Caldecott Medal Winners

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.

This prayer was written for one little girl, but it is a prayer for boys and girls all over the world.

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring. Every summer, the swallows leave San Juan Capistrano and fly far away, to a peaceful green island - but they always come back in the spring, on St. Joseph's Day. Juan loves las golondrinas, and so does his friend, Julian, the gardener at the mission. This year, Juan plants a garden in...

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

A young girl is mistreated by her stepmother and two stepsisters and, with the encouragement and assistance of her fairy godmother, overcomes a series of obstacles in order to fulfill her destiny.

Briefly describes the value of a tree.

A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.