Showing 1–8 of 8 titles

• Audience: Middle
• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal
• Genre: Fiction

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  Coming on Home Soon

  By Jacqueline Woodson, E.B. Lewis (Illustrator)

  Evocative watercolor paintings illuminate a story of cross-generational love and convey the longing of a child anticipating her mother's return. Lewis's portraiture and attention to light sources, from cold winter hues to warm interior tones, reflect the loneliness of the child and the comforting strength of her grandmother.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2005 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780399237485
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  A Different Pond

  By Bao Phi, Thi Bui (Illustrator)

  In this gentle, honest tale of immigrant survival, a young Vietnamese American boy and his father go on an early morning fishing trip. Based on the experiences of both the Vietnamese American illustrator and author, this story depicts the immigrant experience as well as universal themes of family, love, and survival.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2018, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2018 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781623708030
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  Golem

  By David Wisniewski

  The Jews in sixteenth-century Prague turn to their rabbi during time of trouble. The Golem, created to protect the Jews, reflects the themes of power and redemption. How the rabbi deals with the soulless clay giant is a tale that is detailed through intricate paper-cuts.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1997 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780395726181
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  Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

  By Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

  Inspired by an antique lithograph, Nelson has created dramatically luminous illustrations that portray Henry “Box” Brown's ingenious design to ship himself in a box from slavery to freedom.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2008 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780545134552
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  How I Learned Geography

  By Uri Shulevitz

  Recounting memories of his family's flight from the Warsaw blitz and his years as a refugee during World War II, Shulevitz employs watercolor and ink to depict a boy liberated from his dreary existence through flights of fancy.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780374334994
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  The Invention of Hugo Cabret

  By Brian Selznick

  Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls of a train station where he labors to complete a mysterious invention left by his father. In a work of more than five hundred pages, the suspenseful text and wordless double-page spreads narrate the tale in turns. Black-and-white pencil illustrations evoke the flickering images of the silent films to which the book pays homage.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2008 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780439813785
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  John Henry

  By Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

  Pinkney's earthy, craggy pencil and watercolor illustrations capture both the power and the humanity of this African-American folk-hero. Masterful use of light and shadow portray the strength and mass of the Allegheny Mountains, which match the magnitude of John Henry, while delicate shading and mottled color suggest the detail of a realistic natural setting enlivened with touches of whimsy.

  • Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1995 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780803716063
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  Rapunzel

  By Paul O. Zelinsky

  Zelinsky retells the story based on the familiar Grimm's folktale as well as earlier French and Italian sources. The detailed oil paintings are inspired by Renaissance Masters' paintings.

  • Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1998 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780525456070