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Caldecott Medal Awards 2000s

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children for the best American picture book for children.

Book cover The House in the Night

2009
Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

Book cover The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures

2008
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toy seller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Book cover Flotsam

2007
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.

Book cover The Hello, Goodbye Window

2006
A little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents' home.

Book cover Kitten's First Full Moon

2005
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

Book cover The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2004
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Book cover My Friend Rabbit

2003 - Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

Book cover The three pigs

2002
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

Book cover So You Want to Be President?

2001
Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.

Book cover Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.