Caldecott Honor Book

Mister Penny’s Race Horse (1956)

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets

1 is One (1956)

Author(s): Tasha Tudor
Illustrator(s): Tasha Tudor

Fly High, Fly Low (1957)

Author(s): Don Freeman
Illustrator(s): Don Freeman

Anatole and the Cat (1957)

Author(s): Eve Titus
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

The House that Jack Built:: A Picture Book in Two Languages (1958)

Author(s): Antonio Frasconi
Illustrator(s): Antonio Frasconi

What Do You Say, Dear? (1958)

Author(s): Sesyle Joslin
Illustrator(s): Maurice Sendak

Umbrella (1958)

Author(s): Taro Yashima
Illustrator(s): Taro Yashima

The Moon Jumpers (1959)

Author(s): Janice May Udry
Illustrator(s): Maurice Sendak

Houses from the Sea (1959)

Author(s): Alice E. Goudey
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams

Inch by Inch (1960)

Author(s): Leo Lionni
Illustrator(s): Leo Lionni

The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)

The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.

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Author(s): Burl Ives
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up (1961)

Author(s): Alice E. Goudey
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams

Little Bear’s Visit (1961)

Author(s): Else Holmelund Minarik
Illustrator(s): Maurice Sendak

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1962)

Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Maurice Sendak

The Sun is a Golden Earring (1962)

Author(s): Natalia M. Belting
Illustrator(s): Bernarda Bryson

Swimmy (1963)

Author(s): Leo Lionni
Illustrator(s): Leo Lionni

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes (1963)

Author(s): Philip Reed
Illustrator(s): Philip Reed

All in the Morning Early (1963)

Author(s): Sorche Nic Leodhas
Illustrator(s): Evaline Ness

Rain Makes Applesauce (1964)

Author(s): Julian Scheer
Illustrator(s): Marvin Bileck

A Pocketful of Cricket (1964)

Author(s): Rebecca Caudill
Illustrator(s): Evaline Ness