Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal
• Genre: Nonfiction
• Award year: 2006

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  Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride

  By Marjorie Priceman

  Energetic lines and rich watercolors animate this aerial adventure over eighteenthcentury France. Priceman, who received a 1996 Caldecott honor for Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, combines spare text, dynamic design, and masterful perspective to illuminate the humor and high jinks of three animals swept up in the winds of history.

  • Nonfiction, Technology
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780689826429
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  Rosa

  By Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

  From the arresting cover through the endpapers, Rosa, with Giovanni's spare, elegant prose and Collier's iconic illustrations, celebrates the quiet courage of Rosa Parks. Radiant watercolors of faces and hands highlighted against the edges of richly colored collages create a distinguished work of art.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780805071061
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  Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems

  By Joyce L :Sidman, Beckie Prange (Illustrator)

  Eleven joyful songs of everyday pond life throughout the seasons are celebrated through this elegant and satisfying combination of visual drama, poetry, and scientific facts. The organic lines of Prange's exceptionally executed, hand-colored woodblock illustrations enlarge upon Sidman's expressive nature-themed poems.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780618135479