Annal:1990 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 1990. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
- 1990 Caldecott winner
- 1990 Horn Book-picture winner
- Score: 20.4
This “gripping variation of Red Riding Hood…is an outstanding achievement that will be pored over again and again” (School Library Journal, starred review). “The illustrations seem to throb with the mystery and terror of the wolf.”—The Horn Book, starred review.
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert
- 1990 Horn Book-picture honor
- Score: 6.4
In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no—Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!
The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Elhert’s rainbow of bright, bold, and cheerful colors makes the merry parade of letters unforgettable.
