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1980s Caldecott Winners

1989 - Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
Call Number: E A182s

ISBN: 0394893301

Publication Date: 2003

Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
1988 - Owl Moon by Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Y54o

ISBN: 9780399214578

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
1987 - Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Y61h

ISBN: 0374429855

A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.
1986 - The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: E V217p

ISBN: 0395389496

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
1985 - Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges; Trina Schart Hyman
Call Number: E H689s

ISBN: 0316367893

Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
1984 - The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen (Illustrator); Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
Call Number: 926 B647p

ISBN: 0670342599

A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Blériot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900s.
1983 - Shadow by Marcia Brown (Illustrator, Translator); French of Blaise Cendrars (Translator)
Call Number: E C395s

ISBN: 0684172267

Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting image of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
1982 - Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
Call Number: E V217j

ISBN: 0395304482

Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
1981 - Fables by Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
Call Number: E L797fa

ISBN: 0060239735

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
1980 - Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall; Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)
Call Number: E H175ox

ISBN: 0140504419

Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.