books about: caldecott

books about: caldecott

books:

Caldecott

First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards))

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Roaring Brook Press, 2007

A concept journey: egg or chicken? chicken or egg?
Which came first--the chicken or the egg? Finally, someone is here to tell us. But the answer later. "First the egg," written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, is a Caldecott honor winner for 2008 and an honor book for the Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) ...

Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)

Robert McCloskey

Viking Juvenile, 1941

ONE OF THE ALL TIME CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
Make Way for the Ducklings by Robert McClosky has become a classic in children's literature since it was first published in 1941. Children's books have changed a lot over the years, but this particular work is substantial proof that change is not always best and more ...

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Hyperion Press, 2003

Great Book
My 2 year old really likes this book. We have actually purchased a few other pigeon books, but this is our favorite. The humor might be aimed at an older age group, but our 2 year old enjoys the funny voices we add to the story. This is a fun book to read outloud.

The Red Book (Caldecott Honor Book)

Barbara Lehman

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Amazing Book
My two year old daughter loves this book. She loves to make up the story herself, and she sees new things in the pictures each time she reads it. I wish there were more books like this, but she has had it for a few months now, and she still enjoys it. The ...

Owl Moon

Jane Yolen

Philomel, 1987

One of Yolen's best
It's a beautiful story that is passionate about nature and the relationship between a father and a daughter. Jane Yolen's writing turns down a notch as she focuses on making the most beautiful moonlit knight you could imagine for a winter. It's not so much about ...

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book)

Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

Great book for interaction!
This book is really hands on, and gets lots of talking and questions going with my 3 and 5 yr olds. It's a clever book and we've had a lot of fun with it.

Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)

Scholastic Press, 2005

Wonderful Book!
This book is amazing...not only are the pictures great, the story is one that you will want to read to your kids over and over. Zen Shorts has touching stories within an already creative and heartfelt book.

Kitten's First Full Moon

Greenwillow, 2004

Kitten's First Full Moon
Children love stories about animals...whether its Kitten, Knuffle Bunny,or Cyrano, the caterpillar in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Success. Great illustrations and messages in these books. All worthy of being on a 4-8 yr old's bookshelf.

Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book)

David Wiesner

Clarion Books, 2006

Finding a Treasure
In Flotsam (Clarion Books, 2006), illustrator David Wiesner tells a story that spans the globe and takes in an entire century--all without using a single word. This Caldecott-winning tale, told entirely through water color illustrations, shows how an inquisitive boy ...

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2000

An Over and Again Read
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, written by Doreen Cronin and published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, is a humorous rendition of animal life on the farm. Understanding moo is important in this tale, where cows go on strike and chickens refuse to lay ...

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)

Peter Sis

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

life behind the curtain
We in the West often cannot believe,or rufuse to believe what it must have been like to live behind 'The Iron Curtain'.Surely we are told,those tales of repression are merely 'Mc Carthyite propaganda' and 'cold war nonsense'.For some strange reason the idea of a socio ...

Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book)

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Through a lens whitely
Last week when PK-4 came to the library for story time, I had picked out "Snow Friends" to read. Because the weather had been cold, I had the little ones put their hands aside their faces, concentrate on snow, and say, Believe, believe, believe. We said that a few ...

Frog and Toad Are Friends (I Can Read Book 2)

HarperTrophy, 1979

Help a child learn to read
The Frog and Toad books have helped my 8 year old grandson learn to read--he has been having trouble and these books were so interesting and fun to him that he finally realized how reading could open up whole new worlds for him. He loves these books.

Officer Buckle & Gloria (Caldecott Medal Book)

Peggy Rathmann

Putnam Juvenile, 1995

Caldecott Gold Medal Winner
Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Gracie and George--one the straight guy, the other the comic! Welcome Officer Buckle and Gloria! They've been around delighting children and grown-ups for 13 years now. Officer Buckle and Gloria. A local police officer dedicated ...

In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)

HarperCollins, 1996

My feelings have changed about this book over time
As a mother and a teacher, I am always looking for quality books to read to my fourth graders as well as my 3 year old daughter. Although I would never be able to read In the Night Kitchen to my class (parent complaints and such), it didn't take long for my little ...