Award Winning Books!
Come by the library to check out these books.
Caldecott Winners and Honor Books
"Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin
Cronin, Doreen, and Betsy Lewin. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 2000. Print.
"Owen" by Kevin Henkes
Henkes, K. (1993). Owen. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Fun Fact: Did you know that the Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott?
"There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" by Simms Taback
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TeachingBooks.net (n.d.) There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Retrieved from https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=6704
Taback, S. (1997). There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. New York: Viking.
"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems
Willems, M. (2003). Don't let the pigeon drive the bus. Hyperion Books.
"It Could Always Be Worse" by Margot Zemach
Zemach, M. (1976). It could always be worse. New York: Scholastic
"Hey, Al" by Arthur Yorinks
Yorkins, A. (1986). Hey, Al. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
"Frog and Toad are Friends" by Arnold Lobel
Lobel, A. (1970). Frog and toad are friends. New York: HarperCollins.
" The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend" by Dan Santat
Beekle is an imaginary friend who lives where all imaginary friends are made. He waits patiently to be chosen by someone, but when it doesn't happen, he decides to travel to the real world. Once there he encounters a little girl and is given the name Beekle. They do many adventures together. This book expresses great themes of courage, imagination and friendship. Watch a book trailer here: https://www.teachingbooks.net/qlhwpqf
TeachingBooks.net (n.d.) The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Retrieved from https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=39130
Santat, D. (2014). The adventures of Beekle: The unimaginary friend. New York: Little, Brown, and Company.
"Song and Dance Man" by Karen Ackerman
Ackerman, K., & Gammell, S. (1988). Song and dance man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
"So You Want to be President" by Judith St. George
George, J. S., & Small, D. (2000). So you want to be president? New York: Philomel Books.