Showing 1–8 of 8 titles

• Format: Book
• Award year: 1962

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  Belling The Tiger

  By Mary Stolz

  Asa and Rambo, the two smallest mice, are given the dubious honor of belling the cat. While getting the bell, the two accidentally get stuck on a ship and travel to a tropical island where they “bell” a tiger. Home again, the diminutive duo have the courage to demand a raise in status.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780060258115
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  The Bronze Bow

  By Elizabeth George Speare

  At the death of his parents, Daniel swears vengeance against the Roman invaders. For five years he hides in the mountains of Galilee with a band of rebels but finally must return to care for his sister. He meets Jesus but refuses to accept his message of love, wanting revenge instead. Only when all seems nearly lost does he start to understand the power of love.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1962 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780395071137
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  The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up

  By Alice E. Goudey, Adrienne Adams (Illustrator)

  In this poetic science book, two children get up very early in the morning and see the sun come up. They watch their long shadows and see what happens to them later in the day. Illustrations are in appropriate colors—gray and shadowy in the early morning, bright and clear at noon.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 49536756
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  Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song

  By Peter Spier

  Alternating double-page spreads of full-color and black-and-white detailed drawings greatly extend the story told in the old song. The fox kills a duck and a goose, outruns the farmer, and dines with his wife with fork and knife while the ten little pups chew on the “bones-o.” The musical score is appended.

  • Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780140503043
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  Frontier Living

  By Edwin Tunis

  Beginning with the settlement of the Piedmont area in the early 1700s, nineteen distinct frontier movements take American settlers from the East Coast across the continent and through the nineteenth century. Details of daily life and carefully drawn pictures of the people and objects show what makes this era unique.

  • Nonfiction, History, American History
  • John Newbery Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9781585741373
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  The Golden Goblet

  By Eloise Jarvis McGraw

  Under the control of his cruel and unscrupulous half-brother, Gebu, Ranofer, a boy of ancient Egypt who lives in Thebes, is sent to work for a goldsmith. Slowly he discovers that Gebu is stealing gold objects from the Valley of the Tombs, and he must find a way to expose him.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780140303353
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  Little Bear's Visit

  By Else H. Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

  Little Bear thoroughly enjoys his visit with his grandparents and delights in the stories they tell. The brown, green, and black-and-white illustrations of the cuddly, loving Little Bear and his fully clothed grandparents are enhanced with fine crosshatching.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1962 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780060242664
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  Once a Mouse

  By Marcia Brown

  The brief, carefully chosen text taken from a fable of ancient India tells of a hermit magician that changes a mouse into a cat, a dog, a tiger, and finally back into a mouse again. Illustrated in woodcuts filled with patterns, the overlaying of the gold, red, and black add even more dimension.

  • Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1962 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780684126623