Newbery Through the Years - hosted by rlweasley

1942 Winner & Honors
1942 Medal Winner: 
The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds (Dodd) 
1942 Honor Books: 
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper) 
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster (Scribner) 
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski (Lippincott) 
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin (Viking)
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The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds

The Matchlock Gun

Walter D. Edmonds

80 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction childrens historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

Lois Lenski

320 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction childrens historical young adult adventurous emotional slow-paced
Little Town on the Prairie by Garth Williams, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Town on the Prairie

Little House #7

Garth Williams, Laura Ingalls Wilder

374 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction childrens classics lighthearted fast-paced
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House on the Prairie

Little House #3

Laura Ingalls Wilder

352 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction childrens classics historical middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
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