Caldecott Medal WinnersThe Caldecott Medal is unique to the world of award winning children's books.It is the only award that directly recognizes the quality of the illustrations. 2009 Caldecott Medal WinnersThe House in the Night 2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Books
How I Learned Geography  written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux) Publisher Comments: Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its every detail, he is transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could. The award-winning artist’s most personal work to date is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An author’s note includes a brief description of hisfamily’s experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time. A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams Past Winners of the Caldecott Medal2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)2007: The Hello, Goodbye Window  Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua/Hyperion)2005: Kitten's First Full Moon  by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers) 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers  by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)2003: My Friend Rabbit  by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)2002: The Three Pigs  by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)2001: So You Want to be President? Revised and Updated Edition  Illustrated by David Small; text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat  Simms Taback (Viking)There are Caledecott Award books that go all the way back to 1938. You'll find that there are many Caldecott books that your children will love! So make sure that you do explore the Caldecott medal winners. You'll be glad that you did!
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, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company). Publisher Comments: A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers — a key, a bed, the moon — this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.
written and illustrated by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.) Publisher Comments: When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature. But sometimes things work out best when they don't go exactly as planned. In this moving and hilarious celebration of young boys, childhood friendships, and the power of the imagination, Marla Frazee captures the very essence of summer vacation and what it means to be a kid. 
, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.) Publisher Comments: When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie's notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie's words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor; one of the busiest men in town yet he never stopped writing poetry. In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet.
