Shadow
1983 WINNER. Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
Cendrars, Blaise, 1887-1961.
J 841.912 CENDRAR
Jumanji
1982 WINNER. Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
Van Allsburg, Chris.
E VAN ALL
Fables
1981 WINNER. Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Lobel, Arnold.
E LOBEL
Ox-cart man
1980 WINNER. Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
Hall, Donald, 1928-
E HALL
The girl who loved wild horses
1979 WINNER. Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
Goble, Paul.
E GOBLE
Noah's ark
1978 WINNER. Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
Spier, Peter.
E 220.9505 SPIER
Ashanti to Zulu : African traditions
1977 WINNER. Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.
Arrow to the sun : a Pueblo Indian tale
1975 WINNER. An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.
McDermott, Gerald.
E 398.2 MCDERMO
Duffy and the devil : a Cornish tale
1974 WINNER. The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.