Newbery Through the Years - hosted by rlweasley

1956 Winner & Honors
1956 Medal Winner: 
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (Houghton) 
1956 Honor Books: 
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Scribner) 
The Golden Name Day by Jennie Lindquist (Harper) 
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things by Katherine Shippen (Viking)
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The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist

The Golden Name Day

Golden Name Day #1

Jennie D. Lindquist

248 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction childrens historical middle grade lighthearted slow-paced
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The Secret River

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

56 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy emotional medium-paced
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

256 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics historical young adult inspiring slow-paced
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