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 "Blueberries for Sal"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.
Book cover for "The boy of the three-year nap"
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A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.
Book cover for "The Bremen town musicians"
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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.
Book cover for "Casey at the bat"
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The classic American poem, written more than one hundred years ago, is brought to life through a collection of color illustrations and enhanced with biographical and historical notes. An illustrated version of the famous poem.

25. Castle

Book cover for "Castle"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
Book cover for "The cat man of Aleppo"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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.
Book cover for "Cathedral"
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Presents an illustrated look at the step-by-step building of a thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral.
Book cover for "A chair for my mother"
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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 "A child's calendar"
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A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.
Book cover for "A child's good night book"
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Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
Animals, people, and things become quiet and sleep when night comes.
Book cover for "Choosing brave"
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"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
Book cover for "Click, clack, moo"
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Average Rating:
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.
Book cover for "Color zoo"
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4.5 stars
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Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
Book cover for "Coming on home soon"
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After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
Book cover for "The contest"
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An Armenian folktale about two robbers courting the same girl.
Book cover for "A couple of boys have the best week ever"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.
Book cover for "Creepy carrots!"
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Series:
Creepy tales! volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Book cover for "Crow Boy"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
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.
Book cover for "Crown"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Celebrates the feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
Book cover for "Dave, the potter"
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
Presents the life of the nineteenth-century artist from South Carolina known as Dave, a Southern slave who became a renowned potter known for signing his pots with poetry.