''Shadow'' is a children's picture book created by

Marcia Brown Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and three Caldecott Medal honors as an ...

and published by Scribner in 1982. The text is Brown's translation of the poem ''La Féticheuse'' by French writer

Blaise Cendrars Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European mod ...

. Brown won the annual

Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service ...

for illustration of an American children's picture book in 1983, her third.American Library Association
"Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938–Present"
Retrieved 2009-05-27. The book was also a finalist for the

National Book Award for Young People's Literature The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".< ...

in the hardcover picture book category.

References

1982 children's books 1982 poetry books American picture books American poetry books Children's poetry books Caldecott Medal–winning works Charles Scribner's Sons books {{child-picture-book-stub