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:
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book (1972)
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction (1973)
A close look at how cathedrals were built.
Read online at archive.org.
Three Jovial Huntsmen (1973)
The three jovial huntsmen set out for a day's sport, but nary a beast do they see.
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (1973)
Hosie’s Alphabet (1973)
Lisa Baskin
Tobias Baskin
Strega Nona (1975)
When Strega Nona leaves Big Anthony alone with her magic pasta pot, he is determined to show the townspeople how it works on his own.
Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book (1975)
Castle (1977)
A detailed account of the construction of a new castle and town on the Welsh marches.
Read online at archive.org.