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1940s Caldecott Winners

1949 - The Big Snow by Elmer Hader; Berta Hader (Illustrator)
Call Number: E H128b
ISBN: 0027379108
Publication Date: 1948
Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
1948 - White Snow Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator); Alvin R. Tresselt
Call Number: E T799w
ISBN: 0688082947
Publication Date: 1948
When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
1947 -The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown; Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
Call Number: E B879.3L
ISBN: 0385746407
Publication Date: 1946
Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.
1946 - The Rooster Crows by Maud Petersham (Illustrator); Miska Petersham (Illustrator)
Call Number: E P484r
ISBN: 0689711530
Publication Date: 1946
A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes.
1945 - Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field; Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: 242 F455p
ISBN: 0027351904
Publication Date: 1968
An illustrated bedtime prayer which gives thanks for the many aspects of a child's world.
1944 - Many Moons by James Thurber; Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator)
Call Number: E T536m
ISBN: 0152518738
Publication Date: 1943
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
1943 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Call Number: E B974L
ISBN: 0395181569
Publication Date: 1942
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. But the great-great grandaughter of the original owner comes to her rescue.
1942 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Illustrator)
Call Number: E M127m
ISBN: 0670451495
Publication Date: 1941
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
1941 - They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920.02 L425t
ISBN: 0670699497
Publication Date: 1940
Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.
1940 - Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire (Illustrator); Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (Illustrator)
Call Number: 923.173 L736a
ISBN: 0440406900
Publication Date: 1993
Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.