Annal:1994 Batchelder Award
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Results of the Batchelder Award in the year 1994. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1994 Batchelder winner
- Score: 10.44
In Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old apprentice Arduino’s dreams of being a painter are challenged after he discovers the extreme measures the Maestro Cosimo di Forlç will take in the name of jealousy. Arduino faces a decision that could cost him his only chance to realize his life's dream.
The Princess in the Kitchen Garden
Annemie Heymans, Margriet Heymans
- 1994 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.44
As their father becomes more absorbed in his work, Matthew and his sister Hannah come to terms with their mother's death in very unusual ways.
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance
Ruud Van Der Rol, Rian Verhoeven
- 1994 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.44
In over one hundred pictures, many never before published, Anne's life before she was forced into hiding is uncovered. Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary captures the childhood of almost any girl we might know, one with a lively personality, friends, and family. We can imagine her hopes, her dreams. Photographs and excerpts from Anne's diaries expose the worsening political situation and oppressive conditions that marked the last years of her life. Finally, the testimony of the people who last saw Anne and her sister Margot alive reveals the tragedy that followed.
