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Caldecott Medal Books

Based on bookaward: Caldecott Medal

Rank Title Author Added CK Order

1

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

10,680 members

182 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, fuzzi, al.vick, ahef1963, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

2

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

by William Steig

6,169 members

241 reviews

4.2

9 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, HopeSims, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

3

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

25,950 members

1,445 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, fuzzi, al.vick, ahef1963, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

4

by Ezra Jack Keats

14,704 members

757 reviews

4.2

8 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

5

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

5,391 members

129 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

6

by Robert McCloskey

2,050 members

43 reviews

4.1

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

7

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

9,638 members

458 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, ahef1963, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

8

Madeline's Rescue

by Ludwig Bemelmans

4,182 members

86 reviews

4

7 Members: deldevries, cej1027, fuzzi, al.vick, ahef1963, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

9

Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend

by Margaret Hodges

2,849 members

70 reviews

4.1

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

10

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,645 members

663 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

11

8,486 members

365 reviews

4.2

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

12

Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

3,269 members

315 reviews

4.1

7 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

13

by Arnold Lobel

3,458 members

61 reviews

4

6 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

14

Officer Buckle and Gloria

by Peggy Rathmann

5,483 members

248 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

15

by Nonny Hogrogian

1,512 members

107 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, fuzzi, al.vick, EGBERTINA

16

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

by Evaline Ness

1,227 members

35 reviews

4.1

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

17

by David Wiesner

3,196 members

518 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

18

by Chris Van Allsburg

3,169 members

223 reviews

4.2

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

19

Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale

by Gerald McDermott

1,877 members

101 reviews

3.9

5 Members: deldevries, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

20

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

2,615 members

199 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ahef1963, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

21

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

2,805 members

110 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, deldevries, al.vick, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

22

The Little Island

by Golden MacDonald

2,014 members

52 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, al.vick, EGBERTINA

23

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

2,784 members

248 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

24

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

3,836 members

242 reviews

4

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

25

by David Wiesner

4,559 members

341 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

26

Grandfather's Journey

3,037 members

248 reviews

4.1

5 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

27

by Barbara Emberley

1,245 members

43 reviews

3.9

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, fuzzi, EGBERTINA

28

Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book

by Helen Dean Fish

350 members

13 reviews

2.9

3 Members: deldevries, fuzzi, EGBERTINA

29

The Funny Little Woman

by Arlene Mosel

1,201 members

55 reviews

3.8

4 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

30

by Thomas Handforth

238 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: deldevries, fuzzi, EGBERTINA

31

by Janice May Udry

2,348 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

32

White Snow, Bright Snow

by Alvin Tresselt

2,387 members

36 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: merrystar, deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

33

by Katherine Milhous

891 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: merrystar, deldevries, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

34

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom

1,127 members

68 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: deldevries, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc
Explanations: EGBERTINA: 2021

35

Snowflake Bentley

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

2,915 members

148 reviews

4.2

4 Members: deldevries, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

36

Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico

by Marie Hall Ets

769 members

30 reviews

3.8

3 Members: deldevries, fuzzi, EGBERTINA

37

Wolf in the Snow

by Matthew Cordell

603 members

88 reviews

4.1

4 Members: deldevries, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

38

3,750 members

96 reviews

4.1

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

39

1,302 members

143 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

40

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

2,388 members

267 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA, Curran2, rlsllc

41

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead

2,737 members

338 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

42

Hello Lighthouse

by Sophie Blackall

742 members

52 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

43

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

by Verna Aardema

5,252 members

285 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, deldevries, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

44

This Is Not My Hat

2,502 members

346 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

45

by Marcia Brown

1,131 members

108 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, deldevries, EGBERTINA

46

My Friend Rabbit

by Eric Rohmann

2,473 members

189 reviews

3.9

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

47

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

by Alice Provensen

1,916 members

29 reviews

4

4 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

48

Chanticleer and the Fox

by Geoffrey Chaucer

1,596 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

49

2,674 members

28 reviews

3.8

3 Members: deldevries, al.vick, EGBERTINA

50

by Kwame Alexander

866 members

83 reviews

½ 4.7

3 Members: deldevries, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

51

Prayer for a Child

by Rachel Field

1,136 members

37 reviews

4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

52

A Ball for Daisy

by Chris Raschka

1,539 members

310 reviews

4.1

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

53

by James Thurber

1,734 members

55 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

54

May I Bring a Friend?

by Beatrice de Regniers

1,361 members

55 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA, rlsllc

55

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

3,090 members

516 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

56

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

by Lindsay Mattick

1,340 members

160 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: deldevries, al.vick, EGBERTINA

57

1,934 members

44 reviews

4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

58

The Hello, Goodbye Window

by Norton Juster

2,848 members

394 reviews

4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

59

by David Wisniewski

917 members

85 reviews

3.9

3 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA, Curran2

60

by David Wiesner

2,298 members

258 reviews

4.2

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

61

Frog went a-courtin'

by John Langstaff

1,083 members

36 reviews

3.8

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

62

Once a Mouse...

by Marcia Brown

1,271 members

89 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: deldevries, al.vick, EGBERTINA

63

The House in the Night

by Susan Marie Swanson

1,193 members

141 reviews

4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

64

Song and Dance Man

by Karen Ackerman

2,400 members

116 reviews

4

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

65

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Javaka Steptoe

593 members

84 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

66

by Paul O. Zelinsky

2,078 members

207 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, deldevries, EGBERTINA

67

509 members

71 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA, rlsllc
Explanations: EGBERTINA: 2022

68

Black and White

by David Macaulay

1,107 members

96 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

69

Mirette on the High Wire

by Emily Arnold McCully

3,006 members

101 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, deldevries, EGBERTINA

70

1,987 members

182 reviews

4.1

3 Members: deldevries, cej1027, EGBERTINA

71

209 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA, rlsllc
Explanations: EGBERTINA: 2023

72

Abraham Lincoln

by Ingri d'Aulaire

1,846 members

32 reviews

4

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

73

The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles

by Maud Petersham

709 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

74

The Biggest Bear

1,439 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

75

Finders Keepers

by Will Lipkind

377 members

13 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

76

Baboushka and the Three Kings

by Ruth Robbins

688 members

37 reviews

3.8

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

77

Always Room for One More

by Sorche Nic Leodhas

1,083 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

78

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

by Arthur Ransome

722 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: cej1027, EGBERTINA

79

Duffy and the Devil

by Harve Zemach

311 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

80

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

by Margaret Musgrove

1,383 members

42 reviews

4

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

81

by Marcia Brown

443 members

28 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

82

by Arthur Yorinks

1,411 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

83

So You Want to Be President?

by Judith St. George

2,762 members

147 reviews

4.1

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA

84

They Were Strong and Good

by Robert Lawson

574 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: deldevries, EGBERTINA,cej1027

85

Song of the Swallows

1,234 members

25 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

86

A Story, A Story: An African Tale

by Gail E. Haley

1,182 members

52 reviews

4

Member: EGBERTINA

87

Papa, Do You Love Me?

by Barbara M Joosse

554 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: deldevries, rlsllc,EGBERTINA
Explanations: EGBERTINA : i cannot find it on the list still cannot find this book on the list

88

by Charles Perrault

536 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

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