Caldecott Medal

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

Celebrates the large--and small--elements that make up our world.

The best cure for this zookeeper's cold might just be a visit from his closest friends.

A true story about a slave with an extraordinary talent for pottery and poetry.

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.

In this nearly wordless picture book, a boy and his family find magic in a summer blackout.

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.

A fish has stolen a hat and he'll probably get away with it. Or will he?.

The carrots in Crackenhopper Field are the best & Jasper Rabbit cannot resist eating some when he passes by, until they appear wherever he goes.

With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the many shades of the color green.

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

At bedtime a young girl asks "Does everything in the world go to sleep?".

It is the summer of 1869 and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America's first transcontinental railroad. All aboard!.

A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound.

In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.

Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs.

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.

A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.

A picture book biography of Russian abstract painter Vassily Kandinsky, who experienced colors as sounds and sounds as colors.

Sam and Dave are determined to find something spectacular by digging a hole until they encounter it.

Celebrates the life and art of a famous artist in this picture book biography of Frida Kahlo.

An interesting portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus.

Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good thing Rose and Windy have each other.

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

A picture book autobiography by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who hails from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans' 6th Ward. By the time he reached six, this prodigy was playing trumpet and trombone in a jazz band led by his older brother.

An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.

A stirring collection of poems and spirituals, recollects the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of civil rights.

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

A picture book biography about modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat of New York City.

Invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in even the humblest backyard.

In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.

The tale of a girl who finds a wolf cub lost in the snow.

A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that live within its walls, Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground and a father-daughter team discover life both present and past as they explore the vast canyon.

Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper