The Hello, Goodbye Window
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The Hello, Goodbye Window is a children's
picture book
written by Norton Juster
and illustrated by Chris Raschka
. Published in 2005, the book tells the story of a little girl who enjoys visiting her grandparents. Raschka won the 2006 Caldecott Medal
for his illustrations.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
picture book
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
written by Norton Juster
Norton Juster
Norton Juster is an American architect and author. He is best known as an author of children's books, including The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line.- Biography :...
and illustrated by Chris Raschka
Chris Raschka
Chris Raschka is an American author, illustrator, and violist. His Yo! Yes? was a Caldecott Honor book in 1993 but he may be most famous for his Hello, Goodbye Window, winner of the 2006 Caldecott Medal. Chris spent part of his childhood in Austria, his mother's homeland. He is a graduate of St....
. Published in 2005, the book tells the story of a little girl who enjoys visiting her grandparents. Raschka won the 2006 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for his illustrations.