History and real people books for ages 6 to 8
123 award-winning books for ages 6 to 8. True stories, biographies and novels set in the past.
Animals298Adventure33Fantasy and magic111Funny books227Family173Friendship77History and real people123Nature and science133Folktales and fairy tales151Poetry and rhyme88Feelings and big moments98Bedtime34First chapter books91
123 books, the first 120 shown
Honor2025Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the MountainsYuko Shimizu2025 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2024Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom FighterMolly Mendoza2024 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2024There Was a Party for LangstonJerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey2024 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2023Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil WarMónica Montañés2023 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Honor2022Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreFloyd Cooper2022 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2021The Cat Man of AleppoIrene Latham and Karim Shamsi-Basha2021 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2020The UndefeatedKwame Alexander2020 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor2020When Spring Comes to the DMZLee Uk-bae2020 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Winner2019Hello LighthouseSophie Blackall2019 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor2018Malala: Activist for Girls' EducationRaphaёle Frier2018 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Honor2017As Time Went ByJosé Sanabria2017 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Honor2017Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley BryanAshley Bryan2017 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor2017Freedom in Congo SquareR. Gregory Christie2017 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2017Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel BasquiatJavaka Steptoe2017 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner2017When We Were AloneDavid Robertson2017 Governor General's Award (illustration) winner
Winner2016Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous BearLindsay Mattick2016 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor2016Trombone ShortyTroy Andrews2016 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2016Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights MovementEkua Holmes2016 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2015Hidden: A Child's Story of the HolocaustLoïc Dauvillier2015 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Winner2015Shackleton's JourneyWilliam Grill2015 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winner
Honor2015The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract ArtMary GrandPré2015 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2015Viva FridaYuyi Morales2015 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2014LocomotiveBrian Floca2014 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner2013Northwest PassageStan Rogers2013 Governor General's Award (illustration) winner
Winner2013Tom the Outback MailmanKristin Weidenbach2013 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor2012Me... JanePatrick McDonnell2012 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2009A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos WilliamsJennifer Bryant2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2009How I Learned GeographyUri Shulevitz2009 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2008Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground RailroadKadir Nelson2008 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2007Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to FreedomCarole Boston Weatherford2007 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2007The ArrivalShaun Tan2007 CBCA Picture Book of the Year winner
Honor2006Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon RideMarjorie Priceman2006 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2006RosaBryan Collier2006 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor2006Show WayJacqueline Woodson2006 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor2005Coming on Home SoonJacqueline Woodson2005 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2004The Man Who Walked Between the TowersMordicai Gerstein2004 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner2003In Flanders FieldsNorman Jorgensen2003 CBCA Picture Book of the Year winner
Honor2002Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Doreen Rappaport2002 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2002Papunya School Book of Country and HistoryPapunya School Publishing Committee2002 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor2002The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse HawkinsBarbara Kerley2002 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner2001Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake CarpenterRichard Platt2001 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winner
Winner2001So You Want to Be President?David Small2001 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor200026 Fairmount AvenueTomie dePaola2000 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Winner2000Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the PacificJohn Nicholson2000 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor1999Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His OrchestraBrian Pinkney1999 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner1999Snowflake BentleyJacqueline Briggs Martin1999 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner1999The RabbitsJohn Marsden1999 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor1999Tibet: Through the Red BoxPeter Sís1999 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner1998A Home Among the Gum Trees: The Story of Australian HousesJohn Nicholson1998 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor1997Starry MessengerPeter Sís1997 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner1997When Jessie Came Across the SeaAmy Hest1997 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winner
Winner1996Ghost TrainPaul Yee1996 Governor General's Award (text) winner
Winner1996The First Fleet: A New Beginning in an Old LandJohn Nicholson1996 Eve Pownall Award winner
Honor1995Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of My Childhood in TurkeyVedat Dalokay1995 Batchelder Award Honor Book
Winner1994Grandfather's JourneyAllen Say1994 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner1994Josepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryJim McGugan1994 Governor General's Award (illustration) winner
Honor1994Peppe the LamplighterElisa Bartone1994 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner1988My PlaceNadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins1988 Eve Pownall Award winner
Winner1986Rose BlancheChristophe Gallaz and Roberto Innocenti1986 Batchelder Award winner
Winner1986Sarah, Plain and TallPatricia MacLachlan1986 Newbery Medal winner
Winner1984The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis BleriotAlice and Martin Provensen1984 Caldecott Medal winner
Winner1983Hiroshima No PikaToshi Maruki1983 Batchelder Award winner
Winner1980Ox-Cart ManDonald Hall1980 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor1978CastleDavid Macaulay1978 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1975Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet BookMuriel L. Feelings1975 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1974CathedralDavid Macaulay1974 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1973When Clay SingsTom Bahti1973 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1972Moja Means One: Swahili Counting BookTom Feelings1972 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1957The Corn Grows RipeDorothy Rhoads1957 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1955The Courage of Sarah NobleAlice Dalgliesh1955 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1955The Thanksgiving StoryAlice Dalgliesh1955 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1954Magic MaizeMary & Conrad Buff1954 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1952The Apple and the ArrowMary & Conrad Buff1952 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1950George WashingtonGenevieve Foster1950 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1946You Can Write ChineseKurt Wiese1946 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1942An American ABCMaud and Miska Petersham1942 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Honor1942In My Mother's HouseVelino Herrera1942 Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Winner1942The Matchlock GunWalter D. Edmonds1942 Newbery Medal winner
Honor1941The Long WinterLaura Ingalls Wilder1941 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Winner1940Abraham LincolnIngri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire1940 Caldecott Medal winner
Honor1940By the Shores of Silver LakeLaura Ingalls Wilder1940 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1938On the Banks of Plum CreekLaura Ingalls Wilder1938 Newbery Medal Honor Book
Honor1930Little Blacknose: The Story of a PioneerHildegarde Swift1930 Newbery Medal Honor BookSorry DayCoral VassWinner2019Sorry DayCoral Vass2019 Eve Pownall Award winnerFlightNadia WheatleyWinner2016FlightNadia Wheatley2016 CBCA Picture Book of the Year winnerLennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by PonyStephanie Owen ReederWinner2016Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by PonyStephanie Owen Reeder2016 Eve Pownall Award winnerThe Right Word: Roget and His ThesaurusJen BryantHonor2015The Right Word: Roget and His ThesaurusJen Bryant2015 Caldecott Medal Honor BookDave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveBryan CollierHonor2011Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveBryan Collier2011 Caldecott Medal Honor BookMy DogJohn HeffernanWinner2002My DogJohn Heffernan2002 CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers winnerThe GardenerDavid SmallHonor1998The Gardenerillustrated by David Small1998 Caldecott Medal Honor BookStar of Fear, Star of HopeJo HoestlandtHonor1996Star of Fear, Star of HopeJo Hoestlandt1996 Batchelder Award Honor BookAshanti to Zulu: African TraditionsLeo and Diane DillonWinner1977Ashanti to Zulu: African TraditionsLeo and Diane Dillon1977 Caldecott Medal winnerHorses in BattleVictor AmbrusWinner1975Horses in BattleVictor Ambrus1975 Carnegie Medal for Illustration winnerThe Australia BookEve PownallWinner1952The Australia BookEve Pownall1952 CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers winner
Shortlist2023Rescuing TitanicFlora Delargy2023 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted
Shortlist2020The DamDavid Almond2020 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted
Finalist2018AfricvilleShauntay Grant2018 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2018Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous HeroesWab Kinew2018 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Shortlist2017The JourneyFrancesca Sanna2017 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted
Shortlist2017The Wolves of CurrumpawWilliam Grill2017 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted
Finalist2012In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It UpMonica Kulling2012 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2008Shin-chi's CanoeNicola I. Campbell2008 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2007Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a PaintingHugh Brewster2007 Governor General's Award (text) finalist
Finalist2007Marja's SkisJean E. Pendziwol2007 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2006Let's Go for a RideMaxwell Newhouse2006 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2003Four Pictures by Emily CarrNicolas Debon2003 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2000Pa's HarvestJan Andrews2000 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist2000The Shaman's NephewSheldon Oberman2000 Governor General's Award (text) finalist
Highly commended1999Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, PageRichard Platt1999 Carnegie Medal for Illustration highly commended
Highly commended1998The Lion and the UnicornShirley Hughes1998 Carnegie Medal for Illustration highly commended
Finalist1995TessHazel Hutchins1995 Governor General's Award (text) finalist
Finalist1994Polar, the Titanic BearDaisy Corning Stone Spedden1994 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist1993Beethoven Lives UpstairsBarbara Nichol1993 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalist
Finalist1989A Gift from Saint FrancisJoanna Cole1989 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalistFreedom BraidsMonique DuncanShortlist2026Freedom BraidsMonique Duncan2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlistedkā-āciwīkicik / The MoveDoris George and Don K. PhilpotFinalist2022kā-āciwīkicik / The MoveDoris George and Don K. Philpot2022 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalistThe Bird Within MeSara LundbergShortlist2021The Bird Within MeSara Lundberg2021 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlistedThe Library BusBahram RahmanFinalist2021The Library BusBahram Rahman2021 Governor General's Award (illustration) finalistChild of St KildaBeth WatersShortlist2020Child of St KildaBeth Waters2020 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlistedMary and FrankensteinLinda BaileyShortlist2020Mary and FrankensteinLinda Bailey2020 Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted