Caldecott Medal

Highlighting the simple delights of a steamy July day in the city as two siblings eagerly anticipate a spectacular fireworks display. POP! As a hot day sizzles into evening, everyone on stoops and sidewalks looks skyward on this special summer night--the Fourth of July! Words and art blossom into flowers of fire across the sky, making this a perfect read for firework enthusiasts in cities and suburbs everywhere.

This book presents the most memorable animals of the Old and New Testament. Some of the selections include Eve's serpent, Abraham's ram, Daniel's lions, Jonah's "great fish," the good Samaritan's beast, the Prodigal Son's pigs, and many others.

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

"There was a little island in the ocean - and this book is about how it was on that little island, how the seasons and the storm and the day and night changed it, how the lobsters and seals and gulls and everything else lived on it, and what the kitten who came to visit found out about it" -- Book jacket.

"Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow" -- Provided by publisher.

"Katy and Carl spent a wonderful Easter on a Pennsylvania farm with their cousins and Grandmom. They took part in their first Easter Egg hunt which turned out to be the most exciting when Katy found something special in the attic. What Katy finds, and what grandmother does about it, makes a charming story" -- Book jacket.

Cindrella is abused and exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters after her father's remarriage, but she is able to attend a royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother. The king's son falls in love with her, and when she is forced to flee at midnight, the prince is able to locate her with the glass slipper she left behind. Because she is good, Cinderella accepts her stepsisters' apologies and forgives them, allowing them to share her good fortune....

A poetic depiction of the beauty of trees and why they are so good to have around.

King of the barnyard, Chanticleer struts about all day. When a fox bursts into his domain, dupes him into crowing, and then grabs him in a vise-like grip, Chanticleer must do some quick thinking to save himself and his barnyard kingdom.