Introduction
The College of DuPage Juvenile Literature section has a wide range of picture books, from classics such as Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar to new and noteworthy picture books like Hair Love and We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga.
New and Notable Picture Books
Home in a Lunchbox
When Jun moves from Hong Kong to America, the only words she knows are hello, thank you, I don't know, and toilet. Her new school feels foreign and terrifying. But when she opens her lunchbox to find her favorite meals-like bao, dumplings, and bok choy-she realizes home isn't so far away after all.
Hair Love
It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from Academy-Award winning director and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison.
Wild Places
An inspiring and accessible picture book biography of the beloved naturalist, broadcaster, and documentarian David Attenborough--stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honoree.
We Are Branches
Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature's most efficient way to spread and to connect.
Award Winning Picture Books
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2024 Caldecott Winner
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance.
The Lion and the Mouse
2010 Caldecott Winner
In Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he'd planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher's trap.
Snowflake Bentley
1999 Caldecott Winner
This is the true story of Wilson Bentley and his singular fascination with snowflakes is rendered in rich prose and gorgeous artwork, perfect for the holidays, snow days, and everyday.
Grandfather's Journey
1994 Caldecott Winner
Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey is at once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man's love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers' attention and hearts.
The Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Award is an award given to artists of picture books from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Originating in 1937, the award was created because there was concern that illustrators were being left out of awards given to notable children's literature via the Newbery Awards. Past Caldecott winners include There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback, Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold, and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The College of DuPage Library holds most of the Caldecott winning books in our collection. To see the complete list, click here.