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Ben's Trumpet
The mood, sounds, and rhythms of jazz pulsate through the illustrations as Ben sits on the fire escape and blows his imaginary trumpet to the jazz sounds emanating from the Zig Zig Jazz Club. Set in the twenties and illustrated with dynamic blackand-white drawings, this is the story of one boy's dream coming true.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1980 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780688801946
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The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi
Illusion and reality become blurred when the unruly dog the boy has been tending runs away into the secret, foreboding garden of a retired magician. The visual perspectives and the play of light on the gray pencil drawings create an eerie, mysterious feeling.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1980 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395278048
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Ox-Cart Man
Clean, uncluttered paintings capture the flavor of nineteenth-century New England as a family's day-to-day life is mandated by the changing season. There is a strong sense of the passage of time and rhythm of life in this book.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1980 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780670533282
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The Treasure
A poor man dreams that he must go to the castle bridge and wait for something that will turn about his fortunes. Traveling far to get there, he learns that the treasure is under his own stove. Illustrations with softly glowing colors and a striking use of light depict traditional eastern European villages and countrysides.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1980 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780374377403