You know those books at the library with the big silver medal on them? Those are Caldecott Award and Honor Books , the Caldecott award is for the best illustrated American picture book of the year. Although only one medal is given out every year a handful of books are blessed with the label of Honor. All of these book with the exception of Amos & Boris carry that title, Amos & Boris was a National Book Award finalist. When I got my sneak peek at the Scholastic Book Club flyers for May I saw this awesome pack of books and knew I had to share them with you and give you a chance to win all 6 from Scholastic.
Swimmy by Leo Lionni has been a favorite of mine for many years. I love Lionni and how he can weave multiple layers of meaning into a simple story for children. Swimmy is a story about a little fish who lost his family to a giant tuna fish and after grieving he was reminded of all the wonderful things there were to see and experience in the ocean. When he came across a school of fish just like his former one hiding afraid of the big fish he knew he couldn’t let them miss out on all the wonders of the ocean and he rallied them to work as a team. This is a great book for teaching children about the power of working as a group to combat challenges as well as conquering fears.
Blueberries for Sal
Yo! Yes?
Amos & Boris
Have You Seen My Duckling?
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
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So now that you have heard why all these books are contemporary classics let me tell you how you can get a chance to win them from Scholastic Book Club. All you need to do is answer this question in the comment section below What was your favorite book as a child?
Official Rules This sweepstakes is open to American residents 18 years or older. To be eligible for the sweepstakes you must leave a comment on this post answering the question “What was your favorite book as a child?”1 winning commenter will be drawn at random, using Random.org, after the sweepstakes closes on Sunday May 6th at 8:00pm PST. The winners will receive the six books listed , valued at approximately $35. After the winner is notified he or she has 48 hours to respond with their mailing address for Scholastic to ship their books to,or another winner will be chosen at random. No purchase necessary.The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Any information gathered through the sweepstakes including email and postal addresses will not be used in anyway other than contacting winners and shipment of winnings. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.219 Responses to “Caldecott Honors Books & A Chance To Win From Scholastic”
My favorite book as a child was anything by the Berenstein Bears!’
Thanks!
Are you my mother? By P.D. Eastman. It made me laugh so hard every time someone read it to me.
Make Way for Ducklings!
The Fern Hollow series!
Millicent and the Wind.
That’s a really tough question! The Five Chinese Brothers.
The Snowy Day.
I loved peter rabbit
I loved the Berenstain Bears series.
My favorite books were by Richard Scarry. I could look at all of those little pictures all day long!
Go Dog Go! and all of the Berenstain Bears were favorites.
I loved, and still love, One Fish Two Fish.
I loved The Little Engine that Could.
I loved Blueberries and Sal, and when I read chapter books, Ramona and her Father.
I loved the Little House books by Wilder! As far as picture books, I still remember exactly what shelf the Berenstain Bears was at my local library. (They’ve since moved buildings…but still.)
My favorite was Corduroy!
The Velveteen Rabbit!
Are You My Mother?
The Pokey Little Puppy and when I got a little older it was Charlotte’s Web.
I loved Cordoury – thanks for the chance!
Tikki tikki tembo
Who’s A Pest was my favorite by far!
We Help Mommy – my fave Little Golden Book.
My favorite book was “In The Night Kitchen”.
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Definitely Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
I had a lot of favorites, but my #1 was probably But No Elephants by Jerry Smath.
I loved listening to my mom read The Secret Garden!
As a child my favorite book was The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin (good ol’ Grover!)
I loved Miss Nelson is missing. I still think that book is hilarious.
I absolutely adored the Babar books when I was a kid. They just seemed magical to me.
Cloudy with a Chance for Meatballs. I still love that book!
My favorite book as a child was “The Biggest Bear” by Lynd Ward.
Such great books!! My favorite as a kid was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite book as a child was “The Giving Tree.”
Funny – I see that someone else shares a fav with me. The Monster at the End of this Book. So funny.
Make Way for Ducklings was my favorite childhood book. I love reading it with my two young daughters now!
My favorite book as a child was…The three Bears
My favorite book as a child was The Snowy Day. I still love that book!
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs! Still love that book.
Where’s Wallace by Hillary Knight!
My favorite book series as a child was The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum. Nowadays I LOVE the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems.
My favorite was Seven Chinese brothers. It was the first book I read by myself. I still love it to this day.
My favorite book was There’s a Monster at the End of this Book with Grover!!!
one of my favourite books was Beverly Cleary’s Ramona and her Father!!
Mr Seahorse is their favorite right now.
My favorite book was Pippa the Cheetah…out of print now and too expensive for me to buy for my kids. The library had to restrict me to checking it out every other visit at my elementary school library all of first grade year because I would have kept it forever!
I loved Animals Should Not Wear Clothing
It always made me look at them more closely!
Go Dog Go and The Best Nest
Ping
charlotte’s web!
My favorite book was Tawny Scrawny Lion. I even had a red sweatshirt with the lion’s picture on it. I have read it many times to my son.
Pop up books I read and was read to at the Boys Club. Did not have one book in the house growing up, except for the ones brought from school and Boys Club.
Ira sleeps over! Still love it!
Where The Wild Things Are – I got caught up in Max’s imagination! It inspired me to go on many adventures of my own
I can’t think of a favorite picture book but I loved the Boxcar Children, and Ramona chapter books.
As a child, my favorite book was Matilda by Roald Dahl. I loved how she escaped her world through books
My favorite book was. The Snowy Day, Ezra Keats.
It’s so hard to pick from so many! Two that I absolutely loved, and still do, are The Mysterious Tadpole and Ferdinand.
Out of these, my favorite was Blueberries for Sal. My favorite-favorite though was Where the Wild Things Are.
I don’t remember what my favorite picture book was but I do remember how my parents would sigh when I asked for any of the Care Bear books so they must have been favorites of mine. I now have a couple of those same books at my house and also sigh when they are requested because holy hanna are they loooong!
I loved Richard Scarry books as a kid.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Anything Amelia Bedelia
I loved a book called Sleepy Squirrel. It isn’t in print anymore, but my mom found a used one for me to read to my little girls. I love the memories it brings back as we read that one.
I loved any Curious George book.
Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein.
Madeline and Babar books
So hard to choose, but I would have to say Charlotte’s Web.
My fav was anything by Dr. Seuss. Now I love reading patricia polacco, Mcloskey, Berenstain bears, or fairy tales. I do love reading to my son!
I loved “The Golden Egg Book” (a Golden book) – such a cute story. And of course I have it for my daughters, too!
The House that had Enough!
I loved Amelia Bedelia!
My parents say I used to love “A People House” by Theo LeSeig and of course “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” by Richard Scarry, but I don’t remember that. As far as chapter books, I remember loving “Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle” and “The Secret Garden” which I’m surprised nobody has mentioned so far!
I loved (and still do) Dr Seuss books
I loved The Pokey Little Puppy!
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory tied with The Secret Garden. Still have my very dog-earred copies!
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are and The Wizard of Oz
Corduroy was my Favorite when I was younger. Hedi was also one of my Favorites. Loved reading lots of different books. HARD to pick just one !
I loved the Narnia Chronicles and still re-read them every now and again. =)
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I love Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. My kinders and first graders enjoy reading and interacting with many of these stories. The pigeon even makes me laugh out loud!
Pickle Things by Marc Tolon Brown
The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
The classic Goldilocks and the three bears.
I had SO many favorites! The ones that come to mind right now are Homer Price, Pippi Longstocking, and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle!
My favorite book was Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (or really any of his books!). Loved finding Goldbug!
I loved the Chronicles of Narnia. My Mom read the series to me when I was six and then I later read them all myself at least twice. Thanks!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! And it’s still a favorite!
I loved The Snowy Day
I loved Moses the Kitten by James Herriot!
Little Bear.
Love the Ramona books and Babysitters Club when I was a little older.
My grandparents used to have Pat the Cat at their house, and I remember being excited to go to their house to read it.
My favorite book was Grandpa Bunny Bunny.
I loved The Pokey Little Puppy when I was little.
I loved to hear my mom read Sleaping Beauty & Around the World in 80 Days.
Around the World in Eighty Days. I also loved to hear my mom read Sleeping Beauty to me & my sister.
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf was one of my favorite.
Pet Show by Ezra Jack Keats & The Story of Ping… As soon as I could read chapter books, I read the Little House series over and over.
My favorite book when I was little was “There is a Monster at the end of this book.” My daughter loves it now. Other than that I had a copy of Little Men by Louisa May Alcott that was taped together because it was read so much.
I can’t list just one, I love books. So a couple of my favorite books were Richard Scarry’s Complete Treasury and Charlotte’s Web.
The Little Fish That Got Away by Bernadine Cook. It was his father’s favorite book when he was little and now my little guy loves to read it.
My favorite book was The Ugly Duckling. At 3 1/2, I wanted to name my new baby sister “Ugly Duckling” it was a term of endearment!
any of the A. Milne Winnie the Pooh or Mother Goose Rhymes
The Boxcar Children! A wonderful series. A still have all of the books. I’m hoping to pass them only to my son when he’s old enough = )
I loved and still do: }charlotte’s web! “
The Borrowers by Mary Norton and The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett and Mandy by Julie Edwards (Andrews).
I remember loving when my mom would read Stop That Ball! She also read bedtime stories from a beautifully illustrated collection of fairy tales. I would love to get my hands on that again! When I was older, I probably read every single Nancy Drew book in print.
Are you My Mother, P.D. Eastman.
What a great giveaway!
Miss Rumphius! I always loved that story and the illustrations are beautiful. It’s a joy to read it to my own kids now.
I loved the Complete Book of Flower Fairies. It sparked my imagination and desire to explore nature.
Definitely Where the Wild Things Are and Blueberries for Sal. Such fun books!
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
I loved the Ramona the Pest series, and the babysitters club!
Hard to choose, but Corduroy was a favorite for a long time.
My absolute favorite book growing up was Ann of Green Gables. I read it over and over and still do today, when i’m feeling nostalgic!
my favorite book was Sammy the Seal =)
My favorite books was Amelia Bedelia (always made me laugh) and Encyclopedia Brown (love trying to figure it out). I love revisiting old favorites with my kids; it’s like seeing old friends. =)
My favorite book as a child was Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots. It is an early child chapter book. Besides the book being funny and a little scary, I remember being so proud because I needed a book marker.
My favorite book was Mr. Shaw’s Shipshape Shoeshop by Eve Titus.
My favorite book for my parents to read to me at bedtime was “There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon.”
Loved the Bernstein Bear’s, Ameilia Bedelia, and Imogene’s Antlers!
I loved Blueberries for Sal and Ferdinand.
My favorite book as a child: The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!
Richard Scarry books. My kids love them now. They’ll spend a long time just looking at the pictures since they can’t read yet.
LOVED Winnie the Pooh.
The Monster @ The End of This Book was my first favorite book
Charlotte’s Web and Shel Silverstein Poetry
I loved all the Ramona books.
Growing up in India, my favorites were ‘Panchatantra’ and other Indian mythology books.
The Wind and The Willows
LOVED the Berenstein Bears when I was little and Make Way for Ducklings.
My favorite book was a fish out of water by pb eastman
too many to name, but I remember loving In a People House because I could read it all by myself!!
The Giving Tree–Thanks for the giveaway!
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess. First book I could read by my self:)
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer. Loved this book!
So many favorites, but Dr. Suess was a favorite for sure. I remember a lot of Green Eggs and Ham.
I loved Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein’s poetry books! My siblings and I also liked the Little Golden Books – there was a time when we had over 100 of them!
I loved and love Charlotte’s Web.
Thanks so much,
Caterina
It’s so hard, but I think I loved Blueberries for Sal…and now that’s one of my favorites to read to my 2-year old daughter!
I loved all the Berenstain Bears! I particularly remember liking the Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear
My favorite was actually a series called the Value Books by Ann and Spencer Johnson. I still have my set and plan to read them to my little guy when he’s old enough. Books were a huge part of my childhood, and I am so eager to bestow my love of the printed page upon my son!
My favorite book as a child was go dog go, and then when I was older I loved Charlotte’s Web and the secret garden.
I loved all the Beverly Cleary books.
One of my most loved books was Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham. I can still remember how my mom did the voices.
I loved anything by Tommie dePaula. Some of my favorite childhood memories are going to the library with my mom and sister to read Strega Nona.
I loved Where the Wild Things Are!
This is tough…I think one of my all-time favorites was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I also loved the Miss Nelson books, and when I got to chapter books I loved the Little House series and the Bobsey Twins.
Sadly, I don’t recall having a favorite book from when I was little. I am trying to change that for my kids by giving them fun and interesting experiences with books. They loved Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus when we got it from the library. They would love this entire collection of books too. Thanks for the opportunity to win some.
The very hungry caterpillar. I have several copies and have read it to my kids do may times that we all have it memorized.
Probably the Pokey Little Puppy but really it was any book (except for Miss. Suzy Squirrel – we were missing the last few pages so I didn’t know how it ended and the red squirrels scared me!) When I was older, it was anything with horses!
My favorite book as a child was Charlotte’s Web!
My favorite book was If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover. The pictures always cracked me up!
My favorite book was Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
My favorite book as a child was Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever.
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
My favorite book was Roxaboxen.
Little women
I loved The Five Little Peppers chapter book. Must have read it a dozen times.
Oh, tough one…I LOVED The Little House.
such a hard question- I had to pick two, We Were Tired Of Living In A House by Liesel Moak Skorpen and Doris Burn and We Help Mommy by Eloise Wilkins (all books by this author actually). Thanks for a great give away.
I really liked the Boxcar Children books.
My favorite books as a child was, “Cloudy with a chance of meatballs” by Judi Barrett. I would read it over and over again! I still have it memorized at the age of 32!
Oh I had sooo many. One that always stands out to me though is Bridge to Terabithia…I read that one so many times!
Where the Wild Things Are
I loved Little House On the Prairie!
The little engine who could
So many! I’ll pick one of my favorites: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Loved the simplicity!
My favorite book was “Q Is For Duck”. I hope I win.
I loved the Little House On the Prairie series when I was a kid.
One of my favorite books growing up was `Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now`
One of my favorites was Green Eggs and Ham
Doctor Seuss – especially Hop on Pop
Raggedy Ann!
Ferdinand the Bull
Katy & the Big Snow
Little House on The Prairie is the first one that comes to mind.
The earliest favorites I can remember are Charlotte’s Web & Where the Sidewalk Ends. I love now the I have a child to share so many stories with…it’s like childhood all over again when I get to read with her : )
But No Elephants!
My fave as a kid was Heidi. I think I completely wore out my copy!
Charlotte’s Web
My favorite book growing up was Maggie Muggins and Mr. McGarrity.
“The Little House” by Virginia Lee Burton. Just magical how the house has a personality and the encroachment of civility and the changes through time.
The Amelia Bedelia books.
My brother and I both loved Richard Scarry books, and I have great memories of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I don’t remember any of the books I read when I was really little, but my favorite kid’s book today is Click Clack Moo.
I loved The Monster at the end of the Book
Babar
I liked Morris and the disappearing bag by rosemary wells.
My favorite book was “The Best Nest”, mostly because the cover was pink.
The Lorax was my favorite book as a child (still is)
I recall reading the Spotted, Dotted Puppy to my younger sister a lot!
My favorite book as a child was “Ferdinand.” Still love reading it to my own children!
My favorite was Where the Wild Things Are.
I loved the Boxcar Children, The Happy Hollisters, and Nancy Drew. Still reading them today – my kids love them too!
I loved “Blueberries for Sal”.
Secret Garden.
I’m from Egypt but currently staying in the USA so my favorite books were in Arabic. I wasn’t read to so when I could read myself, I followed a series called “ragol elmostaheel” which means “The man of the impossible”
My very first memory of a childhood book I first fell in love with was The Pokey Little Puppy. As I grew older I recall loving Harold and the Purple Crayon, Madeline, The Story of Ferdinand and Corduroy. There were just too many amazing books I distinctly remember loving to name only one. However my very first favorite was The Pokey Little Puppy.
My favorite book as a child was Green Eggs and Ham.
I’d love to win these for my daughter
The Little Engine That Could is and always wil be my favorite childhood book. It taught me to never give up…live by that daily!! Thanks for the chance to win these great classics.
More Spaghetti I Say, Dandelion, and The Wind in the Willows
Where the sidewalk ends.
My favorite book was Green Eggs and Ham.
I love books from my early childhood, so it’s difficult to choose only one, but if it’s “must be”, I point out The Pipi Longstocking series from Astrid Lingren. Thanks for nice giveway.
The Detective Brown series and Ramona Quimby books. I also quite loved “The Monster at the End of This Book. Thank you for this opportunity.
My favorite book as a child was Blueberries for Sal. It was the first book I could read on my own and I still love reading it to my students!
My fave was Winnie the Pooh!
I don’t remember any favorite picture books, but I loved Where the Red Fern Grows in elementary school.
I loved so many books, but I think Anne of Green Gables was my favorite!
I loved Danny the Dinosaur. I’ve recently read it to my daughter and now I don’t care so much for it. I guess things change.
1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish by dr suess
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