Caldecott Challenge

In 2012, I participated in the Caldecott Challenge (#nerdcott on Twitter), which was hosted by Laura of LibLaura5 and Anna of A to Z Library. The goal was to read all of the Caldecott Medal and Honor Books from 1938 to 2012.Listed below are my reviews for each of the Caldecott books, listed in chronological order, with medal-winners in bold.

1. Animals of the Bible (1938 Medal)
2. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1938 Honor)
3. Seven Simeons (1938 Honor)
4. Mei Li (1939 Medal)
5. Andy and the Lion (1939 Honor)
6. Barkis (1939 Honor) 
7. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1939 Honor)
8. The Forest Pool (1939 Honor)
9. Wee Gillis  (1939 Honor)
10. Abraham Lincoln (1940 Medal)
11. The Ageless Story (1940 Honor)
12. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo (1940 Honor)
13. Madeline (1940 Honor)
14. They Were Strong and Good (1941 Medal)
15. April's Kittens (1941 Honor)
16. Make Way for Ducklings (1942 Medal)
17. An American ABC (1942 Honor)
18. In My Mother's House (1942 Honor)
19. Nothing at All (1942 Honor)
20. Paddle-to-the-Sea (1942 Honor)
21. The Little House (1943 Medal)
22. Dash & Dart (1943 Honor)
23. Marshmallow (1943 Honor)
24. Many Moons (1944 Medal)
25. A Child's Good Night Book (1944 Honor) 
26. The Good-Luck Horse (1944 Honor)
27. The Mighty Hunter (1944 Honor)
28. Pierre Pidgeon (1944 Honor)
29. Small Rain (1944 Honor)
30. Prayer for a Child (1945 Medal) 
31. The Christmas Anna Angel (1945 Honor)
32. In the Forest (1945 Honor)
33. Mother Goose (1945 Honor)
34. Yonie Wondernose (1945 Honor) 
35. The Rooster Crows (1946 Medal)
36. Little Lost Lamb (1946 Honor)
37. My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1946 Honor)
38. Sing Mother Goose (1946 Honor)
39. You Can Write Chinese (1946 Honor)
40. The Little Island (1947 Medal)
41. The Boats on the River (1947 Honor)
42. Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street (1947 Honor)
43. Rain Drop Splash (1947 Honor)
44. Sing in Praise (1947 Honor)
45. Timothy Turtle (1947 Honor) 
46. White Snow, Bright Snow (1948 Medal)
47. Bambino the Clown (1948 Honor)
48. McElligot's Pool (1948 Honor) 
49. Roger and the Fox (1948 Honor) 
50. Song of Robin Hood (1948 Honor)
51. Stone Soup (1948 Honor)
52. The Big Snow (1949 Medal)
53. All Around the Town (1949 Honor) 
54. Blueberries for Sal (1949 Honor)
55. Fish in the Air (1949 Honor) 
56. Juanita (1949 Honor)
57. Song of the Swallows (1950 Medal) 
58. America's Ethan Allen (1950 Honor) 
59. Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1950 Honor) 
60. The Happy Day (1950 Honor) 
61. Henry - Fisherman (1950 Honor)
62. The Wild Birthday Cake (1950 Honor)
63. The Egg Tree (1951 Medal)
64. Dick Whittington and his Cat (1951 Honor)
65. If I Ran the Zoo (1951 Honor)
66. The Most Wonderful Doll in the World (1951 Honor)
67. T-Bone the Babysitter (1951 Honor)
68. Two Reds (1951 Honor) 
69. Finders Keepers (1952 Medal)
70. All Falling Down (1952 Honor) 
71. Bear Party (1952 Honor)
72. Feather Mountain (1952 Honor)
73. Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo (1952 Honor)
74. Skipper John's Cook (1952 Honor)
75. The Biggest Bear (1953 Medal) 
76. Ape in a Cape (1953 Honor)
77. Five Little Monkeys (1953 Honor)
78. One Morning in Maine (1953 Honor) 
79. Puss in Boots (1953 Honor)
80. The Storm Book (1953 Honor) 
81. Madeline's Rescue (1954 Medal) 
82. Green Eyes (1954 Honor)
83. Journey Cake, Ho! (1954 Honor) 
84. The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1954 Honor)
85. A Very Special House (1954 Honor)
86. When Will the World Be Mine? (1954 Honor)
87. Cinderella (1955 Medal) 
88. Marguerite de Angeli's Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes (1955 Honor)
89. The Thanksgiving Story (1955 Honor)
90. The Wheel on the Chimney (1955 Honor)
91. Frog Went a-Courtin' (1956 Medal)
92. Crow Boy (1956 Honor)
93. Play With Me (1956 Honor) 
94. A Tree is Nice (1957 Medal)
95. Anatole (1957 Honor)
96. Gillespie and the Guards (1957 Honor)
97. Lion (1957 Honor)
98. Mister Penny's Race Horse (1957 Honor)
99. 1 is One (1957 Honor) 
100. Time of Wonder (1958 Medal)
101. Anatole and the Cat (1958 Honor)
102. Fly High, Fly Low (1958 Honor)
103. Chanticleer and the Fox (1959 Medal)
104. The House that Jack Built (1959 Honor)
105. Umbrella (1959 Honor) 
106. What Do You Say, Dear? (1959 Honor) 
107. Houses from the Sea (1960 Honor)
108. Nine Days to Christmas (1960 Medal) 
109. The Moon Jumpers (1960 Honor)
110. Baboushka and the Three Kings (1961 Medal)
111. Inch by Inch (1961 Honor) 
112. Once a Mouse (1962 Medal) 
113. The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up (1962 Honor)
114. The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night (1962 Honor)
115. Little Bear's Visit (1962 Honor)
116. The Snowy Day (1963 Medal) 
117. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1963 Honor)
118. The Sun is a Golden Earring (1963 Honor)
119. Where the Wild Things Are (1964 Medal) 
120. All in the Morning Early (1964 Honor)
121. Swimmy (1964 Honor) 
122. May I Bring a Friend? (1965 Medal)
123. A Pocketful of Cricket (1965 Honor)
124. Rain Makes Applesauce (1965 Honor) 
125. The Wave (1965 Honor)
126. Always Room For One More (1966 Medal)
127. Hide and Seek Fog (1966 Honor)
128. Just Me (1966 Honor)
129. Tom Tit Tot (1966 Honor)
130. Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine (1967 Medal) 
131. One Wide River to Cross (1967 Honor)
132. Drummer Hoff (1968 Medal) 
133. The Emperor and the Kite (1968 Honor)
134. Frederick (1968 Honor) 
135. Seashore Story (1968 Honor)
136. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1969 Medal)
137. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (1969 Honor)
138. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970 Medal)
139. Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (1970 Honor)
140. Goggles (1970 Honor) 
141. Pop Corn and Ma Goodness (1970 Honor)
142. The Judge (1970 Honor)
143. Thy Friend, Obadiah (1970 Honor)
144. A Story, A Story (1971 Medal) 
145. The Angry Moon (1971 Honor)
146. Frog and Toad Are Friends (1971 Honor)
147. In the Night Kitchen (1971 Honor)
148. One Fine Day (1972 Medal) 
149. Hildilid's Night (1972 Honor)
150. If All the Seas Were One Sea (1972 Honor)
151. Moja Means One (1972 Honor)
152. The Funny Little Woman (1973 Medal)
153. Anansi the Spider (1973 Honor)
154. Hosie's Alphabet (1973 Honor)
155. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs (1973 Honor)
156. When Clay Sings (1973 Honor)
157. Duffy and the Devil (1974 Medal)
158. Cathedral (1974 Honor)
159. Three Jovial Huntsmen (1974 Honor)
160. Arrow to the Sun (1975 Medal)
161. Jambo Means Hello (1975 Honor) 
162. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1976 Medal) 
163. The Desert is Theirs (1976 Honor)
164. Strega Nona (1976 Honor)
165. Ashanti to Zulu (1977 Medal)
166. The Amazing Bone (1977 Honor)
167. The Contest (1977 Honor)
168. Fish for Supper (1977 Honor)
169. The Golem (1977 Honor)
170. Hawk I'm Your Brother (1977 Honor)
171. Noah's Ark (1978 Medal)
172. Castle (1978 Honor)
173. It Could Always Be Worse (1978 Honor)
174. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1979 Medal)
175. The Way to Start a Day (1979 Honor)
176. Freight Train (1979 Honor) 
177. Ox-Cart Man (1980 Medal)
178. Ben's Trumpet (1980 Honor)
179. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1980 Honor) 
180. The Treasure (1980 Honor)
181. Fables (1981 Medal)
182. The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (1981 Honor)
183. Mice Twice (1981 Honor)
184. Truck (1981 Honor) 
185. Jumanji (1982 Medal)
186. On Market Street (1982 Honor)
187. Outside Over There (1982 Honor)
188. A Visit to William Blake's Inn (1982 Honor)
189. Where the Buffaloes Begin (1982 Honor)
190. Shadow (1983 Medal) 
191. A Chair for My Mother (1983 Honor)
192. When I Was Young in the Mountains (1983 Honor)
193. The Glorious Flight (1984 Medal)
194. Little Red Riding Hood (1984 Honor)
195. Ten, Nine, Eight (1984 Honor)
196. Saint George and the Dragon (1985 Medal)
197. Hansel and Gretel (1985 Honor)
198. Have You Seen My Duckling? (1985 Honor) 
199. The Story of Jumping Mouse (1985 Honor)
200. The Polar Express (1986 Medal)
201. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (1986 Honor)
202. The Relatives Came (1986 Honor)
203. Hey, Al (1987 Medal) 
204. Alphabatics (1987 Honor)
205. Rumpelstiltskin (1987 Honor)
206. The Village of Round and Square Houses (1987 Honor)
207. Owl Moon (1988 Medal)
208. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (1988 Honor)
209. Song and Dance Man (1989 Medal)
210. The Boy of the Three Year Nap (1989 Honor)
211. Free Fall (1989 Honor)
212. Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1989 Honor)
213. Mirandy and Brother Wind (1989 Honor)
214. Lon Po Po (1990 Medal)
215. Bill Peet: An Autobiography (1990 Honor)
216. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (1990 Honor)
217. Color Zoo (1990 Honor) 
218. The Talking Eggs (1990 Honor)
219. Black and White (1991 Medal)
220. More, More, More, Said  the Baby (1991 Honor)
221. Puss in Boots (1991 Honor)
222. Tuesday (1992 Medal)
223. Tar Beach (1992 Honor) 
224. Mirette on the High Wire (1993 Medal) 
225. Seven Blind Mice (1993 Honor)
226. The Stinky Cheese Man (1993 Honor) 
227. Working Cotton (1993 Honor)
228. Grandfather's Journey (1994 Medal)
229. In the Small, Small Pond (1994 Honor)
230. Owen (1994 Honor)
231. Peppe the Lamplighter (1994 Honor)
232. Raven (1994 Honor)
233. Yo! Yes? (1994 Honor)
234. Smoky Night (1995 Medal)
235. John Henry (1995 Honor)
236. Swamp Angel (1995 Honor)
237. Time Flies (1995 Honor) 
238. Officer Buckle and Gloria (1996 Medal) 
239. Alphabet City (1996 Honor) 
240. The Faithful Friend (1996 Honor)
241. Tops and Bottoms (1996 Honor)
242. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (1996 Honor)
243. Golem (1997 Medal) 
244. The Graphic Alphabet (1997 Honor)
245. Hush! (1997 Honor)
246. The Paperboy (1997 Honor) 
247. Starry Messenger (1997 Honor)
248. Rapunzel (1998 Medal)
249. The Gardener (1998 Honor)
250. Harlem (1998 Honor)
251. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1998 Honor)
252. Snowflake Bentley (1999 Medal)
253. Duke Ellington (1999 Honor)
254. No, David (1999 Honor)
255. Snow (1999 Honor)
256. Tibet: Through the Red Box (1999 Honor)
257. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000 Medal) 
258. A Child's Calendar (2000 Honor)
259. Sector 7 (2000 Honor)
260. The Ugly Duckling (2000 Honor)
261. When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry (2000 Honor) 
262. So You Want To Be President? (2001 Medal)
263. Casey at the Bat (2001 Honor)
264. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type (2001 Honor)
265. Olivia (2001 Honor) 
266. The Three Pigs (2002 Medal) 
267. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (2002 Honor)
268. Martin's Big Words (2002 Honor)
269. The Stray Dog (2002 Honor)
270. My Friend Rabbit (2003 Medal)
271. Hondo and Fabian (2003 Honor) 
272. Noah's Ark (2003 Honor)
273. The Spider and the Fly (2003 Honor)
274. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2004 Medal) 
275. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (2004 Honor)
276. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (2004 Honor)
277. What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? (2004 Medal)
278. Kitten's First Full Moon (2005 Medal)
279. Coming on Home Soon (2005 Honor)
280. Knuffle Bunny (2005 Honor) 
281. The Red Book (2005 Honor) 
282. The Hello, Goodbye Window (2006 Medal)
283. Hot Air (2006 Honor) 
284. Rosa (2006 Honor)
285. Song of the Water Boatman (2006 Honor)
286. Zen Shorts (2006 Honor)
287. Flotsam (2007 Medal) 
288. Gone Wild (2007 Honor) 
289. Moses (2007 Honor) 
290. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2008 Medal)
291. First the Egg (2008 Honor)
292. Henry's Freedom Box (2008 Honor)
293. Knuffle Bunny Too (2008 Honor)
294. The Wall (2008 Honor)
295. The House in the Night (2009 Medal)
296. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (2009 Honor)
297. How I Learned Geography (2009 Honor)
298. A River of Words (2009 Honor)
299. The Lion and the Mouse (2010 Medal)
300. All the World (2010 Honor)
301. Red Sings from Treetops (2010 Honor)
302. A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2011 Medal)
303. Dave the Potter (2011 Honor)
304. Interrupting Chicken (2011 Honor)
305. A Ball for Daisy (2012 Medal)
306. Blackout (2012 Honor) 
307. Grandpa Green (2012 Honor)
308. Me... Jane (2012 Honor)