Caldecott Honor Titles

 

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1. 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"--

2. Alma and how she got her name

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Author:
Martinez-Neal, Juana
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E MARTINEZNEAL
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 3
E MARTINEZNEAL
East Regional - Picture Books has 7
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.

3. Alphabet city

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Author:
Johnson, Stephen, 1964-
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E JOHNSON
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E JOHNSON
North Regional - Picture Books
E JOHNSON
Description:
Photographs of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet. Paintings of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet.

4. Bear came along

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Author:
Morris, Richard T., 1969-
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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E MORRIS
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books has 2
E MORRIS
East Regional - Picture Books has 4
E MORRIS
Description:
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

5. Ben's trumpet

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Author:
Isadora, Rachel
Average Rating:
4 stars
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North Regional - Picture Books
E ISADORA
Wake Forest Community - 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.

6. Berry song

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Author:
Goade, Michaela
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books has 2
E GOADE
Cary Regional - Picture Books
E GOADE
East Regional - Picture Books
E GOADE
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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.

7. Big cat, little cat

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Author:
Cooper, Elisha
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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19 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 2
E COOPER
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E COOPER
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E COOPER
Description:
A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

8. A big mooncake for Little Star

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Author:
Lin, Grace
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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E LIN
East Regional - Picture Books has 2
E LIN
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
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.

9. Bill Peet: an autobiography

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Author:
Peet, Bill
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5 stars
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Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB PEET
East Regional - Childrens Biography has 2
JB PEET
Green Road Community - Childrens Biography
JB PEET
Description:
The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.

10. Blackout

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Author:
Rocco, John
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4.1 stars
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E ROCCO
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E ROCCO
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 4
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.

11. The boy of the three-year nap

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Author:
Snyder, Dianne
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E SNYDER
East Regional - Picture Books
E SNYDER
Northeast Regional - Picture Books
E SNYDER
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A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

12. The Bremen town musicians

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Author:
Plume, Ilse
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Cary Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 3
J398.2 PLUME
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 PLUME
Holly Springs Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 PLUME
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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.

13. The cat man of Aleppo

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Author:
Latham, Irene
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4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E LATHAM
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 3
E LATHAM
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
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.

14. 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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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E WILLIAMS
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E WILLIAMS
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
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.

15. A child's calendar

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Author:
Updike, John
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Cary Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 5
J811 UPDIK
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 3
J811 UPDIK
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J811 UPDIK
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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.

16. Choosing brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement

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Author:
Joy, Angela, 1975-
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Athens Drive Community - Childrens Biography
JB TILLMOBL
Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB TILLMOBL
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Biography has 2
JB TILLMOBL
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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"--

17. Click, clack, moo: cows that type

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

18. Color zoo

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Author:
Ehlert, Lois
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4.5 stars
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18 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E EHLERT
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E EHLERT
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
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.

19. Coming on home soon

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Author:
Woodson, Jacqueline
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E WOODSON
Northeast Regional - Picture Books
E WOODSON
Richard B Harrison - Picture Books - Does Not Circulate
E WOODSON
Description:
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.

20. A couple of boys have the best week ever

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Author:
Frazee, Marla
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E FRAZEE
Leesville Community - Picture Books
E FRAZEE
Northeast Regional - Picture Books
E FRAZEE
Description:
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.