Caldecott Award Winners

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers...

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz. A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring his animal friends as guests.

Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.

Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances.

Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.

Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are after he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing.

Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.