GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 2005
Emily Gravett
London: MacMillan, 2005
32 pp
Ages: 5 +
Interests: animals, rabbits, wolves
They Were Strong and Good
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: American history, family, family history, history, pioneer life, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1941
Robert Lawson, author and illustrator
New York: Viking Press, 1940
62 pp
age: 5+
Interests: American history, family, family history, pioneer life, war
Black and White
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: art, cows, mystery, puzzles, trains
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1991
David Macaulay, author and illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990
30 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: picture puzzles, mysteries, trains, cows
By the same author: Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction, The Way Things Work
Grandfather’s Journey
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: family, grandparents, history, immigration, Japan, travel, war
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
Saint George and the Dragon
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: action, adventure, British history, castle, dragons, Fairy Tale, knights, Magic, Princess, saints, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Trina Schart Hyman, illustrator
text retold by Margaret Hodges
New York: Little, Brown, 1984
32 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, knights, dragons, princesses, quests, castles, British history, saints
Next: King Arthur stories, more about St. George
Also by this illustrator: Rapunzel, The Serpent Slayer; and Other Stories of Strong Women
Abraham Lincoln
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: American history, biography, country life, history, pioneer life, politics, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1940
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
New York: Doubleday, 1939
56pp
ages 5+
Interests: American history, politics, pioneer life
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