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.

A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.

When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.

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.

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

Cinderella is abused and exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters after her father's remarriage, but she is able to attend a royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother. The king's son falls in love with her, and when she is forced to flee at midnight, the prince is able to locate her with the glass slipper she left behind. Because she is good, Cinderella accepts her stepsisters' apologies and forgives them, allowing them to share her good...

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.