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• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal
• Award year: 2011

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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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  Interrupting Chicken

  By David Ezra Stein

  Stein's hilarious story presents Little Chicken and her long-suffering Papa, who just wants to get through a bedtime story without his daughter's metafictive disruptions. Exuberant artwork shifts media and style, taking readers into three fairy tales, culminating in Little Chicken's “Bedtime for Papa,” but truly delivering a story for all.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780763641689
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  A Sick Day for Amos McGee

  By Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)

  In this tender tale of reciprocity and friendship, zookeeper Amos McGee gets the sniffles and receives a surprise visit from his caring animal friends. Erin Stead's delicate woodblock prints and fine pencil work complement Philip Stead's understated, spare and humorous text to create a well-paced, gentle and satisfying book, perfect for sharing with friends.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2011 (Medal Winner)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781596434028