1980s - Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards - LibGuides at Unger Memorial Library

1980

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Childtimes : a three-generation memoir by Eloise Greenfield; Lessie J. Little; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-920 GRE (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780690038750
Publication Date: 1979-10-01
Childhood memoirs of three black women--grandmother, mother, and daughter-who grew up between the 1880's and the 1950's.

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: Easy VAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395278048
Publication Date: 1979-10-10
When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary dog.

1981

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The Hospital Book by James Howe; Mal Warshaw (Photographer); Crown Publishing Group Staff
Call Number: J-362.11 HOW (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688127312
Publication Date: 1988-12-12
A guide to a stay in the hospital discussing what happens there, the people one meets, what will hurt, and how one gets better and goes home.

Outside over There by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SEN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060255244
Publication Date: 1981-04-01
With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.

Where the Buffaloes Begin

Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780723262572
Publication Date: 1984-04-01
After hearing the legend retold by the tribe's oldest member, Little Wolf hopes to someday witness the beginning of the buffaloes at the sacred lake.

On Market Street

On Market Street by Arnold Lobel; Anita Lobel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688843090
Publication Date: 1981-04-01
A child buys presents from A to Z in the shops along Market Street.

Jumanji

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy VAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395304488
Publication Date: 1981-04-27
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.

1982

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Upon the Head of the Goat : a childhood in Hungary by Aranka Siegal
Call Number: J-947.7 SIE (Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780374380595
Publication Date: 1981-12-01
Recounts the bewilderment of being a Jewish child in Hungary between 1939 and 1944, and relates the ordeal of survival in the ghetto.

A Visit to William Blake's Inn : poems for innocent and experienced travelers by Nancy Willard; Alice Provensen (Illustrator); Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-811.54 WIL (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152938222
Publication Date: 1981-09-08
Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake’s imaginary inn and its unusual guests.

1983

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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399208942
Publication Date: 1982-08-13
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.

Homesick

Homesick : my own story by Jean Fritz; Margot Tomes (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-FIction FR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399209338
Publication Date: 1982-10-08
The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's.

Dicey's Song

Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H2 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689309441
Publication Date: 1982-09-01
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey must decide what she wants for her siblings and herself.

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy WIL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688009151
Publication Date: 1982-10-01
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

Friends

Friends by Helme Heine (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689502569
Publication Date: 1982-12-01
The adventures of Charlie Rooster, Johnny Mouse, and fat Percy the pig on the farm.

Yeh-Shen

Yeh-Shen : a Cinderella story from China by Ai-Ling Louie; Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399209000
Publication Date: 1982-11-05
A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince.

Doctor De Soto

Doctor de Soto by William Steig (Illustrator); William Stein
Call Number: Easy ST (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780374318031
Publication Date: 1982-11-01
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

1984

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A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson
Call Number: J-Fiction WR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780140318470
Publication Date: 1987-08-04
A strong-minded old woman struggles with an ancient gnome for the right to live in her own small cottage.

A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H3 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689310089
Publication Date: 1983-07-01
Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.

Queen Eleanor

Queen Eleanor : independent spirit of the Medieval world by Polly Schoyer Brooks
Call Number: J-942 ELE (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395981399
Publication Date: 1999-10-25
A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the very lively wife of Henry II and mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted.

Children of the Wild West

Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman; George Buctel (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-305.2 FRE (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780899191430
Publication Date: 1983-10-24
Historical photographs with explanatory text present a picture of life in the American West from 1840 to the early 1900s.

1985

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The Moves Make the Man : a novel by Bruce Brooks
Call Number: J-Fiction BR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060206987
Publication Date: 1984-09-26
A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg
Call Number: J-942 BLU (Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780688037239
Publication Date: 1985-06-20
Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements.

Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780064430784
Publication Date: 2008-08-12
Miles and the Swamp Band have the time of their lives playing at the Alligator Ball, until they discover the menu includes Swamp Band Soup.

How Much Is a Million?

How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz; Steven Kellogg (Illustrator); David Schwartz
Call Number: Easy SCH (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688040499
Publication Date: 1985-05-17
Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

Like Jake and Me

Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes; Lloyd Bloom (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy JU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780394856087
Publication Date: 1984-08-12
Alex feels that he does not have much in common with his stepfather Jake until a fuzzy spider brings them together.

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: Easy VAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395353936
Publication Date: 1984-09-24
Presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title and a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story.

1986

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Auks, Rocks and the Odd Dinosaur by Peggy Thomson
Call Number: J-508 THO (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780690044928
Publication Date: 1985-11-01
Reveals the inner workings of the Museum of Natural History through historical anecdotes and descriptions of how exhibits are researched, prepared, and maintained.

The Truth about Santa Claus by James Cross Giblin
Call Number: J-394.2682 GIB (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780690044836
Publication Date: 1985-11-01
Explains how historical facts, religious mythology, folklore, tradition, and commercial promotion have combined to give us the modern figure of Santa Claus.

The Paper Crane by Molly Bang (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688041083
Publication Date: 1985-10-21
A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: Easy VAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395389492
Publication Date: 1985-10-28
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

1987

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The Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SEW (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689312502
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Chronicles, in text and illustrations, the day-to-day life of the early Pilgrims in the Plimouth Colony.

The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks

The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks by Joanna Cole; Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy CO
ISBN: 9780590403610
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

Being Born

Being Born by Sheila Kitzinger; Lennart Nilsson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-618.2 KIT (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780448189901
Publication Date: 1986-10-27
Photographs and text describe the baby's nine-month journey from conception to birth.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy STE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688040468
Publication Date: 1987-03-31
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy WIL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688051457
Publication Date: 1986-10-20
No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.

1988

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The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor; Max Ginsburg (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction TA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803704176
Publication Date: 1987-09-30
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930's.

Joyful Noise : poems for two voices by Paul Fleischman; Eric Beddows (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-811.54 FLE (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060218522
Publication Date: 1988-03-01
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.
Joyful Noise [CD] : I Am Phoenix : poems for two voices by Paul Fleischman; Melissa Hughes (Performed by); Scott Snively (Performed by)
Call Number: J-CD Nonfiction FL (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9781883332709
Publication Date: 2001-01-01

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder; Allen Say (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SNY (Easy FIction)
ISBN: 9780395440902
Publication Date: 1988-04-25
A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

1989

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The Village by the Sea by Paula Fox
Call Number: J-FIction FO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531057889
Publication Date: 1949-01-01
When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a friend who suggests making a miniature village in the sand.

The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-600 MAC (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395428573
Publication Date: 1988-10-24
Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines including a lawn sprinkler, pneumatic drill, electric guitar, and a smoke detector.

Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish by Philip M. Isaacson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-720 ISA (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780394993829
Publication Date: 2001-09-11
Explores various architectural styles around the world, depicting churches, fortresses, bridges, air terminals, mills, cliff dwellings, tombs, and lighthouses of particular note.

Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells
Call Number: Easy WEL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780140568431
Publication Date: 2001-06-25
Being painfully timid and shy does not keep a young mouse from rescuing his babysitter in an emergency situation, although after becoming a hero he still says zero.

Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards: 1980s