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Caldecott 1938-1952
Caldecott Books 1938-1952
Summary | Title | Year | Author/Illustrator |
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Two dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership | Finders Keepers | 1952 | Author: William Lipkind, Illus. by: Nicholas Mordvinoff |
Katy, Carl, and their cousins enjoy an Easter egg hunt, then learn from their grandmother how to make an Easter egg tree | The Egg Tree | 1951 | Author/Illus: Katherine Milhous |
Juan, a boy in Mexico, talks to Julian about the missions, the swallows, and their seasonal return to Capistrano | Song of the Swallows | 1950 | Author/Illus: Leo Politi |
Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow | The Big Snow | 1949 | Author/Illus: Berta and Elmer Hader |
A police officer, his wife, a mail carrier, and a farmer experience winter and snow | White Snow, Bright Snow | 1948 | Author: Alvin Tresselt Illus. by: Roger Duvoisin |
A little island experiences a year of animals living on it | Little Island | 1947 | Author: Golden MacDonald, (Margaret Wise Brown) Illus. by: Leonard Weisgard |
A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes | Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles | 1946 | Author/Illus: Maud and Miska Petersham |
A prayer before bed | Prayer for a Child | 1945 | Author: Rachel Field, Illus. by: Elizabeth Orton Jones |
A king is very worried when his daughter Lenore becomes ill and won't recover until she is given the moon | Many Moons | 1944 | Author: James Thurber, Illus. by: Louis Slobodkin |
A little house lives in the country happily until, years later, the city builds up around her. She learns the difference between city and country and longs for the country again | The Little House | 1943 | Author/Illus: Virginia Lee Burton |
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring | Make Way for Ducklings | 1942 | Author/Illus: Robert McCloskey |
Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States | They were Strong and Good | 1941 | Author/Illus: Robert Lawson |
A biography of the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) | Abraham Lincoln | 1940 | Author/Illus: Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin |
Mei Li celebrates the New Year, but must get home in time to greet the Kitchen God | Mei Li | 1939 | Author/Illus: Thomas Handforth |
A collection of excerpts about animals from the King James Bible | Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book | 1938 | Author: Helen Dean Fish, Illus. by: Dorothy P. Lathrop |