Kids - Caldecott Metal Winners & Honor Books

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, leading many others to freedom, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.

When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.

After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.

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

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.

Hondo the dog gets to go to the beach and play with his friend Fred, while Fabian the cat spends the day at home.

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

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story. The timeless tale of Rapunzel is vividly and magnificently brought to life through Zelinsky's powerful sense of narrative and stunning oil paintings.