Showing 1–9 of 9 titles
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The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
Taro has earned his nickname because of his laziness and penchant for sleeping. When he turns trickster to stop his industrious mother's nagging, she in turn outwits him. The handsome pictures are noticeably influenced by eighteenth-century Japanese woodcuts and reflect the culture of the land where this folktale originated.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395440902
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Crutches
In war-ravaged Europe, a boy and an embittered man gradually become friends as the lad searches for his mother.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1989 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780688079918
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Free Fall
In a book made more powerful because it has no words to stifle the imagination, a boy falls asleep and dreams of fantastic adventures. In this visual story, the objects around the boy evolve from one thing into another and then back to their original shapes.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780688109905
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The antithesis of the typical sweet, demure Goldilocks, this little girl with her bouncing golden ringlets is brash, irreverent, and captivating. Set in the present day, the briefly told nursery story abounds with color, humor, and wit.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590449922
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In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
Stories from African, Chinese, Native American, and Guinean peoples are represented among the twenty-five creation myths found in this collection. Faithfully retold, the stories are followed by notes about their sources. Dramatic watercolor paintings accent each tale.- Nonfiction, Religion
- John Newbery Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780606005197
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Fourteen poems, using two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes together, offer listeners a look at what insects just might think of themselves and their world. The book lice, grasshoppers, house crickets, and their poetic companions are illustrated in soft yet often comical black-and-white pencil drawings.- Nonfiction, Poetry
- John Newbery Medal 1989 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780060218522
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
A sparkling, energetic Mirandy vows to dance with the wind at her first cakewalk— but to do that, she must catch it first. Lush, expansive illustrations of the rural South capture the vigor and imagination of the story.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780394987651
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Scorpions
Hoping to find a way to raise money for an appeal for his imprisoned older brother, twelve-year-old Jamal agrees to try to become the leader of his brother's Harlem gang, the Scorpions. Involvement with the gang (and the gun he is given) leads to tragedy for Jamal and his friend Tito.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780060243647
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Song and Dance Man
When his grandchildren come to visit, Grandpa whisks them up to the attic, where he performs an exciting vaudeville routine. The colored-pencil sketches are alive with movement and drama.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1989 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780394893303