Newbery, Caldecott, and Other Award-Winning Books
Sonlight is proud of the many titles that we include in our curriculum that have won the Newbery or Caldecott awards, or other literary awards . . . there are over 100 of them!
The Newbery Medal is awarded each year to that one book that the judges believe is the very finest in American literature for young people. The Newbery Honor may be awarded to as many American-authored children's books each year as the judges believe deserve special recognition.
The Association for Library Service to Children annually awards the Caldecott Medal to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The award was named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott.
A Classic Tale
White's heartwarming classic about the friendship between a little girl, a selfless spider and "the world's greatest pig."
Touching classic about citizens of a Dutch town who come to know each other as they "bring back the storks.
A classic, absolutely impossible tall tale.
A young farm boy and his sheep grow up together. Touching, beautifully crafted, thought-provoking.
An inventive scientist lands on Krakatoa only days before the volcano blows.
Newbery Medal-winning story of the crippled son of a medieval lord.
A proud, poor family overcomes nature and feuding neighbors to become strawberry farmers.
Delightful tale of intrigue about an exceptionally intelligent dog and his devoted human owners.
The mountainous island of Capri has a mystery and it takes the innkeeper's son, Michele, and three foreigners to get to the bottom of it.
Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, moves into the Bellinis' Newspaper Stand in New York City.
(with cd and workbook)
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Item #CH06
33 songs teach the names and locations of the continents, oceans, planets, 225 countries, and the states and provinces of Canada and the U.S.
Frog and Toad are back with more silly adventures.
Fictional account of a true story about an "uncatchable" mare named Phantom and her colt, Misty. Engaging.
A prince who has to learn the hard way what makes for true character.
The heartwarming story of a kindly dog's courage in the face of misunderstanding and false accusation. A story you won't want to put down.
A story of a young Inca boy's initiation into Inca secrets.
A white boy in the Maine wilderness is rescued by an Indian chief.
A girl raised in luxury in the Caribbean struggles to adjust to Puritan New England.
A young apprentice silversmith is caught up in the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution.
Fascinating true story of the poor apprentice who, shortly after the American Revolution, transformed navigation from an art to a precise science.
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Item #DA07
A modern-day, wooden toy Indian in a canoe travels throughout the Great Lakes region before arriving in the Atlantic.
The true story of a young boy who trained the first all-American (but now world-famous) Morgan horse.
Left an orphan shortly after her family arrives in the New World, young Marguerite is "Bound-out" for six years to serve the Sargent family in exchange for food, shelter and clothing.
Eighteen-year-old Chris spends a winter with his grandfather in a cabin in Minnesota.
A ten-year-old boy saves his family from raiding Indians during the French and Indian war.
Award-winning story of a frontier American widower who advertises for a wife . . . and gets Sarah.
Eight-year old Sarah journeys into the wilderness with her father--and ends up alone!
Anne is lonely when her family moves to the Pennsylvania frontier . . . until a special evening when a stranger comes to dinner.
Jonathan goes to get "the biggest pot you ever laid eyes on" — on the other side of Hemlock Mountain.
Caldecott Honor Book recounts the story of the Pilgrims from the time they left England on the Mayflower through the first Thanksgiving celebration.
The adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters in the Wild West frontiers of Wisconsin in the late 1800s.
Award winner set in the post-Civil War South.
Dad has returned from World War II a changed man: withdrawn, touchy, unable to work. The family moves back to the family farm where dad gets the healing he needs.
Engrossing story about the first—and largest—Ferris Wheel ever built. Told by one of the workers who built it.
A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man's culture.
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Item #EA12
Fascinating, realistic fictional story of a boy who helped build the greatest clipper ship ever — The Flying Cloud — and then helped sail her around the Horn.
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Item #HH04
An interesting look not only at Lincoln, but at the broader 19th century world in which he lived.
The only biography that has ever received the Newbery Medal. Beautifully written text combined with photos bring Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War President, very much to life.
A realistic story of a Tennessee mountain boy who, during the Civil War, comes to realize that war is terrible no matter where one's sympathies lie.
The touching Newbery Honor story about a boy and the dog he loves. Set during frontier days in the Texas hill country.
Newbery Medal winner about a mid-American farm family in the early 20th century. Charming.
In 1947, a Chinese girl comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friends.
Two children discover the remains of a lake long since dried up and forgotten, the ruins of once-elegant homes that stood along its shore . . . and two fascinating old people who remember the glory ye...
Beautifully written Newbery Honor story of a teen aged girl who is confronted by the challenges of life as a female member of the Navaho nation in the mid-1860s. Poignant and thought-provoking.
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Item #FA50
The history of America at sea is imaginatively presented through the travels of Seabird, a carved ivory gull.
A moving and unforgettable story inspired by the true story of an Indian girl who spent 18 years alone on a rocky island far off the coast of California in the early 1800s.
Jiro, son of a starving puppet maker in 18th Century Japan, runs away from home to apprentice himself to the master of the Hanaza puppet theater ... and finds himself in the midst of a Robin Hood intr...
A Chinese boy is separated from his family and is "adopted" by sixty American airmen.
A South African Story
Touching story of a young girl and her brother who set out to find their mother "somewhere" in the city of Johannesburg.
An award winning story of a young boy who lived in China during the perilous 1920s.
Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
Multiple award-winner. The loving memories of the author's childhood in a Vietnamese hamlet.
And Fourteen More
Award-winning collection of poems presents everyday objects in a thought-provoking new light.
Momo, a young Tibetan girl, chases the man who stole her Lhasa terrier--from high in the Himalayas to the Bengal plains and the city of Calcutta.
Amazing true story of how one man's diplomacy and cultural sensitivity opened the doors of a previously impermeable culture.
A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hibueru, a Polynesian people, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward.
A Japanese boy must face life after escaping a tidal wave that destroys his family and village.
A little cat and his master, a compassionate artist, bring about a special Buddhist miracle. Written from a Buddhist perspective.
The charming story of a boy and his mischievous pet raccoon and the event-filled year they experience together in the Wisconsin backwoods of the early 1900s. Sure to endear raccoons to you forever!
Five traditional Nigerian tales retold and beautifully illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings.
The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
A winning story of an Arabian horse from North Africa and his adventures in France and England.
A touching story about a Chinese boy who fails his fishing village's traditional test of manhood. Will he ever find a place in society considering his fear of the sea?
An orphan in ancient Egypt desires nothing more than to follow in his father's footsteps as a goldsmith but is forced into a life that he despises. A story of suspense and action in which Egyptian l...
The only mystery story ever to win the Newbery Medal!
The exciting story of a 16-year-old boy who is determined to conquer the last unconquered summit in the Alps — the very mountain on which his father died fifteen years before.
Juan de Pareja is slave to the great artist Velazquez. De Pareja learns to paint in secret and ends up having some of his paintings hung in art museums. An engaging story based on real people.
Multiple award winner. The riddle of the Mona Lisa is solved in a most ingenious reconstruction of the middle years of Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance Man.
The story of a Danish family's role in subverting their Nazi oppressor's evil designs. A gripping, moving story.
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Item #HH05
This classic not only provides the reader with a true biography of the great American, but a view of the world in which he lived.
Set in Galilee in the time of Jesus, this is the dramatic story of a young Jewish rebel who is won over by the gentle teachings of Jesus. A wonderful story.
A heartwarming story about the son of a traveling minstrel who is separated from his father and forced to live by his wits and music.
Son of the greatest bullfighter in Spain, Manolo Olivar wonders whether he should go along with the townspeople's plans for him to follow in his father's footsteps. At the moment of truth, he makes hi...
When Halima and Atiyah were babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away, a political pawn in a war between Beduin tribes in 1302.
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Item #230-70
Joseph Charnetski is under oath to protect the Great Tarnor Crystal. The Tartars try to steal it and Joseph and his family seek refuge in medieval Krakow. An exciting adventure set in the late Middle...
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Item #230-44
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, must move her family or face death. Unfortunately, her son Timothy is ill and can't be moved. She seeks help from the brilliant rats of NIMH. Their solution is worth the...
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Item #230-28
A few citizens of an imaginary village dare to question some long-held but false beliefs in the community...and are ostracized as a result. Thought-provoking but easy to read.
A True Story of Courage, Survival,...
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Item #320-75
The author writes a true-to-life fictionalized autobiography of his mother--a young Armenian girl in Turkey during the "other" 20th century Holocaust that was prelude to Stalin, Hitler, and others.
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Item #320-25
Multiple award-winner. A stunning tale of cultural pressures felt by a Cambodian girl who finds herself a refugee in late 20th Century United States.
A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution...
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Item #320-70
Multiple award-winner. A devastating, first-person story of the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao in the late '60s.
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Item #330-49
Jerome Foxworthy tells the story of his friend, a white boy named Bix. Basketball--played straight or with fakes--becomes an allegory for life. Engrossing. Brilliantly written.
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Item #330-34
A foster girl learns what true love is and what it means to belong. Riveting. A book you'll read over and over.
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Item #330-64
A deep, exquisitely-textured story, full of symbolism, about a 13-year-old girl, her parents and grandparents, and about relationships, living and dying. A story that will call forth tears.
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Item #430-70
Four friends from a class of social outcasts attempt to win an Academic Bowl with the help of their encouraging teacher. Sarita says, "As a two-time Newbery Medal winner, you know she has a good writi...
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Item #430-13
When Belle Prater disappears, her son Woodrow moves in with his grandparents, right next door to his cousin Gypsy and her family.
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Item #430-25
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, a "crazy" lady named Maxine and her retarded son Ronald.
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Item #430-43
To her small Eskimo village, she is Miyax. To her pen pal in San Francisco, she is Julie. At 13, Miyax is an orphan and unhappily married. She runs away from her husband's parents' home in hopes of ge...
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Item #430-19
It's 1936 in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy who never knew his father, but Bud's got a few things going for him.
A Play in Three Acts
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Item #430-55
Pulitzer Prize. One of the most popular American dramas of all time, Our Town recalls three time periods in the life of residents of a small Connecticut town. It calls us to focus on the "little thing...
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Item #430-40
Louise knows that she should be proud of her beautiful twin Caroline. But she is convinced that, ever since they were born, Caroline has done nothing but take from her: their parents' love, Louise's h...
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Item #430-37
Nobel Prize. "One of the greatest and most socially significant novels of the twentieth century."
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Item #430-34
In a nameless utopian community in a future time, everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community.
A delightful story about a boy who rescues a sweet young dragon from her enemies through the judicious use of the unlikely items he has stored in his knapsack.
Ronnie loves living in the lighthouse, but the days go by, and the keeper doesn't return. A simple but pleasurable Christmas story for all ages.
The legend of William Tell as told by his 12-year-old son.
Two girls repent of "making fun" of the poor girl in their class who says she has a hundred dresses.
Set in Paris, the story of an old hobo whose heart and life become entangled with a fatherless family in search of a home.
A warm story about an asocial recluse who finally wins friends when he builds and moves into a cottage in the forest.
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Item #120-19
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nev...
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Item #130-61
Billie Jo, a 14-year-old girl caught in the Oklahoma dust storms of the 1930s, reveals the grim realities of a life lived in that time and place.
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Item #130-52
After his parents die, Jeffrey Magee awes his friends with unbelievable feats.
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Item #130-28
An astonishing story about growing up, about love and disappointment.
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from home . . . and find themselves caught in a mystery that makes headlines. Enjoyable.
The Story of Mary Jemison
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Item #130-46
Delightful Newbery Honor story of what happened to a twelve year old white girl who was captured by Seneca Indians in 1758.
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Item #130-16
Born the son of an African king, Amos Fortune was captured by slave traders in 1725, brought to America and sold at auction.
Jancsi, a Hungarian boy in the early 1900s, is overjoyed that his cousin is coming to spend the summer at his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains. Their summer proves more adventurous than he had h...
National Book Award. Married and promptly widowed at 13, Koly finds herself in the grim position of being cast out by a society that has no place for girls like her. Through friends and her skills, Ko...
Awaiting trial for withholding gold from the king, 17-year-old cartographer Esteban recalls his adventures with a band of ruthless conquistadors. Filled with unforgettable characters, action, romance,...
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