CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1950
by Leo Politi
New York: Scribner, 1949
31 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: birds, migration, Spanish language, American history, seasons, gardens
Next: natural history books about birds, birdwatching
Song of the Swallows
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: American history, birds, gardening, nature, religion, seasons, Spanish language
The Egg Tree
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: country life, crafts, Easter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1951
Katherine Milhous
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: Easter, crafts, country life, traditions
Clown
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: cities, clowns, toys
by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: toys, clowns, city
Also by this author: All Join In, Mister Magnolia
Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: bad behavior, manners
by John Burmingham
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
30 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: ‘bad behavior’, manners
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Borka, Come Away from the Water Shirley , Avocado Baby
Miss Rumphius
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: flowers, gardening, strong girls, travel
by Barbara Cooney
New York: Viking Press, 1982
28 pp
Ages: 3 +
Interests: flowers, single life, strong girls, travel
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The Little Island
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: birds, boats, insects, island, nature, ocean, seasons, weather
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1947
Margaret Wise Brown, author
Leonard Weisgard, illustrator
New York: Doubleday, 1946
40 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: nature, animals, birds, boats, islands
By the same author: Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
The Big Snow
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, birds, nature, seasons, snow, weather, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNTER – 1949
Berta and Elmer Hader
New York: Macmillan, 1948
43 pp.
Ages: 3 +
Interests: animals, birds, seasons, nature, snow, winter
White Snow Bright Snow
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: seasons, snow, weather, winter
CALDECOTT WINNER – 1948
Alvin Tresselt, author
Roger Duvoisin, illustrator
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1947
27 pp.
Ages: 3 +
Interests: winter, snow, seasons
Come away from the water, Shirley
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: adventure, beach, boats, ocean, pirates, strong girls, treasure
John Burningham, author and illustrator
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977
22 pp
Age: 3 and up
Interests: pirates, seashore, boats, treasure
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Where’s Julius?, Avocado Baby, Borka
The Snowman
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: Christmas, Magic, night, seasons, snow, winter
Raymond Briggs
London: Puffin, 1978
30 pp
Age: 3 and up
Interests: Christmas, winter, snow, magic
By the same author/illustrator: Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman, UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age, and books for older audiences: When the Wind Blows, and Ethel and Ernest
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