Caldecott Honor Book
The Caldecott Honor Books are runners-up to the Caldecott Medal, is awarded for the previous year’s most distinguished American picture book for children.
The award was named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
Learn more: official Caldecott Medal and Honor homepage.
Winners:
One Wide River To Cross (1966)
Author(s):
Barbara Emberley
Illustrator(s):
Ed Emberley
Frederick (1966)
Author(s):
Leo Lionni
Illustrator(s):
Leo Lionni
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (1968)
Author(s):
Elphinstone Dayrell
Illustrator(s):
Blair Lent
Thy Friend, Obadiah (1969)
Author(s):
Brinton Turkle
Illustrator(s):
Brinton Turkle
The Judge: An Untrue Tale (1969)
Author(s):
Harve Zemach
Illustrator(s):
Margot Zemach
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (1969)
Author(s):
Leo Lionni
Illustrator(s):
Leo Lionni
Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970)
Author(s):
Arnold Lobel
Illustrator(s):
Arnold Lobel
If All the Seas Were One Sea (1972)
Author(s):
Janina Domanska
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book (1972)
Author(s):
Muriel Feelings
Illustrator(s):
Tom Feelings