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Books for Gifted Young Children

Source: American Association for Gifted Children
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Nurturing Gifted Children at Home, more...

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The Caldecott Medal Winners

The Caldecott Medal, named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, 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.

  • 1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria. Peggy Rathmann
  • 1995 Smoky Night. Eva Bunting
  • 1994 Grandfather's Journey. Allen Say
  • 1993 Mirette On the Highwire. Emily McCully
  • 1992 Tuesday. David Wiesner
  • 1991 Black and White. David Macaulay
  • 1990 Lon Po Po. Ed Young
  • 1989 Song and Dance Man. Karen Ackerman
  • 1988 Owl Moon. Jane Yolen
  • 1987 Hey, Al. Arthur Yorinks
  • 1986 The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg
  • 1985 Saint George and the Dragon. Retold by Margaret Hodges
  • 1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot. Alice and Martin Provensen
  • 1983 Shadow. Blaise Cendrars
  • 1982 Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg
  • 1981 Fables. Arnold Lobel
  • 1980 Ox-Cart Man. Donald Hall
  • 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Paul Goble
  • 1978 Noah's Ark. Peter Spier
  • 1977 Ashanti to Zulu. Margaret Musgrove
  • 1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Retold by Verna Aardema
  • 1975 Arrow to the Sun. Gerald McDermott
  • 1974 Duffy and the Devil. Retold by Harve Zemach
  • 1973 The Funny Little Woman. Lafcadio Hearn
  • 1972 One Fine Day. Nonny Hogrogian
  • 1971 A Story A Story. Gail E. Haley
  • 1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig
  • 1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Retold by Arthur Ransome
  • 1968 Drummer Hoff. Adapted by Barbara Emberley
  • 1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine. Evaline Ness
  • 1966 Always Room for One More. Sorche Nic Leodhas
  • 1965 May I Bring a Friend? Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
  • 1964 Where the Wild Things Are. M. Sendak
  • 1963 The Snowy Day. Ezra Jack Keats
  • 1962 Once a Mouse. Marcia Brown
  • 1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings. Ruth Robbins
  • 1960 Nine Days to Christmas. Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
  • 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox. Barbara Cooney
  • 1958 Time of Wonder. Robert McCloskey
  • 1957 A Tree Is Nice. Janice May Udry
  • 1956 Frog Went A-Courtin.' Retold by John Langstaff
  • 1955 Cinderella. Retold from Perrault by Marcia Brown
  • 1954 Madeline's Rescue. Ludwig Bemelmans
  • 1953 The Biggest Bear. Lynd Ward
  • 1952 Finders Keepers. Will Lipkind
  • 1951 The Egg Tree. Katerine Milhous
  • 1950 Song of the Swallows. Leo Politi
  • 1949 The Big Snow. Berta and Elmer Hader
  • 1948 White Snow, Bright Snow. Alvin Resselt
  • 1947 The Little Island. Golden MacDonald
  • 1946 The Rooster Crows. Maude and Miska Petersham
  • 1945 Prayer for a Child. Rachel Field
  • 1944 Many Moons. James Thurber
  • 1943 The Little House. Virginia Lee Burton
  • 1942 Make Way For Ducklings. Robert McCloskey
  • 1941 They Were Strong and Good. Robert Lawson
  • 1940 Abraham Lincoln. Ingri & Edgar d'Aulaire
  • 1939 Mei Li. Thomas Handforth
  • 1938 Animals of the Bible. Dorothy Lathrop

For Bibliotherapy

  • Barrett, J.D. Willie's Not the Hugging Kind. New York, Harper, 1989.
  • Baynton, M. Jane and the Dragon. Martinez, CA: Discovery Toys.
  • Bradman, T., & T. Ross. Michael. New York: Macmillan, 1990.
  • Brown, M. Goodnight Moon. New York: Harper Collins, 1989.
  • Cohen, M. First Grade Takes a Test. New York: Greenwillow books, 1980.
  • Cole, B. Princess Smartypants. new York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1986.
  • Hill, E.S. Evan's Corner. New York: Viking
  • Martin, B. Jr. & Archambault, J. Knots on a Counting Rope. New York: Trumpet Club.
  • Most, B. The Cow That Went Oink. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1990.
  • Ross, T. I Want A Cat. New York: Farrar Straus, 1989.
  • Smith, L. Glasses, Who Needs `Em? New York: Puffin Books, 1991.
  • Viorst, J. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. New York: Alladin, 1971.
  • Waber, B. Ira Sleeps Over. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
  • Willis, J., & Varley, S. The Monster Bed. New York: Lothrop, 1986.

The American Association For Gifted Children, Preschool Project

For more information about AAGC, contact Margaret Evans Gayle, Executive Director or call (919) 783-6152.

Write to us at:
American Association for Gifted ChildrenĀ at Duke University
Box 90270 Durham, North Carolina 27708-0270

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  1. Nov 8, 2007
    Marie says:
    I was hopeing you could read the book out loud to me but can you give me a .com that can?
     
  2. May 8, 2008
    grace says:
    what can of book will be good from a boy of 2, that is just learning hw  2 speak .
     
    a mother that doesn't know hw 2 read and write, can d mother teach she child.  

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