Showing 1–6 of 6 titles

• Award year: 1964

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  All in the Morning Early

  By Sorche Nic Leodhas, Evaline Ness (Illustrator)

  Asked by his mother to take a sack of corn to the mill, Sandy starts on his way. With each animal or person he meets along the way, the cumulative rhythmic tale grows longer. The drawings, with their overlapping colors, place the scene in Scotland, where the old rhyme originated.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1964 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780030801129
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  It's Like This, Cat

  By Emily Neville

  When his father suggests that owning a dog might be good for him, fourteen-yearold Dave defiantly goes to Aunt Kate the Cat Woman and adopts a stray. The cat ends up leading him to new people and adventures all over Manhattan—and even to an appreciation for his parents.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1964 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780060243906
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  The Loner

  By Ester Wier

  Both nameless and homeless, the boy wanders the country with other migrants, hoping to find work and food. Finally, lost and weak from hunger, he collapses and is found by a woman called The Boss. The gruff but gentle sheep rancher names him David and gives him a chance to make his own life on her Montana ranch.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1964 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780679200970
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  Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

  By Philip Reed

  Wood engravings, both serious and silly in approach, decorate nearly all sixty-six rhymes and proverbs included in this collection. Large print, generous margins, crisp and colorful engravings, and just one or two nursery rhymes a page encourage a lingering look at each illustration.

  • Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1964 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780895260987
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  Swimmy

  By Leo Lionni

  Swimmy, a small, black fish, convinces a school of small fish to swim in the formation of a large fish, thus proving that in numbers there is strength. The watery world is filled with shapes, patterns, and colors.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1964 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780399555503
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  Where the Wild Things Are

  By Maurice Sendak

  Sent to bed without any supper, Max travels far to where the wild things are. Taming them with a special magic trick, Max suddenly longs to be at home. The pictures are full of movement and magic, and in several two-page spreads without text they are absolutely boisterous.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1964 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780060254933