Hey, Al / story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.Edition: 1st edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 0374330603 :
- Caldecott Medal, 1987.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Fantastic Creatures | Yorinks, Arthur | Checked out | 05/19/2024 | 33111005677659 | |||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Yorinks, Arthur | 1987 | Available | Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner | 33111003175813 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem?
Thier room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at eachothers throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they decide to accept.
Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, Al and Eddie are soon living a life of ease and luxury. But they come to find that the grass can be a little too green on the other side. After a dramatic, nearly tragic escape from their paradise prison, both man and dog agree: there really is no place like home. Hey, Al is the winner of the 1987 Caldecott Medal.
On jacket: The Caldecott medal.
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. Caldecott Medal Books 1987.
Caldecott Medal, 1987.