Caldecott

Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.

Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying buzzing habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and unthinkingly wishes himself a rock when frightened by a lion. Although safe from the lion, Sylvester cannot hold the pebble to wish himself into a donkey again. Caldecott Medal winner. Full-color illustrations.

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

After he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing, Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are.