Showing 1–7 of 7 titles

• Audience: Middle
• Format: Book
• Award year: 2011

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  ¡Olé! Flamenco

  By George Ancona

  ¡Olé! Flamenco offers a well-written, non-fiction introductory book on the Spanish art of flamenco, including its history as an expressive art form. Ancona describes flamenco in easy and understandable language for those not familiar with the art form.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Performing Arts
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781600603617
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  Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

  By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Brian Floca (Illustrator)

  From behind the scenes to actual performances, “Ballet for Martha” traces the evolution of the ballet “Appalachian Spring.”  Floca's uncluttered watercolors support the spare, dynamic text, resulting in a balanced, insightful portrayal of creative collaboration.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Performing Arts
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781596433380
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  Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave

  By Laban Carrick Hill, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

  Collier's arrestingly beautiful artistic interpretation of Hill's poetic text reveals Dave the potter's artistic process while also conveying the dignified triumph of his humanity in the face of oppression. Lush, earth-toned, multimedia collages are illuminated in soft, ethereal light that focuses the eye on the subject of each spread.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780316107310
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  Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot

  By Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop (Illustrator)

  “Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot,” published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company,is an inspiring call to action. This visually appealing and engaging book takes readers on an unforgettable journey to New Zealand. Naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife photographer Nic Bishop document the successes and failures of the rescue team dedicated to saving a species of flightless parrot numbering fewer than 100.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2011 (Medal Winner)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780618494170
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  Me, Frida

  By Amy Novesky, David Diaz (Illustrator)

  “Me, Frida” tells the story of newly married Frida Kahlo and her husband, Mexican painter Diego Rivera, and their time spent in San Francisco in 1930. Diaz's paintings resemble Kahlo's folkloric style. The charcoal and acrylic paintings created in warm vibrant colors picture detailed cityscapes, landscapes, and building interiors as well as Frida and other figures.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780810989696
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  One Crazy Summer

  By Rita Williams-Garcia

  The voices of sisters Delphine, Vonetta and Fern sing in three-part harmony in this wonderfully nuanced, humorous novel set in 1968 Oakland, Calif. One crazy summer, the three girls find adventure when they are sent to meet their estranged poet-mother Cecile, who prints flyers for the Black Panthers.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780060760885
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  Turtle in Paradise

  By Jennifer L Holm

  Sassy eleven-year-old Turtle finds her life turned on end when she is sent to live with her aunt in Depression-era Key West. With vivid details, witty dialogue and outrageous escapades, Jennifer Holm successfully explores the meaning of family and home… and lost treasures found.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780375836886