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If you are looking for children's books related to February 2010 holidays and events, you'll find them here on the February 2010 Calendar of Children's Books. These include children's books for Valentine's Day, Black History Month, African American History Month, Library Lovers Month, and children's book author birthdays.

Here you'll not find the 2008 Caldecott Medal winner, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and the 2008 Caldecott Honor Book winners, you'll also find out about their award-winning picture books and the award-winning illustrators of the 2008 Caldecott winners recognized by Randolph Caldeott honors.

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney is an extraordinary book. Jerry Pinkney retells one of the well-known Aesop's Fables as a wordless picture book. Jerry Pinkney received the 2010 Caldecott Medal for his adaptation of The Lion and the Mouse. As the 2010 Cadecott Medal winner, Pinkney was recognized for excellence in children's book illustration.

The 2007 Caldecott Medal winner, Flotsam, is a wordless picture book by David Wiesner. There are two 2007 Caldecott Honor Book winners. You’ll also find out about the award-winning picture books and the award-winning illustrators of the 2007 Caldecott winners recognized by Randolph Caldecott honors.

In the United States, the Randolph Caldecott Medal is the most prestigious award for illustration of children's picture books that an artist can receive. Here you'll not find the 2009 Caldecott Medal winner and the 2009 Caldecott Honor Book winners, you'll also find out about their award-winning picture books and the award-winning illustrators of the 2009 Caldecott winners.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is the most prestigious award for children's picture book illustration that an artist can receive in the United States. Here you'll not only find the 2010 Caldecott Medal winner, The Lion and the Mouse, and the 2010 Caldecott Honor Book winners, you'll also find out about the award-winning picture books by these award-winning illustrators of the 2010 Caldecott honored children’s picture books.

Many of the artists on my best illustrated kids' books of 2009 list, including Jerry Pinkney who created a stunning wordless picture book of one of Aesop's fables: The Lion & the Mouse, have won numerous awards for their children's picture book illustrations. Take a look at the cover art and get an idea of why I think these are the best illustrated children's books of 2009. The best illustrated children's books of 2009 have a variety of types of illustration.