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Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal) じょん・にゅーべりー・めだる

Edition 22 (1943)

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

Winners

3 people
Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining えりざべす・ぐれい・ゔぁいにんぐ Winner
320 pages
Eleanor Estes えれのあ・えすてす Honor

The second Moffats novel by Eleanor Estes follows Janey as she learns how to claim a place of her own while feeling caught in the middle of her family. Through small everyday episodes, it lightly traces friendship, responsibility, and growing up.

Janey, the girl in the middle, begins to make a story of her own.

280 pages
familychildhoodfriendshipindependencecoming of age
Mabel Leigh Hunt めいべる・りー・はんと Honor

A biographical story about Charles Stratton, better known as Tom Thumb. It traces how a small child lives under public curiosity while relying on family and self-respect to keep his footing.

A child-friendly retelling of the life of the famous little performer.

266 pages
biographychildhoodcircusfamefamily