Caldecott Medal Books

Discover 3 beloved children's classic stories with The Big Snow and Other Stories by Berta & Elmer Hader. Wonderfully illustrated with original illustrations, this one-volume paperback edition features the Caldecott Award-Winning tales: The Big Snow, Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, and The Mighty Hunter. Each story is unabridged and complete.

Winner of the 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world 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 to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful. 40 pages, hardcover.

Discover the real story behind the classic children's favorite Winnie-the-Pooh with Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick. Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear, rescued by Captain Harry Colebourn on route to World War I, and later was befriended by the real-life Christopher Robin. Told by Colebourn's great-granddaughter, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, and complete with primary documents from the family archive, here is a piece of our literary heritage brought to life. Recommended for ages 3 to 6 years.

On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper enough for a straight-laced boy like him. And when he asks his father if he may have one (please and thank you), his father says yes. Elliot should have realized that Dad probably thought he meant a stuffed penguin and not a real one . . . Clever illustrations and a wild surprise ending make this sly, silly tale of friendship and wish fulfillment a kid-pleaser from start to finish.

When a little girl discovers a box filled with yarn, she knits a sweater for herself and her dog . . . but as the yarn doesn't seem to run out, she ends up making sweaters for all her friends, family, pets, animals---pretty much everything in town! When a rich archduke steals her special box, what will he discover inside?