Jumanji
By: Chris Van Allsburg
Medal Winner
NOT REVIEWED
The game under the tree looked like a hundred others Peter and Judy had at home. But they were bored and restless and, looking for something interesting to do, thought they’d give Jumanji a try. Little did they know when they unfolded its ordinary-looking playing board that they were about to be plunged into the most exciting and bizarre adventure of their lives.
In his second book for children, Chris Van Allsburg again explores the ever-shifting line between fantasy and reality with this story about a game that comes startlingly to life. His marvelous drawings beautifully convey a mix of the everyday and the extraordinary, as a quiet house is taken over by an exotic jungle.
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On Market Street
By: Arnold Lobel
Illustrated by: Anita Lobel
Honor
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Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street—each composed of his or her wares—will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.
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Outside Over There
By: Maurice Sendak
Honor
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With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.
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A Visit to William Blake's Inn
By: Nancy Willard
Illustrated by: Martin and Alice Provensen
Honor
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Tyger, Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame they fearful symmetry?
The author of these much-quoted lines is William Blake, who painted and wrote his marvelous books nearly two hundred years ago. Inspired by Blake's work, Nancy Willard has written a book of magical poems about life at an imaginary inn, run by none other than William Blake himself.
The flawlessly crafted illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen reflect their deep love for William Blake and the London in which he lived. Together, text and illustrations combine to create a once-in-a-lifetime book that will be cherished by readers of all ages.
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Where the Buffaloes Begin
By: Olaf Baker
Illustrated by: Stephen Gammell
Honor
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Over the blazing camp-fires, when the wind moaned eerily through the thickets of juniper and fir, they spoke of it in the Indian tongue—of the strange lake to the south whose waters never rest. And Nawa, the wise man, declared that if you arrived at the right time, on the right night, you would see the buffaloes rise out of the middle of the lake and come crowding to the shore; for there, he said, was the sacred spot where the buffaloes began.
So begins the tale of Little Wolf, a courageous boy who longs to find the lake where the buffaloes begin. Early one morning Little Wolf unhobbles his pony and heads south, starting the adventure that will end with a wild and unforgettable ride through the night to save his people.
Olaf Baker captures the sights and sounds of the great prairie that is Little Wolf's home, and Stephen Gammell's drawings bring the mighty buffaloes to life as they sweep, with a terrifying roar, out of the lake.
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