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Caldecott List
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This is a complete list of Caldecott medal and honor books from 1938 to present.
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| 1949 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Big Snow |
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Berta & Elmer Hader |
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Macmillan |
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| Honor Books |
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Blueberries for Sal |
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Robert McCloskey |
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Viking |
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| All Around the Town |
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Helen Stone |
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Phyllis McGinley |
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Lippincott |
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| Juanita |
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Leo Politi |
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Scribner |
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| Fish in the Air |
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Kurt Wiese |
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Viking |
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| 1948 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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White Snow, Bright Snow |
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Alvin Tresselt |
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Roger Duvoisin |
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Lothrop |
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| Honor Books |
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Stone Soup |
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Marcia Brown |
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Scribner |
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| McElligot's Pool |
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Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] |
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Random House |
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| Bambino the Clown |
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Georges Schreiber |
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Viking |
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| Roger and the Fox |
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Lavinia R. Davis |
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Hildegard Woodward |
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Doubleday |
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| Song of Robin Hood |
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edited by Anne Malcolmson |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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Houghton |
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| 1947 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Little Island |
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Leonard Weisgard |
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Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] |
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Doubleday |
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| Honor Books |
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Rain Drop Splash |
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Lothrop |
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Leonard Weisgard |
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Lothrop |
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| Boats on the River |
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Marjorie Flack |
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Jay Hyde Barnum |
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Viking |
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| Timothy Turtle |
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Al Graham |
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Tony Palazzo |
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Welch |
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| Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street |
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Leo Politi |
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Scribner |
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| Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns |
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Opal Wheeler |
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Marjorie Torrey |
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Dutton |
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| 1946 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Rooster Crows |
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Maud & Miska Petersham |
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Macmillan |
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| Honor Books |
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Little Lost Lamb |
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Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] |
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Leonard Weisgard |
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Doubleday |
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| Sing Mother Goose |
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Opal Wheeler |
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Marjorie Torrey |
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Dutton |
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| My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World |
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Becky Reyher |
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Ruth Gannett |
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Lothrop |
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| You Can Write Chinese |
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Kurt Wiese |
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Viking |
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| 1945 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Prayer for a Child |
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Rachel Field |
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Elizabeth Orton Jones |
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Macmillan |
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| Honor Books |
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Mother Goose |
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Tasha Tudor |
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Oxford University Press |
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| In the Forest |
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Marie Hall Ets |
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Viking |
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| Yonie Wondernose |
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Doubleday |
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Marguerite de Angeli |
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Scribner |
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| The Christmas Anna Angel |
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Ruth Sawyer |
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Kate Seredy |
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Viking |
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| 1944 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Many Moons |
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James Thurber |
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Louis Slobodkin |
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Harcourt |
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| Honor Books |
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Small Rain: Verses From The Bible |
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Jessie Orton Jones |
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Elizabeth Orton Jones |
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Viking |
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| Pierre Pidgeon |
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Berta & Elmer Hader |
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Macmillan |
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| A Child's Good Night Book |
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Margaret Wise Brown |
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Jean Charlot; |
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W. R. Scott |
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| A Very Special House |
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Ruth Krauss |
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Maurice Sendak |
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Harper |
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| Good-Luck Horse |
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Chih-Yi Chan |
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Plato Chan |
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Whittlesey |
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| 1943 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Little House |
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Virginia Lee Burton |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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Dash and Dart |
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Mary & Conrad Buff |
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Viking |
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| Marshmallow |
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Clare Turlay Newberry |
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Harper |
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| 1942 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Make Way for Ducklings |
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Robert McCloskey |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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An American ABC |
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Maud & Miska Petersham |
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Macmillan |
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| Skipper John's Cook |
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Marcia Brown |
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Scribner |
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| In My Mother's House |
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Velino Herrera |
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Ann Nolan Clark |
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Viking |
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| Paddle-To-The-Sea |
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Holling C. Holling |
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Houghton |
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| Nothing At All |
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Wanda Gag |
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Coward |
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| 1941 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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They Were Strong and Good |
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Robert Lawson |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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April's Kittens |
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Clare Turlay Newberry |
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Harper |
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| 1940 |
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Book Title |
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Author |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Abraham Lincoln |
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Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire |
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Doubleday |
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| Honor Books |
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Cock-a-Doodle Doo |
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Berta & Elmer Hader |
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Macmillan |
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| Madeline |
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Ludwig Bemelmans |
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Viking |
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| The Ageless Story |
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Lauren Ford |
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Dodd |
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