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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
In a vibrant, joyful tribute to the barbershop experience, a young black boy relishes in the majesty of a fresh new cut. -
Du Iz Tak?
As a tiny plant springs from the ground, curious bugs watch it grow and marvel in their own buggy language. Whimsically detailed paintings showcase their activities and the subtly passing seasons.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2017 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780763665302
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Journey
Finding a magical red crayon, a bored and lonely girl draws a new door on her bedroom wall that leads her to a wondrous but perilous new world. Her drab, sepia-toned, humdrum reality gives way to sumptuous, lushly-hued watercolor and pen and ink landscapes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780763660536
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The Lion & the Mouse
The screech of an owl, the squeak of a mouse, and the roar of a lion transport readers to the Serengeti plains for this virtually wordless retelling of Aesop's classic fable. In glowing colors, Pinkney's textured watercolor illustrations masterfully portray the rela tionship between two very unlikely friends.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2010 (Medal Winner)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780316013567
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Smoky Night
Inspired by the Los Angeles riots, Smoky Night relates the happenings of a night of urban rioting from a child's perspective. With thickly textured, expressionistic acrylic paintings set against mixed-media collages, Diaz creates dramatic, groundbreaking il lus trations of the night's events. Both language and illustration convey the universal im portance of human interaction through the personal story of one little boy and his cat.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1995 (Medal Winner)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780152699543
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Swamp Angel
In this original tall tale, Angelica Longrider, known as Swamp Angel, wrestles the huge bear Thundering Tarnation to save the winter supplies of settlers in Tennessee. With his whimsical illustrations, Paul O. Zelinsky has created a memorable heroine with the grit and gusto of a Paul Bunyan. Primitive-style oil paintings on cherry, maple, and birch veneers capture the folksy feel of life in nineteenth- century Tennessee.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1995 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780525452713
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They All Saw a Cat
Readers observe a cat from a variety of perspectives as he sees and is seen by a cast of characters.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2017 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9781452150130
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The Three Pigs
In The Three Pigs, the plot and form of a familiar folktale unravel as the pigs are huffed and puffed off the page and into a new world. The trio cavorts through scenes from a nursery rhyme to a fairy tale, liberating other characters on the fly. Using a range of artistic styles and thrilling perspectives, Wiesner plays with the structure and conventions of traditional storytelling, rede fin ing the picture book.
- Fiction, General Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2002 (Medal Winner)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780618007011
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Time Flies
Stunning oil paintings in this wordless picture book dramatically portray a bird's flight though a museum display into the age of the living dinosaurs, where it encounters creatures vastly larger than itself. Rohmann uses rich, realistic shading; texture; and varying perspectives to create the bird's fanciful journey back to the time of its primitive ancestors.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1995 (Honor Title)
- All Ages
- ISBN: 9780517595985