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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"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
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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
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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. Bear came along

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Author:
Morris, Richard T., 1969-
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4.4 stars
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E MORRIS
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E MORRIS
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E MORRIS
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An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

4. 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
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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.

5. 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
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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.

6. Big cat, little cat

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Author:
Cooper, Elisha
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4.5 stars
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E COOPER
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E COOPER
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E COOPER
Description:
A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

7. 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.

8. Bill Peet: an autobiography

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Author:
Peet, Bill
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5 stars
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JB PEET
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JB PEET
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JB PEET
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The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.

9. Blackout

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Author:
Rocco, John
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4.1 stars
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22 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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E ROCCO
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E ROCCO
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E ROCCO
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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.

10. The cat man of Aleppo

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Author:
Latham, Irene
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4 stars
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E LATHAM
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E LATHAM
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E LATHAM
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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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Color zoo

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Author:
Ehlert, Lois
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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E EHLERT
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E EHLERT
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E EHLERT
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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.

14. A couple of boys have the best week ever

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Author:
Frazee, Marla
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4 stars
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E FRAZEE
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E FRAZEE
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Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.

15. Creepy carrots!

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Author:
Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-
Series:
Creepy tales! volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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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.

16. Crown: an ode to the fresh cut

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Author:
Barnes, Derrick
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3 stars
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E BARNES
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E BARNES
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E BARNES
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Celebrates the feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

17. Dave, the potter

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Author:
Hill, Laban Carrick
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3.5 stars
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E HILL
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E HILL
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E HILL
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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.

18. A different pond

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Author:
Phi, Bao, 1975-
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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E PHI
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E PHI
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E PHI
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"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--

19. The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

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Author:
Kerley, Barbara
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5 stars
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JB HAWKINS
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JB HAWKINS
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JB HAWKINS
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The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.

20. Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!

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Author:
Willems, Mo
Series:
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.