Showing 1–7 of 7 titles
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Freight Train
Large pictures of the different freight cars are identified by name and by color. Soon the train begins to move into a blur of colors as it swiftly goes on its way.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1979 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780688801656
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The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
The kinship is so strong between a Plains Indian girl and the horses she has lived with since becoming lost in a storm, that eventually she becomes one of them. Sharp, brilliantly colored paintings sweep across the pages and are in perfect harmony with the story.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1979 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780027365702
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Abandoned as a preschooler, Gilly has gone through a succession of foster homes. Smart, self-sufficient, and superficially hard, Gilly manages to do just what she wants until she is sent to stay with Maime Trotter, a woman with a big heart, patience, and wisdom enough to know how to reach the unhappy girl.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1979 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780690038378
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Konrad
In this inventive fantasy, a woman adopts a boy who has been created perfectly in a factory.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1979 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780531013410
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Rabbit Island
Realism and fantasy blend in a satire about two rabbits who escape from a factory where they are held captive.- Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1979 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780152650346
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The Way to Start a Day
A vibrant sunflower yellow and other colors blend with crisp, black lines to make effective use of symbolism in celebration of the sun. Poetic prose tells how cultures throughout the ages have sung to the new day's sun to honor it.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1979 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780684156514
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The Westing Game
An expensive apartment building mysteriously fills up with sixteen occupants—all named as heirs or possible murderers in millionaire Sam Westing's will. The sixteen are paired, given $10,000, and challenged to discover who really killed Sam Westing.- Fiction, Mystery
- John Newbery Medal 1979 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780451480989