Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

by Evaline Ness, and published by Holt

The book cover of "Sam, Bangs & Moonshine" written and illustrated by Evaline Ness features a black cat looking at an old trawler with a net raised but not deployed. The Randolph Caldecott Medal has been affixed above the lower right corner.

About

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine depicts a child's imaginative world in a strikingly free style of line and wash drawings. The delightful illustrations appear through sea mist and murky light, the sound of rain hammering on a tine roof is heard and all the enchantment of a fisherman's daughter "named Samantha but always called Sam" shines through the subdued colors.

Awards Won

Title Year
Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott and is intended to create more abundant and joyful life in pictures for children. It is awarded to the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the year, and shall be awarded to the artist whether or not he be author of the text.
 1967 - Winner(s)