Caldecott Award Winning Illustrated Children's Books: 1970-1979

1979 winner: Written and illustrated by Paul Goble. Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

1978 winner: Illustrated by Peter Spier. Published by Doubleday.

Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.

1977 winner: Written by Margaret Musgrove; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Published by Dial Press.

Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

1976 winner: Retold by Verna Aardema; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Published by Dial Press.

Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.

1975 winner: Adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. Published by Viking Press.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

1974 winner: Retold by Harve Zemach; illustrated by Margot Zemach. Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

1973 winner: Retold by Arlene Mosel; illustrated by Blair Lent. Published by Dutton.

While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.

1972 winner: Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.

1971 winner: Retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley. Published by Atheneum.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

1970 winner: Illustrated by William Steig. Published by Windmill Books.

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.