Annal:1994 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 1994. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1994 Caldecott winner
- 1994 Horn Book-picture winner
- Score: 20.44
Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather’s life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family’s unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.
- 1994 Caldecott honor
- 1994 Horn Book-picture honor
- Score: 12.44
Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket. “Fuzzy goes where I go,” said Owen. But Mrs. Tweezers disagreed. She thought Owen was too old for a blanket. Owen disagreed. No matter what Mrs. Tweezers came up with, Blanket Fairies or vinegar, Owen had the answer. But when school started, Owen’t mother knew just what to do, and everyone—Owen, Fuzzy, and even Mrs. Tweezers—was happy.
A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North
- 1994 Horn Book-picture honor
- Score: 6.44
One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero.
In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sís explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with…
