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It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.Ģ022: The Last Cuentistaby donna Barba HigueraĢ019: Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg MedinaĢ018: Hello Universe by Erin Entrada KellyĢ017: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly BarnhillĢ016: Last Stop on Market Street by Mat de la PeñaĢ014: Flora and Ulysses the Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamilloĢ013: The One and Only Ivanby Katherine ApplegateĢ011: Moon Over Manifest by Clare VanderpoolĢ008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy SchlitzĢ007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan PatronĢ004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamilloĢ001 : A Year Down Yonder by Richard PeckĢ000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtisġ997: A View from Saturday by E.L. Nice, bright color.The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. Otherwise just a little wear to the tips. Jacket looks very nice but has a long tear to bottom front panel near spine.

Book has the gift inscription, tidy, with adorable 1940s birthday card laid in (cats singing), else FINE-perfectly clean, crisp, and bright. Therefore I think both book and jacket very early. Only Kintu and Thimble Summer listed-again, as in a first. There is a gift inscription to previous owner dated 1946, but none of Enrights later books published by the same company are listed, including at least one each from 1940,1941, ans 1944 (Sea is All Around, The Saturdays, Then There were Five). However, statement on back panel of jacket indicates the book was awarded the Newbery Medal. Dust jacket has the original $2.00 price intact on front flap. Very early printing with same date on title page and copyright page blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers, all as in a first.

Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright