Mr. and Mrs. Mallard grew tired looking for the perfect spot to raise their family. Stopping off for a rest in the city, they were delighted to find it had everything they wanted. But though there were no dangerous foxes or turtles, there were still surprises in store for the Mallards and their newly hatched ducklings.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even a small creature is capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.

While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.

A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes many useful components: short entries about fifty-six books, information on styles and media, artistic analysis of the illustrations, and artist...

Updated to include the 2012 award and honour books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes.