Children's Book Suggestions | Caldecott Medal Winners

This month's scavenger hunt features some of our favorite Caldecott Medal winning picture books as we prepare for the announcement of this year's winner on January 22, 2024.

Updated December 15, 2023
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This Is Not My Hat
Klassen, Jon
Paper Book
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue top hat (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it's a good thing that enormous fish won't wake up. And even if he does, it's not as though he'll ever know what happened - will he?
The lion & the mouse
Pinkney, Jerry.
Paper Book
A stunning, wordless version of one of Aesop's best-loved fables, from one of America's most acclaimed artists.In this Caldecott Medal-winning, wordless picture book, one of America's most acclaimed artists retells one of Aesop's best-loved fables. The fable is a favourite and familiar one: a mouse...
The adventures of Beekle : the unimaginary friend
Santat, Dan
Paper Book
On one very special day an imaginary friend is born on an island far away. Here, he and his other imaginary friends play all day and each night they sit beneath the stars, hoping and waiting for their turn to be picked, to be imagined, by a real child. But this particular imaginary friend waits and...
Where the wild things are
Sendak, Maurice.
Paper Book
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the...

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