Caldecott Award Winners

Sissy\'s younger brother, Chooch, isn\'t a baby anymore. They just celebrated his second birthday, after all. But no matter what Chooch does -- even if he\'s messing something up! Which is basically all the time! -- their parents say he\'s just \"helping.\" Sissy feels that Chooch can get away with anything!

Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, \"big\" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.

It’s summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people’s feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run!

Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people\'s water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth\'s most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth\'s water from harm and corruption.

The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.