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Books by Author
1986 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Chris Van Allsburg
1985, 32 pages, $19 list
One couldn't select a more delightful and
exciting premise for a children's book than the tale of a young boy lying awake
on Christmas Eve only to have Santa Claus sweep by and take him on a trip with
other children to the North Pole. And one couldn't ask for a more
talented artist and writer to tell the story than Chris Van Allsburg.
Avi:
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
2003 Winner of Newberry
Award
By Avi
2004, 320 pages, $7 list
“Asta’s son”
is all he’s ever been called. The lack of name is appropriate, because he
and his mother are but poor peasants in fourteenth-century medieval
1999 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Mary Azarian and Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1998, 32 pages, $16 list
From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley saw
snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera
would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's
enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time,
but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two
snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful. His story is
gracefully told and brought to life in lovely woodcuts, giving children insight
into a soul who had not only a scientist's vision and perseverance but a clear
passion for the wonders of nature.
1995 Winner of Newberry Award
By Sharon Creech
2003, 304 pages, $7 list
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous
story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl
whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. In her own
award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one
funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly
moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
2000 Winner of Newberry Award
By Christopher Paul Curtis
2004, 272 pages, $7 list
It's 1936, in
Cushman:
The Midwife's Apprentice
1996 Winner of
Newberry Award
By Karen Cushman
1996, 128 pages, $6 list
From the author of "Catherine, Called Birdy" comes
another spellbinding novel set in medieval
1995 Winner of Caldecott Award
By David Diaz and Even Bunting
1999, 36 pages, $7 list
This is a story about cats and people who couldn't get along
until a smoky and fearful night brings them together. The
2004 Winner of Newberry
Award
By Kate DiCamillo
and Timothy Basil Ering
2006, 272 pages, $8 list
Welcome to the story of Despereaux
Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea.
It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness
and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow,
a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These
three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into
a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each
other’s lives. What happens then?
E
1987 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Richard Egielski and Arthur Yorinks
1989, 32 pages, $7 list
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog,
Eddie, live in a single room on the
Fleischman:
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
1989 Winner of Newberry
Award
By Paul Fleischman
2004, 64 pages, $6 list
Written to be read aloud by two
voices––sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous––here is a collection of
irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the
mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet,
each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In
this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, Paul Fleischman verbally
re–creates the "Booming/boisterious/joyful noise" of insects.
The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the
honeybee. Eric Beddows's vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or
creeping off the page in its own unique way.
1987 Winner of Newberry Award
By Sid Fleischman
2003, 112 pages, $6 list
Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a
castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat
misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the
throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like
one another. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running
away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.
Freedman:
Lincoln: A Photobiography
1988 Winner of Newberry
Award
By Russell Freedman
1989 (1st edition), 160 pages, $10
list
A description of the boyhood, marriage, and young
professional life of Abraham Lincoln includes his presidential years and also
reflects on the latest scholarly thoughts about our Civil War president.
A Newberry Medal Book.
1989 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Stephen Gammell and Karen Ackerman
1988, 32 pages, $16 list
Once a song and dance man, Grandpa reclaims his
youth and profession before the delighted eyes of his three grandchildren one
afternoon. He simply cannot resist the urge to dress up in clothes left
over from his vaudeville days, complete with top hat and gold-headed cane, and
to perform tricks, play banjo and tell jokes. He taps, twirls and laughs
himself to tears on a thrown-together stage in his attic. Artist Stephen
Gammell takes full advantage of lamplight to render Grandpa in shadow and
silhouette, trivializing the concept of age and creating a feeling of intense
nostalgia.
Gerstein:The
Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2004 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Mordicai Gerstein
2007, 40 pages, $7 list
In 1974, French aerialist Philippe
Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the
Henkes:
Kitten's First Full Moon
2005 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Kevin Henkes
2004, 40 pages, $17 list
In this beautiful picture book, Kevin Henkes, captures the
sweet, sometimes slapstick struggle of Kitten, who sees her first full moon and
thinks it's a bowl of milk in the sky. Any child who has yearned for
anything will understand how much Kitten wants that elusive bowl of milk.
Readers will giggle as she tries to lick the faraway moon and gets a bug on her
tongue, or leaps to catch it and falls down the stairs.
1998 Winner of Newberry Award
By Karen Hesse
1999, 240 pages, $6 list
A poem cycle that reads as a novel, Out of the Dust
tells the story of a girl named Billie Jo, who struggles to help her family
survive the dust-bowl years of the Depression. Fighting against the
elements on her
Hyman:
Saint Geore and the Dragon
1985 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Trina Schart Hyman and Margaret Hodges
1990, 32 pages, $8 list
This adaptation of The Faerie Queen features
illustrations that "glitter with color and mesmerizing details."
2005 Winner of Newberry Award
By Cynthia Kadohata
2006, 272 pages, $7 list
Glittering. That's how Katie
Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira
because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira
for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her
family move from a Japanese community in
Konigsburg:
The View from Saturday
1997 Winner of Newberry Award
By E.L. Konigsburg
1998, 176 pages, $6 list
HOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her
sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But
were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and
Julian? And why did they make such a good team?
It was a surprise to a lot of people
when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at
1990 Winner of Newberry Award
By Lois Lowry
1998, 144 pages, $7 list
The evacuation of Jews from
Nazi-held
1994 Winner of Newberry Award
By Lois Lowry
2002, 192 pages, $7 list
In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no
unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to
be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders
and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his
utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes
of Brave
New World, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to
give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society.
Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society
can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.
1991 Winner of Caldecott Award
By David Macaulay
1990, 32 pages, $7 list
Black and White is an interesting title for a
book that aims to prove there's no such thing as black and white. But
read on and you will see that irony and playful deception are running themes in
this multidimensional, nonlinear picture story, which was awarded the 1991
Caldecott Medal. In it, a normal-looking cow contains a robber literally
pointing at one of the plot's various possible outcomes, which remain tentative
as long as they are formulated by young readers. Seeing new angles and
clues every time they open the book, these readers will probably astound adult
onlookers with their excitement and ease at navigating the unknown in a
literary medium akin to interactive multimedia.
MacLachlan:
Sarah, Plain and Tall
1986 Winner of Newberry Award
By Patricia MacLachlan
2004, 64 pages, $6 list
Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their
house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then
Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from
one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of
McCully:
Mirette on the High Wire
1993 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Emily Arnold McCully
1997, 32 pages, $8 list
Mirette and the "Great Bellini"
traverse the
McKinley:
The Hero and the Crown
1985 Winner of Newberry Award
By Robin McKinley
2007, 304 pages, $5 list
Robin McKinley's mesmerizing history of Damar is the stuff
that legends are made of. The Hero and the Crown is a dazzling
"prequel" to The Blue Sword. Aerin is the only child of
the king of Damar, and should be his rightful heir. But she is also the
daughter of a witchwoman of the North, who died when she was born, and the
Damarians cannot trust her. But Aerin's destiny is greater than her
father's people know, for it leads her to battle with Maur, the Black Dragon,
and into the wilder Damarian Hills, where she meets the wizard Luthe. It
is he who at last tells her the truth about her mother, and he also gives over
to her hand the Blue Sword, Gonturan. But such gifts as these bear a
great price, a price Aerin only begins to realize when she faces the evil mage,
Agsded, who has seized the Hero's Crown, greatest treasure and secret strength
of Damar.
1992 Winner of Newberry Award
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
2000, 144 pages, $7 list
When Marty Preston comes across a
young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also
big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names
2002 Winner of Newberry
Award
By Linda Sue Park
2003, 192 pages, $7 list
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a
potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become
fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master
potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min
takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated — until he finds obstacles
in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Min’s
irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove
himself — even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present
Min’s work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at
the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.
Patron:
The Higher Power of Lucky
2007 Winner of Newberry Award
By Susan Patron and Matt Phelan
2006, 144 pages, $17 list
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another
day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions
in her brain make running away from Hard Pan,
2001 Winner of Newberry Award
By Richard Peck
2002, 144 pages, $7 list
Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy
2006 Winner of Newberry Award
By Lynne Rae Perkins
2007, 368 pages, $7 list
She wished something would happen.
Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found
one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon.
Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening.
Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots.
He felt himself changing, too, but into what? So much can happen in
a summer.
Raschka:
The Hello, Goodbye Window
2006 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Chris Raschka and Norton Juster
2005, 32 pages, $16 list
The kitchen window at
Nanna and Poppy’s house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway.
Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in
her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the
commonplace wonders that define childhood. It is also a love song devoted
to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The
world for this little girl will soon grow larger and more complex but never
more enchanting or deeply felt.
Rathmann:
Officer Buckle and Gloria
1996 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Peggy Rathmann
1995, 40 pages, $17 list
Officer Buckle is a roly-poly bloke, dedicated
to teaching schoolchildren important safety tips, such as never put anything in
your ear and never stand on a swivel chair. The problem is, Officer
Buckle's school assemblies are dull, dull, dull, and the children of Napville
just sleep, sleep, sleep. That is, until Gloria the police dog is invited
along! Stealthily pantomiming each safety tip behind Officer Buckle's
back, Gloria wins the children's hearts.
2003 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Eric
Rohmann
2007, 32 pages, $7 list
When Mouse lets his best friend,
Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From
Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about
friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints.
1993 Winner of Newberry Award
By Cynthia Rylant
2004, 112 pages, $6 list
When May dies suddenly while gardening, Summer assumes she'll
never see her beloved aunt again. But then Summer's Uncle Ob claims that
May is on her way back—she has sent a sign from the spirit world. So
1999 Winner of Newberry Award
By Louis Sachar
2003, 256 pages, $7 list
Stanley Yelnats tries to dig up the truth in this inventive
and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment–and redemption.
1994 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Allen Say and Walter Lorraine
1993, 32 pages, $17 list
Home becomes elusive in this story about
immigration and acculturation, pieced together through old pictures and
salvaged family tales. Both the narrator and his grandfather long to
return to
Schlitz:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
2008 Winner of Newberry Award
By Laura Amy Schlitz
2007, 96 pages, $20 list
Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons -- in these pages, readers
will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his
manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by
selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson
in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging
1988 Winner of Caldecott Award
By John Schoenherr and Jane Yolen
1987, 32 pages, $17 list
Among the greatest charms of children is their ability to
view a simple activity as a magical adventure. Such as a walk in the
woods late at night. Jane Yolen captures this wonderment in a book whose charm
rises from its simplicity. "It was late one winter night, long past
my bedtime, when Pa and I went owling." The two walked through the
woods with nothing but hope and each other in a journey that will fascinate
many a child. John Schoenherr's illustrations help bring richness to the
countryside adventure.
Selznick: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2008 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Brian Selznick
2007, 544 pages, $23 list
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in
the walls of a busy
Small: So
you Want to Be President?
2001 Winner of Caldecott Award
By David Small
2008, 56 pages, $10 list
So you want to be President! Why not? Presidents
have come in every variety. They've been generals like George Washington
and actors like Ronald Reagan, big like William Howard Taft and small like
James Madison, handsome like Franklin Pierce and homely like Abraham
Lincoln. From the embarrassment of
skinny-dipping John Quincy Adams to the mischievous adventure of Theodore
Roosevelt's pony, Judith St. George shares the backroom facts, the spitfire
comments, and the comical anecdotes that have been part and parcel of
1991 Winner of Newberry Award
By Jerry Spinelli
1999, 180 pages, $7 list
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a
boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off
the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo.
"Kid's gotta be a maniac," is what the folks in Two Mills say.
It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac"
Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is
none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side
of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling.
"The history of a kid," says Jerry Spinelli, "is one part
fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball." And for this kid,
four parts of fun.
Taback:
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
2000 Winner of Caldecott Award
By Simms Taback
1999, 32 pages, $12 list
Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes, just
like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it
into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after
that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut
holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat, while
they laugh at the bold, cheerful artwork and learn that you can always make
something, even out of nothing.