Annal:2007 Randolph Caldecott Medal
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Randolph Caldecott Medal in the year 2007. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2007 Caldecott winner
- Score: 10.57
A bright, science minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam—anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there’s no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share…and to keep.
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
- 2007 Caldecott honor
- Score: 6.57
Feast your eyes on these amazing creatures before they disappear. This stampede of wild animals, from Chinese Alligator to Grevy’s Zebra, are so rare, they’re all endangered. David McLiman’s bold and playful illustrations transform each letter into a work of art, graphically rendered with animal characteristics. Scales, horns, even insect wings transform the alphabet into animated life.
Once you take this eye-opening safari, you’ll never look at letters or animals with the same way again. A striking work of art and a zoological adventure, Gone Wild is sure to be loved by children and adults alike.
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson
- 2007 CS King-Illustrator winner
- 2007 Caldecott honor
- Score: 16.57
We know Harriet Tubman as the Moses of her people. The quintessential American hero, Tubman guided enslaved Africans along the Underground Railroad—a loose network of racially diverse helpers and top secret hideouts—from bondage of the South to freedom in North.
Yet little is known about Harriet’s first trip. Born into slavery, how did she become free? What was her first trip North like? And what inspired her to make nineteen more trips escorting hundreds of slaves, including her own parents, to freedom? Never once getting caught. Never once losing a passenger.
