Annal:2004 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book
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Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 2004. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- 2004 Horn Book-picture winner
- 2004 Caldecott honor
- Score: 16.54
In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and—in two dramatic foldout spreads—the vertiginous drama of Petit’s feat.
- 2004 Horn Book-picture honor
- 2003 Greenaway Medal honor
- Score: 12.54
The same family that had such an enlightening experience in Anthony Browne’s Zoo is now going to an art museum, Mom’s choice for her birthday treat. But wisecracking Dad and their two sons are skeptical about how much fun this trip will be, and they’re not quite sure what to make of the art. (“What on earth is that supposed to be?” asks Dad.) But, with Mom’s help, once the boys start really looking at the paintings, they begin to find what pleasures they contain. Most of the family leave with a new appreciation of art—Dad is just never going to get it—as well as…
- 2004 Horn Book-picture honor
- Score: 6.54
What does it
take to make
snow music? A boy and a girl.
Neighbors.
A squirrel, rabbit,
deer, and bird.
Also neighbors.
A dog.
Lost and then found. And snow falling. Peth.
And melting. Drip.
And falling again.
Peth.
Peth.
Peth. You can listen.
You can also sing along.
