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Randolph Caldecott Medal らんどるふ・かるでこっとしょう

Edition 76 (2013)

Children's booksPicture booksIllustrationAmerican literary awards

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Jon Klassen じょん・くらっせん Winner

After a tiny fish steals a hat from a much larger fish, the contrast between innocent self-justification and quiet illustrations creates the humor. With minimal text, the book lightly conveys guilt and the sense of looming consequences.

Under the sparse text, the pictures do all the talking.

40 pages
picture bookhumormorality and consequencepoint of view