Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Award year: 1983
• Genre: Fiction
• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal

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  A Chair for My Mother

  By Vera B. Williams

  After a fire destroys their home, a little girl, her waitress mother, and the girl's grandmother move into an apartment. They start saving all their coins for a big, comfortable chair for Mama and Grandma. The watercolor paintings have a suitably childlike look.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780688009151
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  Shadow

  By Blaise Cendrars, Marcia Brown (Illustrator)

  Translated from the French poet Blaise Cendrars's work, this symbolic mood piece reflects stories told by African storytellers and shamans around a nighttime fire. Rich colors with black cutout accents create the visual image of the prowling, dancing, mute shadow.

  • Fiction, Poetry
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1983 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780689718755
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  When I Was Young in the Mountains

  By Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator)

  The author affectionately recalls a childhood spent with her family in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Warm family scenes are filled with friendly, happy people. Many of the illustrations drift off into the mountain mist and bring a peacefulness to the recalled pleasures.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1983 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780525425250