H.C. ANDERSEN AWARD 2006

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD

Bibliography of books written or illustrated by award winners

Compiled by Carole Cannon, Shoreline, WA 98177

catlcannon@yahoo.com

2006

Margaret Mahy (A) New Zealand

17 Kings and 42 Elephants. Dial Books for Young Readers, New York,1987. Pictures by MacCarthy, Patricia. Happy wet trip through the jungle with fun words (gorillicans, etc.) and animals dancing and singing.

Boom, Baby, Boom,Boom! Viking, 1996. Illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy. Mother gives baby food for lunch and then sets about to play drums. Hungry animals find lunch baby throws down and mother thinks baby has eaten it ? compliments the baby and gives the baby a banana to eat as a reward!

Otley Pursued. Stein and Day, 1967. Otley is a British secret agent involved with  lots of chases, explosions, mysterious peoplem, guns, handcuffs, death and close calls.

The Haunting. Atheneum, Margaret K. McElderry Book, 1982. Barney, a shy young boy, has extrasensory perception. Revelations of family members are discovered and secrets of magical gifts in the family also. 1982 Carnegie Medal.

The Changeover:A Supernatural Romance. Atheneum, Margaret K. McElderry Book, 1984. Laura?s brother, Jacko, is very ill and possibly due to a supernatural power spell from Carmody Braque. A journey with her school friend, Sorry Carlisle and his mother and grandmother (witches), provides a path to Jacko?s return to health. There are parallel love stories of Laura and Sorry, and Laura?s divorced mother, Kate with Chris.

YASD Best Book for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, School Library Journal Best Book, Horn Book Fanfare List Book.

Aliens in the Family. Scholastic Inc., 1985. An extraterrestrial being, Bond, is helped in his adventure on earth by Jake Raven, as she visits her new stepsister and stepbrother and reunites with her father. New Zealand Maori overtones woven  into the story.

24 Hours. Margaret K. McElderry Book, 2000. Ellis graduates from high school and within 24 hours he must deal with  a group of inner-city youth very different from his life. The experience helps him understand the recent suicide of a friend.

Wolf Erlbruch (I) Germany

Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disaster Poems. Edited by Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Harper Collins Publishers, 2005..  Disastrous days  - dancing without your pants, half-worm-in apple day, a haircut, and stage fright..Simple yet expressive color illustrations..

Leonard, A Fable. Erlbruch, Wolf. Orchard Books, New York, 1991 Leonard was afraid of  dogs but loved them and acted like one. He asks a fairy to make him a dog but then he becomes afraid of little boys.

El  taller de las mariposas. Belli, Gioconda. (Spanish) Anama Ediciones Centoamericanas, 1996.. (Workshop of the Butterflies)

Mrs. Meyer The Bird. Erlbruch, Wolf. Orchard Books, 1997.Mrs. Meyer worries about everything and discovers a baby bird. She tries to teach it to fly and she flies too! Fun fantasy with characters you want to believe!

Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit. Holzwarth, Werner and Erlbruch, Wolf, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989. Mole asks many animals if they did this (pooped) on his head. All except one of the animals prove their innocence by demonstrating.

The Eagle That Would Not Fly. Aggrey,James, illustrated by Erlbruch, Wolf. Magi Publications, 1988. Written to remind Africans that they are created in the image of God and can fly like eagles instead of being powerless like chickens. (English and Hindi text)