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. The Bremen town musicians

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Author:
Plume, Ilse
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J398.2 PLUME
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J398.2 PLUME
Leesville Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 PLUME
Description:
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.

2. Hansel and Gretel

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Author:
Lesser, Rika
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4 stars
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J398.2 LESSE
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J398.2 LESSE
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J398.2 LESSE
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A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

3. Little Red Riding Hood

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Author:
Hyman, Trina Schart
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4.8 stars
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J398.21 HYMAN
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J398.21 HYMAN
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J398.21 HYMAN
Description:
On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

4. Mufaro's beautiful daughters: an African tale

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Author:
Steptoe, John, 1950-1989
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4.5 stars
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E STEPTOE
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E STEPTOE
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Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

5. Puss in boots

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Author:
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
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3 stars
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J398.2 PERRA
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J398.2 PERRA
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J398.2 PERRA
Description:
A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

6. Rumpelstiltskin

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Author:
Zelinsky, Paul O.
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J398.2 ZELIN
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J398.2 ZELIN
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J398.2 ZELIN
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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

7. Snow-White and the seven dwarfs: a tale from the Brothers Grimm

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J398.2 GRIMM
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J398.2 GRIMM
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J398.2 GRIMM
Description:
Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

8. The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales

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Author:
Scieszka, Jon
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4.3 stars
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J SCIESZKA
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J SCIESZKA
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J SCIESZKA
Description:
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

9. The ugly duckling

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Author:
Pinkney, Jerry
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E PINKNEY
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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.