Books similar like They Were Strong and Good

Many Moons

Princess Lenore, ill of a surfeit of raspberry tarts, wants the moon. She must have it, she says, to be well again. The King consults his wise men… but the Lord High Chamberlain cannot get the moon. N…

Buy this book on Amazon

Prayer for a Child

Buy this book on Amazon

The Little Island

Children’s book legend Margaret Wise Brown—author of the cherished classic Goodnight Moon— and Caldecott Medal-winner Leonard Weisgard bring young readers an enduring picture book about the magic of …

Buy this book on Amazon

White Snow, Bright Snow

When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and his wife scurried about doing all the practical things grownups do when a snowstorm comes. But the childr…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around i…

Buy this book on Amazon

Drummer Hoff (Stories to Go!)

Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for his bold illustrations for Barbara Emberley's jaunty adaptation of the cumulative folk song about seven soldiers who build a magnificent cannon and Drummer…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Biggest Bear

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

Buy this book on Amazon

Frog Went a-Courtin'

“A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky somehow manages to combine quaintness with sophistication and his doughty frog, the coy mouse …

Buy this book on Amazon

Baboushka and the Three Kings

A Russian folk tale [adapted by Ruth Robbins] about an old woman who, declining to accompany the Three Kings as they followed the star in search of the Babe and failing to find Him on her own, each ye…

Buy this book on Amazon

Chanticleer and the Fox

Adapted from The Canterbury Tales

One of the most delightful fables in our heritage is the story of the proud cock and the witty fox who flattered him. Chaucer told the story with vigorous rhythm and…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles

Buy this book on Amazon

Finders Keepers

Buy this book on Amazon

Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico

Published over 30 years ago, Nine Days to Christmas remains fresh and relevant. Ceci's first Christmas posada party and pinata have made her Mexican town come alive for generations of readers. "The yo…

Buy this book on Amazon

A Tree Is Nice (Rise and Shine)

"Trees are very nice," says Janice May Udry in her first book for children. She goes on to explain that even one tree is nice, if it is the only one you happen to have.

Some of the reasons why trees ar…

Buy this book on Amazon

A Story, a Story

Buy this book on Amazon

Arrow to the Sun

With vibrant colors and bold geometric forms, Gerald McDermott brilliantly captures the stylized look of Pueblo Indian art in this Caldecott Award-winning retelling of an ancient legend. A young boy s…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Egg Tree

One Easter morning, Katy and Carl went on an Easter egg hunt through Grandmom's house. Katy couldn't find anything until she went up to the attic. And there she discovered a very special set of eggs..…

Buy this book on Amazon

Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book

Dorothy Lathrop's Animals of the Bible won the very first Caldecott Medal when it was originally published in 1937. Now, in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of this prestigious medal and its first re…

Buy this book on Amazon

Time of Wonder

Winner of the Caldecott Medal! For fans of Blueberries for Sal , One Morning in Maine , and Make way for Ducklings .

"Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, …

Buy this book on Amazon

Always Room for One More

Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve…

Buy this book on Amazon

They Were Strong and Good

Similar books (20)

Time of Wonder