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You can judge a book by its cover, if the cover includes one of the following awards.

NEWBERY MEDAL

Since1922 this medal has been presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States.

CALDECOTT MEDAL

Since 1938 this medal has been presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States.

Discover the Authors and Illustrators

A complete list of Award winning authors since 1922.

Discover the Books

Find out what's between the covers of some of these Award winning books.


Newberry
Newbery Award Recipients

•  1996 - Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice

•  1995 - Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons

•  1994 - Lowry, Lois. The Giver

•  1993 - Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May

•  1992 - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh

•  1991 - Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee

•  1990 - Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars

•  1989 - Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

•  1988 - Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography

•  1987 - Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy

•  1986 - MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall

•  1985 - McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown

•  1984 - Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw

•  1983 - Voigt, Cynthia. Dicey's Song

•  1982 - Willard, Nancy. A Visit to William Blake's Inn

•  1981 - Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved

•  1980 - Blos, Joan. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal

•  1979 - Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game

•  1978 - Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia

•  1977 - Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

•  1976 - Cooper, Susan. The Grey King

•  1975 - Hamilton, Virginia. M.C. Higgins, the Great

•  1974 - Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer

•  1973 - George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves

•  1972 - O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

•  1971 - Byars, Betsy. The Summer of the Swans

•  1970 - Armstrong, William H. Sounder

•  1969 - Alexander, Lloyd. The High King

•  1968 - Konigsburg, Elaine. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

•  1967 - Hunt, Irene. Up a Road Slowly

•  1966 - de Trevino, Elizabeth Borton. I, Juan de Pareja

•  1965 - Wojciechowska, Maia. Shadow of a Bull

•  1964 - Neville, Emily C. It's Like This, Cat

•  1963 - L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time

•  1962 - Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow

•  1961 - O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins

•  1960 - Krumgold, Joe. Onion John

•  1959 - Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

•  1958 - Keith, Harold V. Rifles for Watie

•  1957 - Sorensen, Virginia. Miracles on Maple Hill

•  1956 - Latham, Jean Lee. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

•  1955 - DeJong, Meindert.  The Wheel on the School

•  1954 - Krumgold, Joe. ... And Now Miguel

•  1953 - Clark, Ann Nolan. Secret of the Andes

•  1952 - Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye

•  1951 - Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man

•  1950 - de Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall

•  1949 - Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind

•  1948 - duBois, William Pene. The Twenty-One Balloons

•  1947 - Bailey, Carolyn S. Miss Hickory

•  1946 - Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl

•  1945 - Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill

•  1944 - Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain

•  1943 - Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road

•  1942 - Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun

•  1941 - Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage

•  1940 -  Daugherty, James. Daniel Boone

•  1939 - Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer

•  1938 - Seredy, Kate. The White Stag

•  1937 - Sawyer, Ruth. Roller Skates

•  1936 - Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn

•  1935 - Shannon, Monica. Dobry

•  1934 - Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa

•  1933 - Lewis, Elizabeth. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

•  1932 - Armer, Laura. Waterless Mountain

•  1931 - Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven

•  1930 - Field, Rachel. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

•  1929 - Kelly, Eric P. The Trumpeter of Krakow

•  1928 - Mukerji, Dhan. Gay-Neck

•  1927 - James, Will. Smoky

•  1926 - Chrisman, Arthur. Shen of the Sea

•  1925 - Finger, Charles. Tales from Silver Lands

•  1924 - Hawes, Charles. The Dark Frigate

•  1923 - Lofting, Hugh. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle

•  1922 - Van Loon, Hendrik. The Story of Mankind


Caldecott
Caldecott Award Recipients

 •  1996 - Rathmann, Peggy. Officer Buckle and Gloria

•  1995 - Diaz, David. Smoky Night (Text: Eve Bunting)

•  1994 - Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey

•  1993 - McCully, Emily Arnold. Mirette on the High Wire

•  1992 - Wiesner, David. Tuesday

•  1991 - Macaulay, David. Black and White

•  1990 - Young, Ed.  Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

•  1989 - Gammell, Stephen. Song and Dance Man (Text: Karen Ackerman)

•  1988 - Schoenherr, John. Owl Moon (Text: Jane Yolen)

•  1987 - Egielski, Richard. Hey, Al  (Text: Arthur Yorinks)

•  1986 - Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express

•  1985 - Hyman, Trina Schart. Saint George and the Dragon (Text: Margaret Hodges)

•  1984 - Provensen, Alice and Provensen, Martin. The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

•  1983 - Brown, Marcia. Shadow (Text: Blaise Cendrars)

•  1982 - Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji

•  1981 - Lobel, Arnold. Fables

•  1980 - Cooney, Barbara. Ox-Cart Man (Text: Donald Hall)

•  1979 - Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

•  1978 - Spier, Peter. Noah's Ark (Text: Jacob Revius)

•  1977 - Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Text: Margaret Musgrove)

•  1976 - Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale (Text: Verna Aardema)

•  1975 - McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale

•  1974 - Zemach, Margot. Duffy and the Devil (Text: Harve Zemach)

•  1973 - Lent, Blair. The Funny Little Woman (Text: Arlene Mosel)

•  1972 - Hogrogian, Nonny. One Fine Day

•  1971 - Haley, Gail E. A Story--A Story

•  1970 - Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

•  1969 - Shulevitz, Uri. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Text: Arthur Ransome)

•  1968 - Emberley, Ed. Drummer Hoff (Text: Barbara Emberley)

•  1967 - Ness, Evaline. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

•  1966 - Hogrogian, Nonny. Always Room for One More (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas)

•  1965 - Montresor, Beni. May I Bring a Friend? (Text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers)

•  1964 - Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are

•  1963 - Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day

•  1962 - Brown, Marcia. Once a Mouse

•  1961 - Sidjakov, Nicolas. Baboushka and the Three Kings (Text: Ruth Robbins)

•  1960 - Ets, Marie Hall. Nine Days to Christmas (Text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida)

•  1959 - Cooney, Barbara. Chanticleer and the Fox (Text: adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer)

•  1958 - McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder

•  1957 - Simont, Marc. A Tree is Nice (Text: Janice May Udry)

•  1956 - Rojankovsky, Feodor. Frog Went A-Courtin' (Text: John Langstaff)

•  1955 - Brown, Marcia. Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper (Text: Charles Perrault)

•  1954 - Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's Rescue

•  1953 - Ward, Lynd K. The Biggest Bear

•  1952 - Mordvinoff, Nicolas. Finders Keepers (Text: William Lipkind)

•  1951 - Milhous, Katherine. The Egg Tree

•  1950 - Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows

•  1949 - Hader, Berta and Hader, Elmer. The Big Snow

•  1948 - Duvoisin, Roger. White Snow, Bright Snow (Text: Alvin Tresselt)

•  1947 - Weisgard, Leonard. The Little Island (Text: Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown])

•  1946 - Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska.The Rooster Crows

•  1945 - Jones, Elizabeth Orton. Prayer for a Child (Text: Rachel Field)

•  1944 - Slobodkin, Louis. Many Moons (Text: James Thurber)

•  1943 - Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House

•  1942 - McClosky, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings

•  1941 - Lawson, Robert. They Were Strong and Good

•  1940 - d'Aulaire, Ingri and d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin. Abraham Lincoln

•  1939 - Handforth, Thomas. Mei Li

•  1938 - Lathrop, Dorothy P. Animals of the Bible


Newbery Authors
Newbery Award Winning Authors

•	Alexander, Lloyd

•	Armer, Laura

•	Armstrong, William H.

•	Bailey, Carolyn S.

•	Blos, Joan

•	Brink, Carol Ryrie

•	Byars, Betsy

•	Clark, Ann Nolan

•	Cleary, Beverly

•	Chrisman, Arthur

•	Coatsworth, Elizabeth

•	Cooper, Susan

•	Cushman, Karen

•	Creech, Sharon

•	Daugherty, James

•	deAngeli, Marguerite

•	DeJong, Meindert

•	de Trevino, Elizabeth Borton

•	duBois, William Pene

•	Edmonds, Walter D.

•	Enright, Elizabeth

•	Estes, Eleanor

•	Field, Rachel

•	Finger, Charles

•	Fleischman, Paul

•	Fleischman, Sid

•	Forbes, Esther

•	Fox, Paula

•	Freedman, Russel

•	George, Jean Craighead

•	Gray, Elizabeth Janet

•	Hamilton, Virginia

•	Hawes, Charles Boardman

•	Henry, Marguerite

•	Hunt, Irene

•	James, Will

•	Keith, Harold

•	Kelly, Eric P.

•	Konigsburg, Elaine

•	Krumgold, John

•	Latham, Jean Lee

•	Lawson, Robert

•	L'Engle, Madeleine

•	Lenski, Lois

•	Lewis, Elizabeth

•	Lofting, Hugh

•	Lowry, Lois

•	MacLachlan, Patricia

•	McKinley, Robin

•	Meigs, Cornelia

•	Mukerji, Dhan

•	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

•	Neville, Emily C.

•	O'Brien, Robert C.

•	O'Dell, Scott

•	Paterson, Katherine

•	Raskin, Ellen

•	Rylant, Cynthia

•	Sawyer, Ruth

•	Shannon, Monica

•	Seredy, Kate

•	Sorenson, Virginia

•	Speare, Elizabeth George

•	Speery, Armstrong

•	Spinelli, Jerry

•	Taylor, Mildred

•	Van Loon, Hendrik

•	Voigt, Cynthia

•	Willard, Nancy

•	Wojciechowska, Maia

•	Yates, Elizabeth


Blos, Joan
Joan Blos

(1928 -        )

Joan Blos was born in New York City. She received her B.A. from Vassar College and her M.A. from the City University of New York. She has worked as a publisher, lecturer and children's book reviewer. She married Peter Blos in 1957. They have two children, Stephen and Sarah. She currently live in Michigan.


Cleary, Beverly
Beverly Cleary

(1916 -       )

Beverly Bunn Cleary was born in McMinnville, Oregon. She received degrees from The University of California at Berkley and The University of Washington.  She married Clarence T. Cleary in 1940 and later had twins, Marianne Elizabeth and Malcolm James.  She has worked as a librarian and writer and also enjoys travel and needlework.


Fleischman, Paul
Paul Fleischman

(1952-     )

Paul Fleischman was born in Monetary,California.  He studied at the University of California at Berkley and received a B.A. from the University of New Mexico.  He and his wife Becky had two children, Set and Dana.  Besides being a author, he has also worked as a bagel baker, bookstore clerk and proofreader.  He currently resides in Pacific Grove, California.


Fleischman, Sid
Sid Fleischman

                            (1920-           )

Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at San Diego State University.  He and his wife, Betty, have three children, Jane, Paul and Anne.  Fleischman served in the Naval Reserve during World War II.  He enjoys magic, astronomy and playing the guitar.  He currently lives in Santa Monica, California.


Freedman, Russel
Russell Freedman

( 1929-    )

Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California.  He studied at San Jose State University and received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkley.  He served in the Army during the Korean war.  Freedman has worked as an editor, reporter, writer and instructor.  He enjoys travel, photography and film making.


Lowry, Lois
Lois Lowry

 (1937-    )

Lois Hannersberg Lowry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.  She was educated at Brown University and the University of Southern Maine.  She married Donald Lowry in 1956 and divorced him in 1977.  She has four children, Alix,Grey, Kristin and Benjamin.  Lowry also enjoys photography.  She currently resides in New England.


MacLachlan, Patricia
Patricia MacLachlan

(1938 -    )

Patricia Pritzkau MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  She received her B.A. from the University of Connecticut. In 1962 she married Robert MacLachlan.  They have three children, John, Jamie and Emily.  She has worked as an English teacher, lecturer, and social worker.  She currently resides in Massachusetts.


McKinley, Robin
Robin McKinley

(1952-    )

Robin McKinley was born in Warren, Ohio and received her B.A. in 1975 from Bowdoin College.  She holds numerous honors and awards, including a honorary Ph.D. from Bowdoin College which she received in 1986.  Robin resides in Maine as well as in New York, New York.


Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

(1933-    )

Phyllis Naylor Reynolds was born in 1933 in Anderson, Indiana.  She holds a B.A. from American University.  Phyllis has been an editorial assistant with NEA Journal and was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960's.  She has two children, Jeffrey Allan and Michael Scott.  She resides with her husband, Rex, in Bethesda, Maryland.


Paterson, Katherine
Katherine Paterson

(1932-    )

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson was born in China.  She holds numerous degrees from various universities, including King College and the Kobe School of Japanese Language.  She has been a teacher and missionary.  She married John Peterson, a clergyman in 1962.  They have four children, Elizabeth, John, David and Mary Katerine.  She currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia.


Rylant, Cynthia
Cynthia Rylant

(1954-    )

Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia.  She holds degrees from Morris Harvey College, Marshall University and Kent State University.  She has worked as a writer, lecturer, and librarian.  She has been married and divorced and has one son, Nathaniel.


Spinelli, Jerry
Jerry Spinelli

(1941-    )

Jerry Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.  He received degrees from Gettysburg College and Johns Hopkins University.  He has worked as a writer, publisher and editor.  He and his wife Eileen have six children, Kevin, Barbara, Jeffrey, Molly, Sean, and Ben.  He currently lives in Pennsylvania where he enjoys tennis, country music, and caring for his pet rats.


Voigt, Cynthia
Cynthia Voigt

 (1942-    )

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Cynthia Voigt earned a B.A.  in 1963 from Smith College.  She has been a high school English teacher and department chairman.  Her awards include the Newbery Medal, Edgar Award and most recently the California Young Reader's Award.   Cynthia lives in Deer Isle, Maine with her husband, Walter, and her two children, Jessica and Peter.


Willard, Nancy
Nancy Willard

(1936-    )

Nancy Willard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated with a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1958. She continued graduate work at Stanford University and received her M.A. in 1960.  Nancy is a member of The Children's Literature Association, The Lewis Carroll Society and The George Mac Donald Society.  She lives in Poughkeepsie, New York with her husband Eric and has two children, James and Anatole.


Cushman, Karen
Karen Cushman

(1941 -     )

Karen Cushman didn't even begin writing until she was fifty.  Her first book, Catherine Called Birdy, won the Newbery Honor Award in 1995.  Both Catherine Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice are set in medieval England.  Cushman undoubtedly became familiar with this time period through her career in museology.  In fact, besides being an author, Cushman teaches in the graduate department of Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California.  She lives in California with her husband, who writes about Psychology, and her daughter Leah, who is an avid reader.

Cushman's advice to new writers is "Go with your passion."  She attributes her own success to the fact that she writes from the heart.


Creech, Sharon
Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech spent her childhood in Cleveland, Ohio. She was educated at Ohio's Hiram College and received her MA from George Mason University in Virginia.  She has lived in Washington D.C. and moved to England in 1979.  She currently lives in Thorpe, Surrey with her husband, Lyle Rigg.  Sharon has also written books for adults, under the pen name Sharon Rigg.


Newbery Books
THE NEWBERY BOOKS

•	Adam of the Road

•	Amos Fortune, Free Man

•	... And Now Miguel

•	Bridge to Terabithia

•	The Bronze Bow

•	Caddie Woodlawn

•	Call It Courage

•	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

•	The Cat Who Went to Heaven

•	Daniel Boone

•	The Dark  Frigate

•          Dear Mr. Henshaw

•          Dicey's Song

•	Dobry

•	The Door in the Wall

•	From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

•          A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal

•	Gay-Neck

•	Ginger Pye

•          The Giver

•	The Grey King

•          The Hero and the Crown

•	The High King

•	Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

•	I, Juan de Pareja

•	Invincible Louisa

•	Island of the Blue Dolphins

•	It's Like This Cat

•          Jacob Have I Loved

•	Johnny Tremain

•          Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

•	Julie of the Wolves

•	King of the Wind

•          Lincoln: A Photobiography

•          Maniac Magee

•	The Matchlock Gun

•	M.C. Higgins, The Great

•          The Midwife's Apprentice

•	Miracles on Maple Hill

•	Miss Hickory

•          Missing May

•	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

•          Number the Stars

•	Onion John

•	Rabbit Hill

•	Rifles for Watie

•	Roller Skates

•	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

•          Sarah, Plain and Tall

•	Secret of the Andes

•	Shadow of a Bull

•	Shen of the Sea

•          Shiloh

•	The Slave Dancer

•	Smoky

•	Sounder

•	Strawberry Girl

•	The Story of Mankind

•	The Summer of the Swans

•	Tales of the Silver Lands

•	Thimble Summer

•	The Trumpeter of Krakow

•	The Twenty-One Balloons

•	Up a Road Slowly

•          A Visit to William Blake's Inn

•	The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle

•          Walk Two Moons

•	Waterless Mountain

•	The Westing Game

•	The Wheel on the School

•          The Whipping Boy

•	The White Stag

•	The Witch of Blackbird Pond

•	A Wrinkle in Time

•	Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze


Dear Mr. Henshaw

Written by  Beverly Cleary

Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

Published by Dell Yearling

Leigh Botts faces two difficulties in this novel - being the new kid in school and living through his parents' divorce.  He copes with these traumas by writing a series of letters to his favorite author.


Dicey's Song

Written by  Cynthia Voigt

Published by  Atheneum

Dicey, her brother and sister are adopted by their grandmother in this sequel to Homecoming. Dicey learns to adjust to life by conquering the challenge of school, a job, a boat and caring for her brother and sister.


A Gathering of Days
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal

Written by Joan Blos

Published by Scribner's

Catherine is a New Hampshire farm girl of the 1830s who keeps a diary.  In it she tells about her father, stepmother, friends and a runaway slave.


The Giver

Written by Lois Lowry

Published by Houghton Mifflin

Jonas lives in a Utopian community. Everyone works to gether and is equal. But is this community Utopia?  Citizens of this community can't make their own choices and they can't even own their own memories of the past -- until Jonas becomes the Receiver and meets the Giver.


The Hero and the Crown

Written by: Robin McKinley

published by: Berkley

Aerin the daughter of a witch and a king, tries to win the trust. She sets out to gain the Hero's Crown and has many adventures with dragons and wizards along the way.


Jacob, Have I Loved

Written by Katherine Paterson

Published by T.Y. Crowell and Harper Trophy

Louise is a tomboy growing up in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1940s. In this coming of age novel, she competes with her twin sister and battles a hurricane.


Joyful Noise
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

Written by Paul Fleischman

Illustrated by Eric Beddows

Published by Harper & Row

These poems about insects are written to be read aloud by more than one person.


Lincoln
Lincoln: A Photobiography

Written by Russell Freedman

Illustrated with photographs

Published by Clarion

This biography of Abraham Lincoln covers both his personal and public lives.


Maniac Magee

Written by Jerry Spinelli

 Published by Little, Brown and Company

When Jeffrey Lionel Magee's parents died, his name and his life changed.  Maniac Magee became a legend.  Kids today still talk about how he could run fast, play ball hard, tie knots and be cool.  But Maniac Magee is best known for how he helped the kids from the West Side and kids from the East Side.  This is his story.


The Midwife's Apprentice

Written by Karen Cushman

Published by Clarion Books

Brat is an orphan who falls asleep in a dung heap. She is awakened by Jane the Midwife. Jane needs a helper so she gives Brat a home and trains her as a midwife as well.


Missing May

Written by Cynthia Rylant

Published by Orchard Books

Summer was a girl nobody wanted until her Uncle Ob and Aunt May took her in.  When May died Summer couldn't understand why May only came to visit Uncle Ob.  Summer needed to hear from May so she could keep Uncle Ob alive.  With the help of her classmate, Cletus Underwood, she seeks assistance from The Reverend Miriam B. Conklin, Small Medium at Large.  Summer received word a night later, direct as could be.


Number the Stars

Written by Lois Lowry

Published by Houghton Mifflin

This is a story about the plight of Jews in Denmark in the early 1940's. AnneMarie is a Christian Dane whose family save the lives of the Rosens. Ellen Rosen is AnneMarie's best friend.


Sarah, Plain and Tall

Written by Patricia MacLachlan

Published by Harper & Row and Harper Trophy

After her mother dies, Anna's father places an ad in a newspaper for a wife.  Sarah, a woman from Maine, replies and moves with her cat to the Midwestern farm.


Shiloh

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Published by Athenuem

Marty is a young boy growing up in the hills of West Virginia.  Like any boy he loves to shoot his rifle and go hunting.  His life changes when he rescues a mistreated dog.


A Visit to William Blake's Inn

Written by Nancy Willard

Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

Published by Harcourt Brace Javanovich

This picture book of poetry is inspired by the verse of William Blake.  Through the poems and illustrations, readers move through the inn and discover magical creatures such as the King of Cats and the Wise Cow.

This book was also a Caldecott Honor book.


Walk Two Moons

Written by Sharon Creech

Published by Harper Collins

Walk Two Moons is the story of Phoebe Winterbottom told to the reader by Salamanca Tree Hiddle, who was on her way from Ohio to Idaho.  Phoebe and Sal are both separated from their mothers, and the reader soon learns that the story of Phoebe is the thinly disguised story of Sal.


The Whipping Boy

Written by Sid Fleischman

Illustrated by Peter Sis

Published by Troll and Greenwillow

Jemmy is an orphan boy who is picked to take the young Prince Brat's punishment.  The boys are kidnapped and trade places for a time. As in The Prince and the Pauper, both boys learn valuable lessons from each other.


Caldecott Illustrators

•	Bemelmans, Ludwig

•	Brown, Marcia

•	Burton, Virginia Lee

•	Cooney, Barbara

•	d'Aulaire, Ingri and d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin

•	Diaz, David

•	Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane

•	Duvoisin, Roger

•	Egielski, Richard

•	Emberley, Ed

•	Ets, Marie Hall

•	Gammel, Stephen

•	Goble, Paul

•	Hader, Berta and Hader, Elmer

•	Haley, Gail E.

•	Handforth, Thomas

•	Hogrogian, Nonny

•	Hyman, Trina Schart

•	Jones, Elizabeth Orton

•	Keats, Ezra Jack

•	Lathrop, Dorothy P.

•	Lawson, Robert

•	Lent, Blair

•	Lobel, Arnold

•	Macaulay, David

•	McCully, Emily Arnold

•	McDermott, Gerald

•	McCloskey, Robert

•	Milhous, Katherine

•	Montresor, Beni

•	Mordvinoff, Nicolas

•	Ness, Evaline

•	Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska

•	Politi, Leo

•	Provensen, Alice and Provensen Martin

•	Rathmann, Peggy

•	Rojankovsky, Feodor

•	Say, Allen

•	Schoenherr, John

•	Sendak, Maurice

•	Sidjakov, Nicolas

•	Simont, Marc

•	Shulevitz, Uri

•	Slobodkin, Louis

•	Speir, Peter

•	Steig, William

•	Van Allsburg, Chris

•	Ward, Lynd K.

•	Weisgard, Leonard

•	Weisner, David

•	Young, Ed

•	Zemach, Margot


Caldecott Books

•	Abraham Lincoln

•	Always Room for One More

•	Animals of the Bible

•	Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale

•	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

•	Baboushka and the Three Kings

•	The Biggest Bear

•	The Big Snow

•	Black and White

•	Chanticleer and the Fox

•	Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper

•	Drummer Hoff

•	Duffy and the Devil

•	The Egg Tree

•	Fables

•	Finders Keepers

•	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

•	Frog Went A-Courtin'

•	The Funny Little Woman

•	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

•	Grandfather's Journey

•	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

•	Hey, Al

•	Jumanji

•	The Little House

•	The Little Island

•       Lon Po  Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

•	Madeline's Rescue

•	Make Way for Ducklings

•	Many Moons

•	May I Bring a Friend?

•	Mei Li

•	Mirette on the High Wire

•	Nine Days to Christmas

•	Noah's Ark

•	Nonny: One Fine Day

•	Officer Buckle and Gloria

•	Once A Mouse

•	Owl Moon

•	Ox-Cart Man

•	Prayer for a Child

•	The Polar Express

•	The Rooster Crows

•	Saint George and the Dragon

•	Sam, Bangs and Moonshine

•	Shadow

•	Smoky Night

•	The Snowy Day

•	The Song of the Swallows

•	A Story -- A Story

•	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

•	Song and Dance Man

•	They Were Strong and Good

•	Time of Wonder

•	A Tree is Nice

•	Tuesday

•	Where the Wild Things Are

•	White Snow, Bright Snow

•	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale


Rathmann, Peggy
Peggy Rathmann

Peggy Rathmann was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated with a BA from the University of Minnesota.  Ms. Rathmann studied  commercial art at the American Academy in Chicago , fine art at the Atelier Lack in Minneapolis and children's-book writing and illustration at the Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles.  When Peggy is not writing and illustrating, she shares her work with children around the country.  She currently lives in San Francisco.


Diaz, David
David Diaz

Besides being honored with the Caldecott award for Smoky Night, Diaz has also received awards from American Illustration, Communications Arts and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He lives with his wife and three children in Rancho La Costa, California.


Say, Allen
Allen Say

Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan.  When he was sixteen, he moved to the United States.  He has written and illustrated several other books for children and has also been awarded other honors.  Among these is the 1988 Caldecott Honor Medal and Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, which he illustrated.  Say currently lives in San Francisco.


McCully, Emily Arnold
Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and a M.A. in Art History from Columbia University. As an illustrator, she has won a Christopher award for Picnic, one of the many picture books that she has both written and illustrated. The idea for Mirette on the High Wire began as a biography of real-life daredevil Bloudin.


Weisner, David
David Weisner

The author of Tuesday grew up in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He received his education from the Rhode Island School of Design.  He currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Kim.


Macaulay, David
David Macaulay

David Macaulay is probably best known for The Way Things Work, his New York Times best seller and mutlimedia CD.  He was also the Caldecott Honor receipient for Cathedral . In addition, he has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects for being "an outstanding illustrator and recorder of architectural accomplishments.


Young, Ed
Ed Young

Ed Young was born in China and came to the United States when he was an architecture student at the University of Illinois. He later transferred to and graduated from the Los Angeles Art Center College.  He has taught art at Pratt, Yale and other prestigious schools, as well as pursuing his career as an illustrator and author.


Gammell, Stephen
Stephen Gammell

(1943 -              )

Stephen Gammel was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He has always loved to draw, and received encouragement from his father, an art editor. He also enjoys music and the outdoors. He currently lives with his wife, Linda, who is a photographer.


Schoenherr, John
John Schoenherr

John Schoenherr was educated at the Art Students League and Pratt Institute. He has illustrated over forty books including the classic, Rascal; Julie of the Wolves, and Dune. Schoenherr's paintings have also been featured in galleries across the country.

Owl Moon was enticing to John because the story reminded him of his won night time walks with his children, Jennifer and Ian.


Egielski, Richard
Richard Egielski

(1952 -              )

Richard Egielski spent his childhood in Queens, New York. He later studied at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design. He was greatly influenced by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are - Caldecott winner of 1964), who introduced him to author Arthur Yorinks. Sendak also convinced Egielski to pursue children's book illustration.

Egielski currently lives with his wife, Denise.


Van Allsburg, Chris
Chris Van Allsburg

(1949 -                   )

Chris Van Allsburg grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He always loved to draw, and as a child often drew to entertain his friends. He began writing and illustrating books when he was in his twenties.

Chris lives with his wife, Lisa.


Hyman, Trina Schart
Trina Schart Hyman

(1939 -          )

Trina Schart Hyman was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, the Boston Museum School and the Sweedish State Art School in Stockholm.

Trina married Harris Hyman in 1959 and later divorced him.  She has one daughter, Katrin.

Trina has always loved to draw, and wrote and illustrated her first book when she was four years old.


Provensen, Alice and Martin
Alice and Martin Provensen

Alice and Martin were both born in Chicago and both attended the Art Institute of Chicago. They were married in 1944 and have one daughter, Karen.  They both worked as illustrators before they became authors. After suffering a heart attack, Martin passed away in 1987.


Brown, Marcia
Marcia Brown

(1918 -         )

Marcia Brown was born in Rochester, New York and is both an illustrator and a writer. Her education includes attendance at Woodstock School of Painting, New York College for Teachers; new School for Social Research; Art Student's League of New York and Columbia University. Brown has been an English teacher, librarian and an artist.


Lobel, Arnold
Arnold Lobel

(1933 - 1987)

Arnold Lobel was born in Los Angeles and later went to Pratt Institute. He married Anita Kempler in 1955 and had two children, Adrianne and Adam.


Cooney, Barbara
Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney has illustrated many books for children. She received the Caldecott Award in 1959 for Chanticleer and the Fox and in 1980 for Ox-Cart Man.

Ms. Cooney lives with her family in Peperell, Massachusetts.


Officer Buckle and Gloria

Illustrated and written by Peggy Rathmann

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Officer Buckle teaches safety to children , but they don't seem to learn.  When man's best friend, Gloria, joins him, the children become safety experts.


Smoky Night

Illustrated by David Diaz

Written by Eve Bunting

Published Harcourt Brace, and Company

Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine, as riots occur in his neighborhood. When his apartment building catches on fire, he loses Jasmine. In the end he finds out that cats and people can learn to get along with each other.


Grandfather's Journey

Written by Allen Say

Published by Houghton Mifflin

On one level this is the story of a Japanese-American boy's grandfather and his journeys to the United States and Japan.  On another level, Grandfather's Journey is a book about choices we all must make, and the effect these choices can have on our lives.


Mirette on the High Wire

Illustrated and written by Emily Arnold McCully

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons

One day a mysterious stranger arrives at the boarding house of the widow Gateau -- a sad faced stranger who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it.

What Mirette doesn't know is that this stranger, the once Great Bellini - master wire walker, has stopped his career due to fear. It is Mirette who must teach him the courage to try again.


Tuesday

Illustrated and written by David Weisner

Published by Clarion Books

In this book, David Weisner challenges the reader's imagination as the fanciful flight of frogs becomes the reality of his beautiful watercolor paintings.


Black and White

Written by David Macaulay

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company

From four stories that do not necessarily occur at the same time, come one one big story, or perhaps four individual short stories.  A boy is on a train journey; two brothers surprised by the unusual behavior of their predictable parents; Holstein cows are on the loose and there are commuters waiting for the eight-thirteen train.


Lon Po Po
Lon Po Po:

A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Illustrated and written by Ed Young

Published by Philomel

Three Chinese sisters mistake a wolf for their grandmother in this variation of the traditional tale.


Song and Dance Man

Illustrated by Stephen Gammel

Written by Karen Ackerman

Published by Alfred A. Knopf

A grandfather introduces his children to the age of Vaudeville with the help of his old attic trunk.


Owl Moon

Illustrated by John Schoenherr

Written by Jane Yolen

Published by Philomel

"If you go owling you have to be quiet, that's what Pa always says." A father and daughter search for owls on a moonlit night. They discover that unspoken companionship and hope are all that is needed to experience an incredible gift of nature, owling.


Hey, Al

Illustrated by Richard Egielski

Written by Arthur Yorinks

Published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux and Sunburst

Al is a janitor who lives with his dog Eddie in a small Manhattan apartment.  They escape together to a tropical island in the sky.  In the beginning they think this island is paradise, but by the end they are grateful to return home.


The Polar Express

Illustrated and Written by Chris Van Allsburg

Published by Houghton Mifflin

A man remembers riding the Polar Express on Christmas Eve to the North Pole and reminds all readers of the magic of Santa Claus.


Saint George and the Dragon

Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

Text adapted by Margaret Hodges

Published by Little, Brown and Company

The Red Cross Knight endures a three-day battle with a dragon and becomes St. George.


The Glorious Flight
The Glorious Flight:

Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909

Illustrated and written by Alice and Martin Provensen

Published by Viking Press and Puffin

This is the story of a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, who built a flying machine to cross the English channel.


Shadow

Illustrated and translated by Marcia Brown

Written by Blaise Cendrars

Published by Scribner's and Aladdin

This is a book about the Shadow as it takes on mystical life in African culture.


Jumanji

Illustrated and written by Chris Van Allsburg

Published by Houghton Mifflin

"Finish what you begin... Don't forget to read the instructions..." How often have we heard this? Well, Peter and Judy are about to find out how important his is when they find a board game and unleash a jungle of wild animals in their home in this book that the movie is based on.


Fables

Illustrated and written by Arnold Lobel

Published by Harper and Row and Harper Trophy

These animal fables are similar to Aesop's, but they are less violent and include a contemporary maxim.


Ox-Cart Man

Illustrated by Barbara Cooney

Written by Donald Hall

Published by Viking Press and Puffin

Seasons come and seasons go. This is the story about a wonderful rural family in nineteenth century New England. Each October a father saddles up his Ox-Cart full of goods to sell in the city and begin this journey through the days, weeks, months and seasons in the life of a farmer and his family.