Showing 1–12 of 12 titles
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1 is One
Simple verse and delicate old-fashioned paintings and drawings introduce numerals from one to twenty. Each page is bordered with charming drawings of wild flowers. Within the borders children and scenes from nature represent the number depicted.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780809810475
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Anatole
Shocked and shaken when he overhears humans saying that mice are terrible and dirty, Anatole the mouse determines to give humans something in return for the food he takes. Red, white, blue, and gray illustrations alternate with black-and-white ones as they reveal the world from the perspective of a French mouse.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780370007274
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Black Fox of Lorne
Shipwrecked off the coast of medieval Scotland, identical twins Jan and Brus are the only ones left alive when their father and his men are murdered. They survive by tricking the Scots into thinking that only one of them exists. Having sworn to avenge their father's murder, they foil the man's treasonous plot and keep their vow.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780385083003
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The Corn Grows Ripe
A happy but often irresponsible twelve-year-old Yucatan boy must suddenly grow up when his father is injured. Tigre bravely goes to another village to get a bonesetter and then sets about clearing and burning the family's new cornfield, a ritualized duty that goes back to Mayan times. He proves he can be reliable.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670241682
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Gillespie and the Guards
Gillespie sets out to fool the three haughty guards by the old trick of the obvious. Robust illustrations are filled with humor and point with pride to the little boy who outsmarts the smug guards.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780670340835
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The House of Sixty Fathers
Alone in his family sampan, Tien Pao lands in Japanese-occupied China and begins a dangerous journey back to Hengyang during World War II. On his way, a company of American airmen adopt him, and he finds himself with sixty strange but kind fathers who help him find his family.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060214814
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Lion
High in the sky, in the place where animals are invented, the boss comes up with a wonderful new name for an animal—“lion.” His difficulty in deciding what it should look like is depicted in a line drawing of his original idea of a lion, complete with feathers, fur, and fish scales.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780140504170
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Miracles on Maple Hill
When her father finally returns from being a prisoner of war, Marley's family decides to try to make a new beginning on a beautiful farm in Pennsylvania. During their first year there, they marvel at the miracle of the sap rising in the maple trees and the changes in each other.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780152545581
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Mr. Justice Holmes
The son of a famous writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is a daydreamer whose brilliance is not always apparent to his family. After serving in the Civil War, he becomes a lawyer and a teacher, trying to make law interesting and clear to those entering the profession. Well-respected but never wealthy, he becomes one of the country's most highly esteemed Supreme Court justices.- Nonfiction, History, Biography
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780695460259
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Mr. Penny's Race Horse
Mr. Penny promises his animals a ride on the Ferris wheel if they win enough prize money at the fair. In an attempt to make sure they win first prize, the animals cause chaos. The dark black-and-white illustrations of the farm and the fair are all set within a border.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 172836
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Old Yeller
Left to help care for the homestead while his father takes their cattle to Kansas, fourteen-year-old Travis initially resents the intrusion of the big yellow dog. The dog proves his worth by rescuing little Arliss from a bear and Travis from wild hogs, guaranteeing himself a home.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1957 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060115456
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A Tree is Nice
Trees are wonderful: They give shade, are fun to climb, are great to swing from, and even give cats a place to hide from dogs. Illustrated with watercolors, this book is a celebration of trees.- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1957 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780060261566