Freight Train

Donald Crews

Donald Crews

Color, motion, and train parts race across the page in a classic concept book that still feels clean and energetic.

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By Donald Crews · ages 1-4 · fits Art, Award Winning, Classic

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey

A duck family crosses busy Boston in search of the right place to raise their ducklings.

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By Robert McCloskey · ages 3-7 · fits Award Winning, Caldecott Medal, Classic

Mirette on the High Wire

Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully

An innkeeper's daughter learns the high wire from a retired performer and finds the courage to cross it herself.

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By Emily Arnold McCully · ages 5-9 · fits Art, Award Winning, Caldecott Medal

Owl Moon

Jane Yolen

John Schoenherr

A child and father head into the winter night for a quiet owl prowl full of anticipation and wonder.

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By Jane Yolen · ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Caldecott Medal, Classic

Radiant Child

Javaka Steptoe

Javaka Steptoe

This biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat connects Black creativity, art-making, and city energy from childhood on.

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By Javaka Steptoe · ages 5-9 · fits Art, Award Winning, Caldecott Medal

Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold

On a Harlem rooftop, a girl imagines herself flying over the city and claiming the world she deserves.

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By Faith Ringgold · ages 5-9 · fits Art, Award Winning, Classic

Tuesday

David Wiesner

David Wiesner

One ordinary evening turns surreal when frogs begin flying silently across town on their lily pads.

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By David Wiesner · ages 4-8 · fits Art, Award Winning, Caldecott Medal

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

Max sails into a wild kingdom of monsters and returns home changed, hungry, and loved.

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By Maurice Sendak · ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Caldecott Medal, Classic

A Chair for My Mother

Vera B. Williams

Vera B. Williams

After a fire, a girl, her mother, and her grandmother save coins for one beautiful chair of their own.

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By Vera B. Williams · ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Classic

Abuela

Arthur Dorros

Elisa Kleven

A girl and her grandmother imagine themselves flying over New York City while speaking English and Spanish together.

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By Arthur Dorros · ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Classic

Big

A visually powerful picture book about a Black girl learning to reject shame and claim her own sense of worth.

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ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Caldecott Medal

Blueberries for Sal

Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey

A berry-picking trip turns into a gentle comic mix-up between a little girl, a little bear, and their mothers.

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By Robert McCloskey · ages 3-7 · fits Award Winning, Classic

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin Jr.

Eric Carle

Repeating language, bright collage, and predictable rhythm make this one of the most recognizable early read-alouds.

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By Bill Martin Jr. · ages 1-4 · fits Art, Classic

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Bill Martin Jr.; John Archambault

Lois Ehlert

Alphabet letters race up a coconut tree in one of the most durable, rhythmic alphabet read-alouds ever made.

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By Bill Martin Jr.; John Archambault · ages 2-5 · fits Art, Classic

Chooch Helped

Andrea L. Rogers

Rebecca Lee Kunz

A warm and funny contemporary Native family story about sibling friction, observation, and belonging in Cherokee life.

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By Andrea L. Rogers · ages 4-8 · fits Award Winning, Caldecott Medal

Drawn Together

Minh Lê

Dan Santat

A boy and his grandfather bridge language and generational distance through drawing and shared creativity.

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By Minh Lê · ages 4-7 · fits Art, Award Winning