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Winners of the Caldecott Medal: 2003-2006

Come read the books deemed worthy of the Caldecott Medal! I am giving a brief synopsis of each book along with a comment about the artwork here and there. I am also including lists of the Honor winners for each year. I hope you enjoy my series. Comments are welcomed!! 2003 “My Friend Rabbit” by Eric Rohmann “My Friend Rabbit” is about a little mouse and his friend named Rabbit. It seems that no matter what rabbit does, he is always getting into some kind of mischief. In this story, he gets his toy airplane stuck in a tree and … Continue reading →

Winners of the Caldecott Medal: 1998-2002

For more information about the origins of the Caldecott Medal, please see The Caldecott Medal and the Man for Whom it was Named. I am giving a brief synopsis of each book along with a comment about the artwork here and there. I am also including lists of the Honor winners for each year. I hope you enjoy my series. Comments are welcomed!! 1998 “Rapunzel” by Paul O. Zelinsky In this retelling of the classic tale, Paul Zelinsky really creates a believable story that a girl could have hair strong enough for someone to climb up it. Her hair is … Continue reading →

Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick

When I read that The Invention of Hugo Cabret, an over 500 page novel, won the Caldecott- an award for illustrations in children’s books, I was thoroughly confused. I’ve read a lot of Caldecott books and am quite sure that most of them were under thirty pages. An amazing 284 pages of this book are original drawings. And each picture is an entire double page spread. Hugo Cabret is a fast read because of all the pictures and the action. I recommend it for grade school children and above. The book is about magicians, illusions, machines, early movie making, and … Continue reading →

The Three Pigs – David Weisner

This version of the classic story “The Three Pigs” is by far my favorite out of all I’ve read. It must have been some other people’s favorite too – it’s a Caldecott winner. We start out the story in the traditionally accepted way, with the first little pig deciding to build his house out of straw, the wolf looking on ravenously. When the house is completed, the wolf comes and says, “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.” To which the pig replies, “Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin.” So, of course, the wolf blows. But he doesn’t … Continue reading →