Caldecott Medal & Honor Books

An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.

When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cake and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.

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.

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

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.

In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat. and the newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.