Showing 1–11 of 11 titles
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Annie and the Old One
Annie likes her life the way it is with her mother weaving, her father making jewelry, and her grandmother, the Old One, always there to tell her stories and to help with chores. When grandmother announces that she will die when the new rug is finished, Annie tries desperately to stop the inevitable by secretly unraveling the rug.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316571203
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Friedrich
Two young friends, one Jewish, grow up in Nazi Germany.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1972 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780808593027
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The Headless Cupid
Eleven-year-old David is pleased about his father's remarriage until he meets his new stepsister, Amanda, a self-proclaimed witch. Angry at her mother for remarrying, Amanda sets up situations that lead the other children to believe their house is haunted. Then unexplained events turn the tables, frightening even Amanda.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689704147
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Hildilid's Night
Hildilid hates the night and the creatures of it. She does everything she can to chase the night away. Pen-and-ink drawings composed of thousands of tiny lines add a moonlit quality to the pages. Only at the end, with the approach of dawn, does yellow come into the picture.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780582161382
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If All the Seas Were One Sea
An old nursery rhyme, its rise-and-fall rhythmic text reminiscent of the action of ocean waves, is treated to splendid etchings boldly filled with swirling, geometric lines of clear colors. The many shapes of each etching make a whole picture and provide the rhyme with even more momentum.- Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780027325409
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Incident at Hawk's Hill
Lonely, small, and frail, six-year-old Ben shies away from people but shows deep interest in and affinity toward animals. Lost during a storm, he takes refuge with a badger who has just lost her young. The badger adopts him, and he lives a feral life for three months until he is found. Convincingly written, the incident is based on an actual occurrence in 1870.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316208666
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book
Numbers from one to ten are represented by words in the Swahili language. Handsome, muted-gray double-page spread paintings depict scenes from Africa and relate to the illustrative sentences.- Nonfiction, Customs & Holidays
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9781435204843
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
When nothing she does seems to help her son Timothy get well, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, turns to a colony of super-intelligent rats for help. The rats' high intelligence is the result of experiments performed upon them by human scientists at NIMH. Now the rats are intent upon starting a new civilization free from human interference.- Fiction, Science Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780689206511
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One Fine Day
Punished by having his tail cut off when he drank all the milk in an old woman's pail, the fox pleads to have it sewn back on so his friends won't make fun of him. The old woman agrees to do it, but only after he has returned her milk. The subdued and uncluttered pictures reflect the humorous cumulative action of the Armenian tale.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1972 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780027440003
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The Planet of Junior Brown
For more than two months, huge, musical genius Junior Brown and his friend and protector Buddy Clark have been cutting classes and hiding in a secret basement room created by the school custodian. Buddy and Mr. Poole, the custodian, are trying desperately to help Junior, who seems to be slipping slowly but inexorably into madness.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780575041059
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The Tombs of Atuan
From the time Tenar was five, her life has been focused on the tombs and her future as their priestess. Renamed Arha, she guards the labyrinthine tunnels, knowing that they hide great treasure. When she finds a man (Ged of A Wizard of Earthsea) in the tunnels seeking the other half to the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, Arha is torn between her duty to kill him and her compassion for him.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780689206801