tale of kindness remembered or the power of gratitude

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Author:
Daugherty, James, 1889-1974
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4 stars
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J DAUGHERTY
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J DAUGHERTY
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J DAUGHERTY
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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.

7. Bartholomew and the oobleck

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Author:
Seuss, Dr
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4.3 stars
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E SEUSS
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E SEUSS
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books has 2
E SEUSS
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The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom. Bartholomew Cubbins saves the kingdom when the oobleck comes down green and sticky from the sky.

8. Bear came along

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Author:
Morris, Richard T., 1969-
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4.4 stars
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46 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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E MORRIS
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E MORRIS
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E MORRIS
Description:
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

9. Ben's trumpet

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Author:
Isadora, Rachel
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4 stars
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North Regional - Picture Books
E ISADORA
Oberlin Regional - Picture Books
E ISADORA
Description:
Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.

10. Berry song

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Author:
Goade, Michaela
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5 stars
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E GOADE
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E GOADE
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E GOADE
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.

11. Big cat, little cat

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Author:
Cooper, Elisha
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4.7 stars
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E COOPER
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E COOPER
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E COOPER
Description:
A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

12. A big mooncake for Little Star

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Author:
Lin, Grace
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4.1 stars
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E LIN
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E LIN
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E LIN
Description:
Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.

13. Bill Peet: an autobiography

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Author:
Peet, Bill
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Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB PEET
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JB PEET
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JB PEET
Description:
The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.

14. Blackout

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Author:
Rocco, John
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4.1 stars
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E ROCCO
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E ROCCO
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 3
E ROCCO
Description:
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

15. Blueberries for Sal

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Author:
McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.

16. Castle

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Author:
Macaulay, David
Series:
My readers. Level 4
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4 stars
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15 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Green Road Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J623 MACAU
North Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J623 MACAU
Description:
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.

17. The cat man of Aleppo

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Author:
Latham, Irene
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4 stars
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E LATHAM
Description:
The "true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War offered safe haven to Aleppo's abandoned cats"--Publisher marketing.

18. A chair for my mother

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Author:
Williams, Vera B.
Series:
Rosa books (Vera B. Williams) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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E WILLIAMS
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E WILLIAMS
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E WILLIAMS
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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

19. Click, clack, moo: cows that type

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Author:
Cronin, Doreen
Series:
Click, clack, moo books volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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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.

20. Color zoo

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Author:
Ehlert, Lois
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4.5 stars
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E EHLERT
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E EHLERT
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E EHLERT
Description:
Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.