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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Photographs by Charles R. Smith, Jr. provide an excellent complement to the poem “My People” by Langston Hughes. This picture book edition, My People by Langston Hughes, with its stunning photography by Charles R. Smith, Jr. provides an excellent introduction for all ages to the poetry of Langston Hughes.

Here you'll find publication information for Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. Brisingr is Book Three in the Inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini. The first two books in the Inheritance cycle are Eragon and Eldest. Both Eragon and Eldest have been bestsellers. You'll also find out about Book Four, the last book in the Inheritance cycle series.

If you are looking for children's books related to January 2010 holidays and events, you'll find them here on the January 2010 Calendar of Children's Books. These include books for Martin Luther King Day, books for the 100th day of school (100 days of school), stories by children's authors with January birthdays and information about some of the children's book awards announced in January, including the Caldecott Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Book Awards.

Fans of Christopher Paolini and his Dragon Rider Eragon, will enjoy Eragon's Guide to Alagesia, a book in scrapbook format that purports to be written by Dragon Rider Eragon Shadeslayer for a new Dragon Rider as an introduction to a new Dragon Rider.

101 Great Science Experiments: A Step-by-Step Guide provides a variety of hands-on science experiments for tweens and young teens. DK Publishing is the publisher of 101 Great Science Experiments for Kids by Neil Ardley, an illustrated guide.