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 "In the night kitchen"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat bakers get milk for their cake batter.
Book cover for "In the small, small pond"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn.
Book cover for "Inch by inch"
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Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
Book cover for "Interrupting chicken"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
Book cover for "Jambo means hello"
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Description:
Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.
Book cover for "John Henry"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

87. Journey

Book cover for "Journey"
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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 "King Bidgood's in the bathtub"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.
Book cover for "Knight Owl"
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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"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
A trip to the laundromat leads to a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that something important is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father.
Book cover for "Knuffle Bunny too"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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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"
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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 "Leave me alone"
Star rating for Leave me alone
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
Book cover for "Little Bear's visit"
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Series:
Little Bear volume 4.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Little Bear spends a day with Grandmother and Grandfather Bear and has so much fun he falls fast asleep
Book cover for "Little Red Riding Hood"
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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 "Madeline"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Book cover for "Marshmallow"
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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 "Martin's big words"
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Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story. Looks at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, explaining his work to bring about a peaceful end to segregation.
Book cover for "McElligot's pool"
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Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's Pool.

100. Me & Mama

Book cover for "Me & Mama"
Star rating for Me & Mama
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
For a little girl on a rainy day, the best place to be is with Mama.