Annal:1990 Randolph Caldecott Medal
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Results of the Randolph Caldecott Medal 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 Peet: An Autobiography
- 1990 Caldecott honor
- 1989 Golden Kite-nonfiction honor
- 1989 Golden Kite-picturebook illustration honor
- Score: 18.4
Bill Peet tells his life story, including his years with Disney, with illustrations on every page.
- 1990 Caldecott honor
- Score: 6.4
Shapes and colors in your zoo, lots of things that you can do. Heads and ears, beaks and snouts, that’s what animals are all about. I know animals and you do too; make some new ones for your zoo.
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
Robert D. San Souci, Jerry Pinkney
- 1990 Caldecott honor
- Score: 6.4
The author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktale that captures the unique flavor of the American South.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Eric A. Kimmel, Trina Schart Hyman
- 1990 Caldecott honor
- Score: 6.4
An original story in the tradition of the old Yiddish folk tales about Hershel Ostropolier. This book is welcome both as a Hanukkah story and as a trickster tale.
