Shadow (Brown book)

Shadow
AuthorBlaise Cendrars
TranslatorMarcia Brown
IllustratorMarcia Brown
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages40
ISBN0684172267
LC ClassPQ2605.E55 F4713 1982[1]

Shadow is a children's picture book created by Marcia Brown and published by Scribner in 1982. The text is Brown's translation of the poem La Féticheuse by French writer Blaise Cendrars.

Brown won the annual Caldecott Medal for illustration of an American children's picture book in 1983, her third.[2] The book was also a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in the hardcover picture book category.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Shadow" (first edition). LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2016-01-22. With linked publisher description.
  2. ^ American Library Association: "Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938–Present". Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  3. ^ "National Book Awards 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
Awards
Preceded by Caldecott Medal recipient
1983
Succeeded by