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List of Caldecott Medal Winners and Honors (1938-Present)
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Where the Wild Things Are
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4.25 avg rating — 1,049,259 ratings
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The Lion and the Mouse
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4.23 avg rating — 24,388 ratings
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Madeline
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4.26 avg rating — 217,859 ratings
score: 857,
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Flotsam
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4.24 avg rating — 27,034 ratings
score: 849,
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Tuesday
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4.16 avg rating — 27,440 ratings
score: 768,
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Make Way for Ducklings
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4.25 avg rating — 90,610 ratings
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
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4.14 avg rating — 17,997 ratings
score: 733,
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Owl Moon
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 44,476 ratings
score: 732,
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8 people voted
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Blueberries for Sal
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4.22 avg rating — 73,908 ratings
score: 730,
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Grandfather's Journey
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4.15 avg rating — 16,955 ratings
score: 703,
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The Three Pigs
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4.16 avg rating — 20,614 ratings
score: 695,
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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4.22 avg rating — 188,675 ratings
score: 694,
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
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4.16 avg rating — 45,841 ratings
score: 660,
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Kitten's First Full Moon
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4.10 avg rating — 25,196 ratings
score: 645,
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The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 118,777 ratings
score: 623,
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The Polar Express
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4.32 avg rating — 247,029 ratings
score: 618,
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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
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4.06 avg rating — 18,501 ratings
score: 582,
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Snowflake Bentley
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4.13 avg rating — 16,460 ratings
score: 580,
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee
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4.26 avg rating — 21,740 ratings
score: 549,
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Golem
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3.75 avg rating — 4,031 ratings
score: 539,
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Smoky Night
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3.91 avg rating — 7,422 ratings
score: 521,
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Mirette on the High Wire
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4.02 avg rating — 11,506 ratings
score: 519,
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Freight Train
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4.06 avg rating — 16,948 ratings
score: 519,
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The Little House
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4.30 avg rating — 42,182 ratings
score: 518,
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
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4.17 avg rating — 15,495 ratings
score: 513,
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Madeline's Rescue
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4.24 avg rating — 29,675 ratings
score: 495,
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Officer Buckle and Gloria
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4.19 avg rating — 29,989 ratings
score: 492,
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
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4.35 avg rating — 20,967 ratings
score: 469,
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Yo! Yes?
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3.90 avg rating — 5,595 ratings
score: 469,
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Journey (Journey Trilogy #1)
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Aaron Becker (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 13,462 ratings
score: 466,
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6 people voted
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
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4.33 avg rating — 103,930 ratings
score: 459,
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The House in the Night
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3.87 avg rating — 8,851 ratings
score: 450,
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5 people voted
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King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
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Audrey Wood (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 12,474 ratings
score: 448,
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Rapunzel
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Paul O. Zelinsky (retold by)
4.18 avg rating — 17,349 ratings
score: 428,
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5 people voted
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Me... Jane
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Patrick McDonnell (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 13,706 ratings
score: 415,
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5 people voted
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Jumanji
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4.04 avg rating — 30,207 ratings
score: 413,
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Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 96,528 ratings
score: 412,
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Saint George and the Dragon
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4.18 avg rating — 8,527 ratings
score: 408,
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Mr. Wuffles!
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3.96 avg rating — 7,130 ratings
score: 408,
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Extra Yarn
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4.11 avg rating — 20,026 ratings
score: 399,
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Swimmy
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4.15 avg rating — 24,096 ratings
score: 394,
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Song and Dance Man
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4.04 avg rating — 9,240 ratings
score: 393,
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Blackout
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4.15 avg rating — 11,087 ratings
score: 385,
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Noah's Ark
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4.12 avg rating — 6,080 ratings
score: 381,
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Fables
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4.15 avg rating — 8,785 ratings
score: 380,
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Sector 7
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4.21 avg rating — 5,437 ratings
score: 377,
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One Morning in Maine
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4.37 avg rating — 13,629 ratings
score: 373,
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The Little Island
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3.79 avg rating — 3,314 ratings
score: 371,
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Ox-Cart Man
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4.09 avg rating — 15,386 ratings
score: 370,
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Frederick
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4.20 avg rating — 21,955 ratings
score: 369,
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Time of Wonder
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4.10 avg rating — 5,259 ratings
score: 364,
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Grandpa Green
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4.09 avg rating — 8,691 ratings
score: 362,
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Free Fall
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3.93 avg rating — 2,686 ratings
score: 360,
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Owen
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4.25 avg rating — 17,979 ratings
score: 360,
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A Chair for My Mother
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4.21 avg rating — 26,246 ratings
score: 359,
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
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4.15 avg rating — 8,623 ratings
score: 356,
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Many Moons
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4.12 avg rating — 5,528 ratings
score: 351,
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Little Red Riding Hood
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4.15 avg rating — 24,912 ratings
score: 343,
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Frog Went a-Courtin'
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John Langstaff (Retold By)
3.78 avg rating — 2,396 ratings
score: 339,
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This Is Not My Hat
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4.22 avg rating — 25,737 ratings
score: 337,
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My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book
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3.90 avg rating — 11,487 ratings
score: 336,
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Rain Makes Applesauce
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3.63 avg rating — 1,038 ratings
score: 328,
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Color Zoo
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3.96 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
score: 328,
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A Ball for Daisy
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3.88 avg rating — 10,085 ratings
score: 327,
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First the Egg
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4.08 avg rating — 5,524 ratings
score: 317,
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The Gardener
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4.32 avg rating — 9,711 ratings
score: 315,
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No, David!
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4.16 avg rating — 62,800 ratings
score: 305,
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Drummer Hoff
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3.81 avg rating — 2,805 ratings
score: 299,
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In the Night Kitchen
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3.99 avg rating — 18,822 ratings
score: 298,
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A Tree Is Nice
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3.95 avg rating — 6,036 ratings
score: 297,
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
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4.49 avg rating — 16,600 ratings
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Strega Nona
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4.26 avg rating — 89,948 ratings
score: 277,
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One Fine Day
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3.84 avg rating — 4,263 ratings
score: 275,
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The Desert Is Theirs
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3.90 avg rating — 501 ratings
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Noah's Ark
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4.26 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
score: 271,
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The Ugly Duckling
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Jerry Pinkney (Adapter, Illustrator)
4.12 avg rating — 43,205 ratings
score: 270,
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
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3.90 avg rating — 2,476 ratings
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Castle
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4.22 avg rating — 4,187 ratings
score: 267,
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Anatole (Anatole, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 3,583 ratings
score: 265,
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Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
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4.07 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
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The Big Snow
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3.94 avg rating — 4,973 ratings
score: 261,
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Olivia (Olivia, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 66,028 ratings
score: 260,
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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
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3.89 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
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Nothing At All
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3.87 avg rating — 526 ratings
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Zen Shorts
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4.26 avg rating — 13,328 ratings
score: 246,
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The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 50,208 ratings
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Harlem
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4.09 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
score: 236,
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Arrow to the Sun
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3.90 avg rating — 6,079 ratings
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Sleep Like a Tiger
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4.09 avg rating — 3,930 ratings
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Locomotive
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4.13 avg rating — 6,155 ratings
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Song of the Swallows
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3.70 avg rating — 1,871 ratings
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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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4.33 avg rating — 12,856 ratings
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The Moon Jumpers
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3.80 avg rating — 675 ratings
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
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Interrupting Chicken
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A Story, a Story
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3.99 avg rating — 3,383 ratings
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Paddle-to-the-Sea
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4.29 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
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Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm
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Nancy Ekholm Burkert (Illustrator)
4.06 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
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335 books ·
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list created December 29th, 2011
by Kellee Moye (votes) .
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Dec 30, 2011 11:25AM
These are just the winners. I can't add the honors since I can only vote 100 times- if we want the honors on here too (since #nerdcott is winners and honors) I'd need help getting them on here....
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Kellee wrote: "These are just the winners. I can't add the honors since I can only vote 100 times- if we want the honors on here too (since #nerdcott is winners and honors) I'd need help getting them on here...."Hold on a minute...#nerdcott is winners AND HONORS?! I really must read more carefully before I sign on the dotted line. :-)
Tamara- I, personally, am only doing the winners, but the complete challenge is winner and honors so I'd like the list to reflect that even if I am not doing it :)
Thank you so much Kellee for all your work on making this list.So far this list has all 74 of the Medal books and the Honor books up through 1961.
Since each person can only add 100 books, we will need some help getting more honor books added. I stopped for the moment, but will be able to add 25 more honor books later (now that I removed the ones I duplicated). I will leave a comment here after I do so we know from what year the next person should start adding.
If you are looking for a list with only the Medal books (and no Honor books) go here: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/31...
If you would like to know how to get this list into your own shelf on goodreads, go here:
http://liblaura5.blogspot.com/2011/12...
Tamara wrote: "Kellee wrote: "These are just the winners. I can't add the honors since I can only vote 100 times- if we want the honors on here too (since #nerdcott is winners and honors) I'd need help getting t..."No worries, Tamara, #nercott is a stress free challenge, and YOU get to decide what you want the your challenge to be. I think there are other folks who are just reading the winners as well.
Laura did you add honor books from 1938 to 1961 or from today back to 1961?
From 1938-61. That's what I had so far in my shelf since I am starting with the earliest books and working forward.
When I have a real computer not my phone, I will add a chunk too. Thanks all.
I added the honors books from 1961-1996, so all that needs to be added now is 1997-present
I just added 1997-2001. Will add more later.
I added all the way through 2010. Only the 2011 honors need to be added now.
Just added the 2011 honors. Thanks everyone!
hmmm... just saw that the list is 302 books and not 306, not sure what we are missing.
I noticed there were only 302 too.When I added the list to my bookshelf, I found a few honor books that were missing from the early 50s... Maybe 52? I wasn't sure if I somehow missed copying them over or if they were never on the list.
May have been me... I'm sure we will figure out which ones are missing eventually.
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