1980 Caldecott Honor
This is a retelling of a folktale that involves a dream coming to a man telling him where treasure lies. A long journey is made to the place of the treasure. And in the end we discover where treasure really lies. "Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near."
Uri Shulevitz has won Caldecott Honor's more than once (Snow; The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship; How I Learned Geography)
The story is told very simply and I personally find the retelling of the story a bit spare.
The Treasure is illustrated with luminous little watercolor paintings and, for me, these are what carry the book.
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