The Newbery/printz Companion
by Gillespie, John T.Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-06-30
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary
This comprehensive and practical guide to the influential Newbery and Printz awards for children's and young adult literature provides information on each year's winners and honor books, as well as on the awards themselves and the librarians for whom they are named. For each award-winning book, there is a plot summary, list of characters and themes, background on the author, incidents for booktalking, related reads, and fresh ideas for introducing the book to young readers.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Newbery Award | |
| Introduction: John Newbery--The Man and the Medal | |
| 1920s | |
| 1922: Hendrik Willem Van Loon, The Story of Mankind | |
| 1923: Hugh Lofting,The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle | |
| 1924: Charles B. Hawes, The Dark Frigate | |
| 1925: Charles Finger, Tales from Silver Lands | |
| 1926: Arthur Chrisman, Shen of the Sea | |
| 1927: Will James, Smokey, the Cowhorse | |
| 1928: Dahn Gopal Mukerji, Gay Neck, the Story of a Pige Charles B. Hawes, The Dark Frigate | |
| 1925: Charles Finger, Tales from Silver Lands | |
| 1926: Arthur Chrisman, Shen of the Sea | |
| 1927: Will James, Smokey, the Cowhorse | |
| 1928: Dahn Gopal Mukerji, Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon | |
| 1929: Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow | |
| 1930s | |
| 1930: Rachel Field, Hitty: Her First Hundred Years | |
| 1931: Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went to Heaven | |
| 1932: Laura Armer, Waterless Mountain |
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