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Edition 19 (1940)

Children's literature awardEnglish-language children's booksAmerican literature award

Winners

5 people

This children’s biography traces the life of frontiersman Daniel Boone with bold composition and illustrations. Through the expansion of the frontier and Boone’s constant movement westward, it sketches an early American historical epic and a heroic legend.

A vivid retelling of Daniel Boone’s adventures, somewhere between biography and picture book.

94 pages
biographypioneeringfrontierAmerican history

Set in the American Midwest in 1837, this coming-of-age story follows Bill Crawford as he learns independence through a peddling journey. The people he meets and the dangers he encounters gradually teach him the meaning of freedom and responsibility.

A boy sets out with a pack on his back and discovers how to live on the road.

297 pages
growthadventureindependenceAmerican frontier history
304 pages
Kate Seredy Nominee
256 pages
304 pages