Showing 1–10 of 10 titles
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Afternoon of the Elves
Fascinated by Sarah-Kate's backyard elf village, Hillary is unprepared for the secret side of the older girl's life. Strong, tough, an outcast at school, Sarah-Kate has been doing whatever she must to care for herself and her mentally ill mother. When her plight is discovered by adults, disturbing but necessary changes occur.- Fiction, Fantasy
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780531084373
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Bill Peet: An Autobiography
From the time he learned to manipulate a crayon, drawing has been a consuming passion for Bill Peet. He tells how that passion affected his life, from childhood, through his work at the Disney Studios, to his life as an author. Using his usual artistic style, Peet has filled his autobiography with new black-and-white illustrations.- Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780395509326
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Buster's World
With robust humor, a would-be musician copes with taunting classmates and an alcoholic father.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 1990 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780525444756
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Color Zoo
Vibrant colors and overlays of geometric-shaped cutouts in heavy paper combine to create expressive animal faces. The text is simply a one-word identification of the shape or animal. All of the action is in the creative paper engineering.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590979351
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Eight goblins haunt the old synagogue, preventing the villagers from celebrating Hanukkah until Hershel arrives to outwit all of the creatures. The dark illustrations are charged with energy as they show the imaginatively wicked goblins trying to frighten Hershel away.- Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780823407699
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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Suspense and drama are lightened with bits of humor as the wolf Lon Po Po tries to trick three children into letting him into their house. Though he succeeds, the children quickly turn the tables on the wily animal. The artist uses vivid watercolors and pastels to create dramatic panel pictures.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1990 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780399216190
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Number the Stars
When ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen's family decides to pretend that her friend Ellen Rosen is her sister, they become involved in the effort to save the Danish Jews from the Nazis. As the author deftly portrays deep friendship, a strong family, and heroism in wartime, the story builds to a tense climax.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780544340008
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Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind
Spirited and courageous Shabanu, younger daughter of present-day Pakistani camel herders, loves her family's life and her role in caring for their camels. Both Shabanu and her older sister are betrothed to brothers, but as her sister's wedding nears, a calam ity occurs that changes forever the life of independent Shabanu.- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9781406353563
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The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
Running away from her angry mother and spoiled sister, Blanche is befriended by a strange old woman who owns a cow with two heads and chickens that lay talking eggs. The eerie and suspenseful black folktale is filled with watercolor pictures of deep woods and strange sights.- Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780803706194
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The Winter Room
From the first page to the last, this story of farm life in northern Min nesota is so engrossing that the place and the people seem real. Eldon, the eleven-year-old narrator, takes the reader through the seasons and into the winter room, where stories are “not for believing so much, as to be be lieved in.”- Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1990 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: (0-531-05839-5)