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Hey, Al / story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.Edition: 1st edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0374330603 :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Caldecott Medal, 1987.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Fantastic Creatures Yorinks, Arthur Checked out 05/19/2024 33111005677659
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's Yorinks, Arthur 1987 Available Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner 33111003175813
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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.

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