GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1987
text by Mwenye Hadithi
illustrations by Adrienne Kennaway
Age: 2+
Interests: Africa, folktales, animals
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: folktales, Jewish folklore, sewing, songs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2000
by Simms Taback
Viking, 1999
34 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folksongs, Jewish folktales/folksongs, sewing, recycling/repurposing
Also by this author: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, This is the House that Jack Built
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, horses, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble
Simon & Schuster, 1978
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: horses, First Nations legends, folktales
Also by this author: Mystic Horse, The Great Race of the Birds and Animals, Star Boy, Death of the Iron Horse, Buffalo Woman, The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Song of Creation, and many others
Golem
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: folktales, giants, history, horror, Jewish folklore, Magic, monsters, religion, violence, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1997
by David Wisniewski
Clarion Books, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: history, religion, Jewish folklore, giants, magic, horror
Next: there is a famous silent movie about this legend, The Golem (1920) by Paul Wegener
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
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in Books, books 6+ Tags: Africa, alphabet, country life, family, folktales, geography, nonfiction
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Margaret Musgrove, text
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrations
Dial Books, 1976 (now available: Picture Puffin Books)
28 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: Africa, folklore, traditions, rituals, family life, alphabet books, geography
Also by these illustrators: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears; The People Could Fly – The Picture Book; Who’s in Rabbit’s House: A Masai Tale; Pish, Posh Said Hieronymus Bosch
The Woodcutter’s Duck
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, ducks, folktales, Magic, Poland
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1972
by Krystyna Turska
Macmillan, 1972
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Poland, country life, ducks, kindness to animals, pets
Duffy and the Devil
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, devil, England, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1974
text by Harve Zemach
illustrated by Margot Zemach
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973
36 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Great Britain, country life, magic, fairy tales
A Story A Story
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: Africa, animals, folktales, gods, jungle
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1971
an African Tale retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
Atheneum, 1970
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, Africa, animals, gods
Also by this author/illustrator: The Post Office Cat
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: boats, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, Russia
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1969
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
retold by Arthur Ransome
illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968
44 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Russia, magic, ships, flying
Also by this author: Old Peter’s Russian Tales, Swallows and Amazons series
Also by this illustrator: The Treasure, Snow, How I Learned Geography, SoSleepyStory
Always Room for One More
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: folktales, helping others, music, Scotland, songs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1966
retold by Sorche Nic Leodhas
illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
24 pp.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
Age: 5+
Interests: Scotland, folksongs, poetry, hospitality/generosity
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