CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1994
Allen Say, author and illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993
29 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: history, travel, immigration, Japan, family history, grandparents
Grandfather’s Journey
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: family, grandparents, history, immigration, Japan, travel, war
The Hello, Goodbye Window
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: babysitters, family, grandparents
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2006
Chris Raschka, illustrator
Norton Juster, author
New York: Michael di Capua/Hyperion, 2005
29 pp
ages 2 +
Interests: grandparents, babysitters
Sequel to this book: Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie
Also by this author: The Phantom Tollbooth
Tuesday
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, bedtime, frogs, Magic, night
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1992
David Wiesner, author and illustrator
New York: Clarion, 1991
30 pp
ages 3 +
Interests: magic, frogs, night
By the same author: Flotsam, The Three Pigs, Sector 7
Jumanji
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, animals, jungle, Magic, mystery, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1982
Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981
28 pp.
ages 4 +
Interests: board games, jungle creatures, magic and mayhem
By the same author: The Polar Express, Zathura (another magical board game story)
Rarest Kind of Best 