This listing is for a REALLY RARE

HAND SIGNED

1st Edition/Later Printing of

LENTIL

by Author and Caldecott Award winning illustrator 

ROBERT McCLOSKEY

This book was McCloskey's FIRST BOOK he published in 1940!

 It has been SIGNED by author and illustrator ROBERT MCCLOSKEY!!

This has been simply signed by him in archival black pen on the front end page - there are no personalizations or inscriptions (please see pictures above)


This book is in WONDERFUL condition - it is NEW and looks to be COMPLETELY UNREAD!!

I bought this from a collector who had this signed by Robert McCloskey at a book signing in San Diego in the late 80's or early 1990's.  Along with this book, there were three others he had signed by McCloskey at the same time - Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings, and One Morning in Maine. Since then, these have been sitting on my shelves in a locked case - they also come from a smoke free and pet free home.  Please check my other listings for those signed books!

Condition is as follows: FINE

The book is perfect!!  Great condition - pristine inside and out!!

The text block and spine are solid and tight, there is no lean, and no fading or browning to the pages.  This edition is published as a Hardback - no dust jacket, only the HB.  Overall this is crisp and bright - a RARE SIGNED Caldecott Honor Winner!

This is extremely GIFTABLE!!

This is a Houghton Mifflin 1st Edition later printing - it has a number string that ends in 30 (so a 30th printing) and the price is $14.95.  This is the 1976 edition so was printed sometime after that - I think this was a current printing around the time it was signed.

If you collect the author and illustrator Robert McCloskey, love children's picture books, collect Caldecott or Newbery Award winning books, authors, or illustrators, or just love great books, then this will be a wonderful addition to your collection!!  

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ABOUT THE BOOK

LENTIL

About the Author

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer.  He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000.  You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert McCloskey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Robert McCloskey (September 14, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He wrote and also illustrated nine picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of the nine books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; the last three were all set on the coast. His best-known work is Make Way for Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series.


Personal life

McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1914 to Howard and Mable McCloskey. He had two sisters, Melba and Dorothy. He reached Boston in 1932 with a scholarship to study at Vesper George Art School. After Vesper George, he moved to New York City for study at the National Academy of Design.

In 1940, he married Peggy Durand, daughter of the children's writer Ruth Sawyer. They had two daughters, Sally and Jane, and settled in New York State, spending summers on Scott Island, a small island off Little Deer Isle in East Penobscot Bay. McCloskey's wife and eldest daughter Sally are the models for little Sal and her mother in Blueberries for Sal (1948), a picture book set on a "Blueberry Hill" in the vicinity. Three others of his picture books are set on the coast and concern the sea.

Peggy died in 1991. Twelve years later on June 30, 2003, McCloskey died in Deer Isle, Maine.

Recognition

McCloskey won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for Make Way for Ducklings. The story, set in Boston, Massachusetts, features a mallard pair that nests on an island in the Charles River. After raising eight ducklings on the island, the mother leads them to the Public Garden downtown. A friendly policeman stops traffic to let them cross a busy street. The story soon became a Boston institution. Sculptor Nancy Schon created a bronze statue of Mrs. Mallard and the ducklings in 1987, installed along a walkway between pond and street. There thousands of children climb them every year and many more people photograph them; the park is also the annual site of a Make Way for Ducklings  Mother's Day parade, featuring hundreds of children dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters. Since 2003 Make Way for Ducklings is the official children's book of Massachusetts.

McCloskey won a second Caldecott Medal in 1958 for Time of Wonder. Meanwhile, he had been a runner-up in 1949 for Blueberries for Sal, in 1953 for One Morning in Maine, and in 1954 for JourneyCake, Ho!, the latter written by his mother-in-law Sawyer. In a 1958 magazine article titled "Bob McCloskey, Inventor", another Medal winner Marc Simont observed that "[his] talent for devising mechanical contraptions is topped only by his ability to turn out books that carry off the Caldecott Medal."

The Homer Price stories (two books) were translated into Russian-language in the 1970s and became popular in the Soviet Union.

The U.S. Library of Congress named McCloskey a "Living Legend" in 2000.

Films

One chapter from Homer Price was adapted as a short film, The Doughnuts (1963). The same chapter was adapted for an ABC Weekend Special called "Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine" (1977). Another chapter, "The Case of the Cosmic Comic", was also adapted as a short film.

In 1964, film producer Morton Schindel and Weston Woods Studios made Robert McCloskey, an 18-minute documentary that is sometimes screened in art schools. It shows McCloskey sitting in Boston Public Garden intercut with pages from his sketchbook drawings for Make Way for Ducklings, while the illustrator recounts experiences that influenced his work and discusses the relationship of craftsmanship to inspiration.

Public art

  • Sculpture (completed 1935), Hamilton, Ohio Municipal Building — McCloskey created models for relief bias.
  • Murals (1939), including six formerly housed in the Sloan Building (E52) on the MIT campus — McCloskey assisted Francis Scott Bradford depicting Beacon Hill socialites in large murals commissioned by the Lever Brothers of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Totem Pole, now housed in the Hamilton, Ohio Municipal Building museum — McCloskey carved the totem pole  while a counselor at Camp Campbell Gard where it stood for over 50 years.

Derivative art

In Hamilton, Ohio, McCloskey's hometown, there is a statue by the sculptor Nancy Schon depicting a boy and dog from his first book, Lentil, published by Viking Press in 1940. McCloskey named the boy, Lentil, but in a competition among schoolchildren the dog was given the name Harmony.

Books

As author and illustrator

  • Lentil (1940)
  • Make Way For Ducklings (1941), Caldecott Medal winner
  • Homer Price (1943)
  • Blueberries for Sal (1948), a Caldecott Honor Award
  • Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price (1951); also issued as More Homer Price
  • One Morning in Maine (1952), a Caldecott Honor Award
  • Time of Wonder (1957), Caldecott Medal winner
  • Burt Dow, Deep-water Man (1963)

As illustrator only

  • Yankee Doodle's Cousins (1941) written by Anne Malcolmson
  • Tree Toad: Adventures of the Kid Brother (1942) by Bob Davis, illus. McCloskey and Charles Dana Gibson
  • Young America's English Book One (1942) by Helen Fern Daringer
  • The Man Who Lost His Head (1942) by Claire Hucket Bishop; paperback reissue (1970) 
  • Trigger John's Son (1949) by Tom Robinson
  • Journey Cake, Ho (1953) by Ruth Sawyer, a Caldecott Honor Book
  • Junket: The Dog Who Liked Everything "Just So" (1955) by Anne H. White
  • Henry Reed, Inc. (1958), by Keith Robertson
  • Henry Reed's Journey (1963), by Robertson
  • Henry Reed's Babysitting Service (1966), by Robertson
  • Henry Reed's Big Show (1970), by Robertson


Caldecott Medal recipients

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 

Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938 to present 





2017 Medal Winner


Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

• Leave Me Alone! illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck)

• Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Little Bee Books/Bonnier)

• Du Iz Tak? illustrated and written by Carson Ellis (Candlewick Press)

• They All Saw a Cat, illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel (Chronicle Books)




2016 Medal Winner


Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

• Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Troy Andrews and published by (Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS)

• Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)

• Voice of Freedom:  Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Candlewick Press)

• Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Peña (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin)

2015 Medal Winner

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Honor Books:

• Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo, (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

• The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, illustrated by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)

• Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Candlewick Press)

• Viva Frida, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book)

• The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)

• This One Summer, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki (First Second)




2014 Medal Winner: 

Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) 

2014 Honor Books: 

Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker (Candlewick Press) 

Flora and the Flamingo, written and illustrated by Molly Idle (Chronicle Books) 

Mr. Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing) 




2013 Medal Winner: 

This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press) 

2013 Honor Books: 

Creepy Carrots!, illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division) 

Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) 

Green, illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press) 

One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) 

Sleep Like a Tiger, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company) 




2012 Medal Winner: 

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.) 

2013 Honor Books: 

Blackout by John Rocco (Disney · Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group) 

Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership) 

Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) 




2011 Medal Winner: 

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead (A Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing) 

2011 Honor Books: 

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) 

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (Candlewick Press) 




2010 Medal Winner: 

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown & Company) 

2010 Honor Books: 

All the World ,illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane Books) 

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors , illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 

2009 Medal Winner: 

The House in the Night , illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company) 

2009 Honor Books: 

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.) 

How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux) 

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams , illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.) 

2008 Medal Winner: 

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic) 

2008 Honor Books: 

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic) 

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter) 

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster) 

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion) 

2007 Medal Winner: 

Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion) 

2007 Honor Books: 

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker) 

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun) 

2006 Medal Winner: 

The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children) 

2006 Honor Books: 

Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company) 

Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press) 

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) 

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company) 

2005 Medal Winner: 

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers) 

2005 Honor Books: 

The Red Book by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company) 

Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group) 

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children) 

2004 Medal Winner: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) 

2004 Honor Books: 

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.) 

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company) 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) 

2003 Medal Winner: 

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) 

2003 Honor Books: 

The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) 

Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.) 

Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.) 

2002 Medal Winner: 

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) 

2002 Honor Books: 

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic) 

Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion) 

The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins) 

2001 Medal Winner: 

So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel) 

2001 Honor Books: 

Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint) 

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster) 

Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum) 

2000 Medal Winner: 

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking) 

2000 Honor Books: 

A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: John Updike (Holiday House) 

Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) 

When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic) 

The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow) 

Ian Falconer (Atheneum) 

2000 Medal Winner: 

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking) 

2000 Honor Books: 

A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: John Updike (Holiday House) 

Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) 

When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic) 

The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow) 

1999 Medal Winner: 

Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton) 

1999 Honor Books: 

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion) 

No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic) 

Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar) 

Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís (Frances Foster) 

1998 Medal Winner: 

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) 

1998 Honor Books: 

The Gardener illustrated by David Small Text: Sarah Stewart (Farrar) 

Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers Text: Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic) 

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking) 

1997 Medal Winner: 

Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion) 

1997 Honor Books: 

Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books) 

The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier (Orchard Books) 

The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books) 

Starry Messenger by Peter Sís (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux) 

1996 Medal Winner: 

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) 

1996 Honor Books: 

Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson (Viking) 

Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin , illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster) 

The Faithful Friend , illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster) 

Tops & Bottoms , adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt) 

1995 Medal Winner : 

Smoky Night , illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt) 

Honor Books: 

John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial) 

Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs (Dutton) 

Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown) 

1994 Medal Winner: 

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton) 

1995 Honor Books: 

Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone (Lothrop) 

In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Holt) 

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt) 

Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) 

Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard) 

1993 Medal Winner: 

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam) 

1993 Honor Books: 

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales , illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka (Viking) 

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books) 

Working Cotton , illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt) 

1992 Medal Winner: 

Tuesday by David Wiesner (Clarion Books) 

1992 Honor Book: 

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.) 

1991 Medal Winner: 

Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton) 

1991 Honor Books: 

Puss in Boots , illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar) 

"More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow) 

1990 Medal Winner: 

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel) 

1990 Honor Books: 

Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (Houghton) 

Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (Lippincott) 

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South , illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Dial) 

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel (Holiday House) 

1989 Medal Winner: 

Song and Dance Man , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf) 

1989 Honor Books: 

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap , illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder (Houghton) 

Free Fall by David Wiesner (Lothrop) 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall (Dial) 

Mirandy and Brother Wind , illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf) 

1988 Medal Winner: 

Owl Moon , illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel) 

1988 Honor Book: 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop) 

1987 Medal Winner: 

Hey, Al , illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar) 

1987 Honor Books: 

The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown) 

Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald (Bradbury) 

Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton) 

1986 Medal Winner: 

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) 

1986 Honor Books: 

The Relatives Came , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury) 

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub , illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood (Harcourt) 

1985 Medal Winner: 

Saint George and the Dragon , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown) 

1985 Honor Books: 

Hansel and Gretel , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd) 

Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow) 

The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend , retold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop) 

1984 Medal Winner: 

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking) 

1984 Honor Books: 

Little Red Riding Hood , retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday) 

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (Greenwillow) 

1983 Medal Winner: 

Shadow , translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner) 

1983 Honor Books: 

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow) 

When I Was Young in the Mountains , illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant (Dutton) 

1982 Medal Winner: 

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) 

1982 Honor Books: 

Where the Buffaloes Begin , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker (Warne) 

On Market Street , illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow) 

Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Harper) 

A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers , illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard (Harcourt) 

1981 Medal Winner: 

Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper) 

1981 Honor Books: 

The Bremen-Town Musicians , retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday) 

The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang (Four Winds) 

Mice Twice by Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum) 

Truck by Donald Crews (Greenwillow) 

1980 Medal Winner: 

Ox-Cart Man , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking) 

1980 Honor Books: 

Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow) 

The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton) 

The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar) 

1979 Medal Winner: 

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury) 

1979 Honor Books: 

Freight Train by Donald Crews (Greenwillow) 

The Way to Start a Day , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner) 

1978 Medal Winner: 

Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday) 

1978 Honor Books: 

Castle by David Macaulay (Houghton) 

It Could Always Be Worse , retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar) 

1977 Medal Winner: 

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial) 

1977 Honor Books: 

The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Farrar) 

The Contest , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow) 

Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein (Dial) 

The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott (Lippincott) 

Hawk, I'm Your Brother , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner) 

1976 Medal Winner: 

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial) 

1976 Honor Books: 

The Desert is Theirs , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner) 

Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall) 

1975 Medal Winner: 

Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking) 

1975 Honor Books: 

Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial) 

1974 Medal Winner: 

Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar) 

1974 Honor Books: 

Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers (Bradbury) 

Cathedral by David Macaulay (Houghton) 

1973 Medal Winner: 

The Funny Little Woman , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton) 

1973 Honor Books: 

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti , adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt) 

Hosie's Alphabet , illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking) 

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs , illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar) 

When Clay Sings , illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner) 

1972 Medal Winner: 

One Fine Day , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan) 

1972 Honor Books: 

Hildilid's Night , illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan) 

If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska (Macmillan) 

Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial) 

1971 Medal Winner: 

A Story A Story , retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum) 

1971 Honor Books: 

The Angry Moon , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator (Atlantic) 

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper) 

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper) 

1970 Medal Winner: 

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig (Windmill Books) 

1970 Honor Books: 

Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan) 

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni (Pantheon) 

Pop Corn & Ma Goodness , illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking) 

Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking) 

The Judge: An Untrue Tale , illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach (Farrar) 

1969 Medal Winner: 

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar) 

1969 Honor Book: 

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton) 

1968 Medal Winner: 

Drummer Hoff , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall) 

1968 Honor Books:: 

Frederick by Leo Lionni (Pantheon) 

Seashore Story by Taro Yashima (Viking) 

The Emperor and the Kite , illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen (World) 

1967 Medal Winner: 

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt) 

1967 Honor Book: 

One Wide River to Cross , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall) 

1966 Medal Winner: 

Always Room for One More , illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt) 

1966 Honor Books: 

Hide and Seek Fog , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) 

Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking) 

Tom Tit Tot , retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner) 

1965 Medal Winner: 

May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum) 

1965 Honor Books: 

Rain Makes Applesauce , illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer (Holiday) 

The Wave , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges (Houghton) 

A Pocketful of Cricket , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill (Holt) 

1964 Medal Winner: 

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper) 

1964 Honor Books: 

Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Pantheon) 

All in the Morning Early , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt) 

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes , illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum) 

1963 Medal Winner: 

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) 

1963 Honor Books: 

The Sun is a Golden Earring , illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting (Holt) 

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper) 

1962 Medal Winner: 

Once a Mouse , retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

1962 Honor Books: 

Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier (Doubleday) 

Little Bear's Visit , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik (Harper) 

The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner) 

1961 Medal Winner: 

Baboushka and the Three Kings , illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus) 

1961 Honor Book: 

Inch by Inch , by Leo Lionni (Obolensky) 

1960 Medal Winner: 

Nine Days to Christmas , illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking) 

1960 Honor Books: 

Houses from the Sea , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner) 

The Moon Jumpers , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry (Harper) 

1959 Medal Winner: 

Chanticleer and the Fox , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell) 

1959 Honor Books: 

The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt) 

What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott) 

Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking) 

1958 Medal Winner: 

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking) 

1958 Honor Books: 

Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman (Viking) 

Anatole and the Cat , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill) 

1957 Medal Winner: 

A Tree is Nice , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper) 

1957 Honor Books: 

Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets (Viking) 

1 is One by Tasha Tudor (Walck) 

Anatole , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill) 

Gillespie and the Guards , illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin (Viking) 

Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking) 

1956 Medal Winner: 

Frog Went A-Courtin' , illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt) 

1956 Honor Books: 

Play With Me , by Marie Hall Ets (Viking) 

Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking) 

1955 Medal Winner: 

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

1955 Honor Books: 

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes , illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday) 

Wheel On The Chimney , illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott) 

The Thanksgiving Story , illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner) 

1954 Medal Winner: 

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking) 

1954 Honor Books: 

Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking) 

When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott) 

The Steadfast Tin Soldier , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner) 

A Very Special House , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss (Harper) 

Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol) 

1953 Medal Winner: 

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton) 

1953 Honor Books: 

Puss in Boots , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking) 

Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt) 

The Storm Book , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper) 

Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton) 

1952 Medal Winner: 

Finders Keepers , illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt) 

1952 Honor Books: 

Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets (Viking) 

Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

All Falling Down , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion (Harper) 

Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking) 

Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton) 

1951 Medal Winner: 

The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner) 

1951 Honor Books: 

Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

The Two Reds , ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt) 

If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House) 

The Most Wonderful Doll in the World , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott) 

T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper) 

1950 Medal Winner: 

Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner) 

1950 Honor Books: 

America's Ethan Allen , illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook (Houghton) 

The Wild Birthday Cake , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday) 

The Happy Day , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) (Harper) 

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House) 

Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown 

1949 Medal Winner: 

The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) 

1949 Honor Books: 

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking) 

All Around the Town , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott) 

Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner) 

Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking) 

1948 Medal Winner: 

White Snow, Bright Snow , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) 

1948 Honor Books: 

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Scribner) 

McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House) 

Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber (Viking) 

Roger and the Fox , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday) 

Song of Robin Hood , illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton) 

1947 Medal Winner: 

The Little Island , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday ) 

1947 Honor Books: 

Rain Drop Splash , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop) 

Boats on the River , illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack (Viking) 

Timothy Turtle , illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham (Welch) 

Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi (Scribner) 

Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton) 

1946 Medal Winner: 

The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan) 

1946 Honor Books: 

Little Lost Lamb , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday) 

Sing Mother Goose , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler (Dutton) 

My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World , illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher (Lothrop) 

You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking) 

1945 Medal Winner: 

Prayer for a Child , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field (Macmillan) 

1945 Honor Books: 

Mother Goose , illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press) 

In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets (Viking) 

Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday) 

The Christmas Anna Angel , illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking) 

1944 Medal Winner: 

Many Moons , illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt) 

1944 Honor Books: 

Small Rain: Verses From The Bible , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking) 

Pierre Pidgeon , illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton) 

The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) 

A Child's Good Night Book , illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott) 

Good-Luck Horse , illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey) 

1943 Medal Winner: 

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton) 

1943 Honor Books: 

Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking) 

Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper) 

1942 Medal Winner: 

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) 

1942 Honor Books: 

An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan) 

In My Mother's House , illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark (Viking) 

Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton) 

Nothing At All , by Wanda Gág (Coward) 

1941 Medal Winner: 

They Were Strong and Good , by Robert Lawson (Viking) 

1941 Honor Books: 

April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper) 

1940 Medal Winner 

Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday) 

1941 Honor Books: 

Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan) 

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Simon & Schuster) 

The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd) 

1939 Medal Winner: 

Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday) 

1939 Honor Books: 

Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty (Viking) 

Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper) 

The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans) 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág (Coward) 

Wee Gillis , illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf (Viking) 

1938 Medal Winner: 

Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book , illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes) 

1939 Honor Books:

Four and Twenty Blackbirds , illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale , retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking) 


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