literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award c ...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...
'' and ''
Through the Looking-Glass
''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' is a novel published in December 1871 by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford, Christ Church, University of Oxford. I ...
'' by
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...
, having enough of the qualities of his work.
Seventeen books were awarded in 1958, including only two from the 1950s. Seven were named in 1979, all except two from the 1970s. Although short, the last class was also diverse, with one wordless picture book, ''
The Snowman
''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film and symphonic poem based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book '' The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an ...
'' (1978) by
Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...
and its aftermath.
The selection process included nominations by trade paperback editors, who were permitted to name one book annually from their trade catalogs. The ''Component Analysis Selector Tool'' rated trade books on authenticity, universality, insight, symbol systems–craftsmanship, impact, genre comparison, field setting of reader and test of time.
The purpose was to identify and promote outstanding thoughts among the mediocre communications available in an
open society
Open society () is a term coined by French-Jewish philosopher Henri Bergson in 1932, and describes a dynamic system inclined to moral universalism.Thomas Mautner (2005), 2nd ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy'' Open society" entry p. ...
.
The list was established by Dr. David C. Davis
with the assistance of Professor Lola Pierstorff, Director Instructional Materials Center, University of Wisconsin, and Madeline Allen Davis, WHA
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is a network of 38 public radio radio station, stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct services, the ''WPR News Network'' and the ''WPR Music Network''.
History
Wisconsin Publ ...
. Awards were announced and presented at the annual Wisconsin Book Conference, which featured speakers such as
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss" '' William Steig
William Steig ( ; November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book ''Shrek!'', which inspired the Shrek (franchise), film series of the same name, as we ...
Arna Bontemps
Arna Wendell Bontemps ( ) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Early life
Bontemps was born in 1902 in Alexandria, Louisiana, into a Louisiana Creole peopl ...
,
Nat Hentoff
Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for ''The Village Voice'' from 1958 to 2009. F ...
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...
Ann Nolan Clark
Ann Nolan Clark, born Anna Marie Nolan (December 5, 1896 – December 13, 1995), was an American writer who won the 1953 Newbery Medal.
Biography
Born in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1896, Clark graduated from New Mexico Normal School (now New Me ...
Frank Luther
Frank Luther (born Francis Luther Crow, August 4, 1899 – November 16, 1980) was an American country music singer, dance band vocalist, playwright, songwriter and pianist.
Early life
Born on a farm near Lakin, Kansas, 40 miles from the Colorad ...
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...
, ''
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns h ...
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in ...
, ''
The Wind in the Willows
''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...
'' (1908), originally unillustrated
*
Hugh Lofting
Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based i ...
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-th ...
, ''The World of Pooh'' – comprising ''
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by ...
'' (1926) and ''
The House at Pooh Corner
''The House at Pooh Corner'' is a 1928 children's book by A. A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard. This book is the second novel, and final one by Milne, to feature Winnie-the-Pooh and his world. The book is also notable for introducing t ...
The Little Engine That Could
''The Little Engine That Could'' is an American folktale existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films. The story originated and evolved in the early 20th century, but became widely known in the United States after publi ...
'' (1930), illus. Lois Lenski
*
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series ''Little House on the Prairie'', published between 1932 and 1 ...
, ''
Little House in the Big Woods
''Little House in the Big Woods'' is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Harper in 1932 (reviewed in June). It was Wilder's first book published and it inaugurated her ''Little House'' series. I ...
Rachel Field
Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's literature, children's fiction writer. She is best known for her work ''Hitty, Her First Hundred Years''. Field also won a National Book Awa ...
René Guillot
René Paul Guillot (24 January 1900 – 26 March 1969) was a French people, French writer of children's books who lived, worked and travelled in French West Africa.
For his lasting contribution as a children's writer Guillot received the b ...
, '' The 397th White Elephant'' (1957), illus. Christian Heinrich
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1959
*
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1886), ''A Little Princess'' (1905), a ...
, ''
The Secret Garden
''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English c ...
Jean de Brunhoff
Jean de Brunhoff (; 9 December 1899 – 16 October 1937) was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931.
Early life
...
, '' Story of Babar'' (1933); originally French, ''Histoire de Babar'' (1931) ‡
*
Kate Seredy
Kate Seredy (November 10, 1899 – March 7, 1975) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her bo ...
Call It Courage
''Call It Courage'' (published as ''The Boy Who Was Afraid'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1940 children's novel written and illustrated by American author Armstrong Sperry. The novel won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's lit ...
Charlotte's Web
''Charlotte's Web'' is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. It tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his frie ...
'' (1952), illus. Garth Williams
*
Alice Dalgliesh
Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 – June 11, 1979) was a naturalized American writer and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children. She has been called "a pioneer in the field of children's historical fi ...
Philippa Pearce
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel '' Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Associati ...
, '' The Minnow Leads to Treasure'' (US); originally ''Minnow on the Say'' (1955)
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1960
*
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...
, ''
The Jungle Book
''The Jungle Book'' is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who ...
'' (1894), illus.
John Lockwood Kipling
John Lockwood Kipling (6 July 1837 – 26 January 1911) was an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator who spent most of his career in India. He was the father of the author Rudyard Kipling.
Life and career
Lockwood Kipling was b ...
H. A. Rey
H. A. Rey (born Hans Augusto Reyersbach; September 16, 1898 – August 26, 1977) was a German-born American illustrator and author, known best for the series of children's picture books that he and his wife Margret Rey created about ''Curious ...
Library Association
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP, pronounced ) is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom.
It was established in 2002 as a merger of th ...
in 1955 gave illustrator Jones special commendation for its annual Carnegie Medal and established the companion
Kate Greenaway Medal
The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...
for children's book illustration.
;1961
*
Rachel Field
Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's literature, children's fiction writer. She is best known for her work ''Hitty, Her First Hundred Years''. Field also won a National Book Awa ...
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss" '' And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
''And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street'' is Theodor Seuss Geisel's first children's book published under the name Dr. Seuss. First published by Vanguard Press in 1937, the story follows a boy named Marco, who describes a parade of imag ...
Ben and Me
''Ben and Me'' is an American animated two-reel short subject produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the book of the same name written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and f ...
Marguerite Henry
Marguerite Henry (' Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for '' King of the Wind'', a ...
, ''
Misty of Chincoteague Misty of Chincoteague may refer to:
* Misty of Chincoteague (novel), a 1947 children's novel by Marguerite Henry
* Misty of Chincoteague (horse), a Chincoteague Pony mare, made famous by the novel See also
* Misty (film), a 1961 film based o ...
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including ''Emil and the Detectives'' and '' Lisa an ...
, ''When I Was A Little Boy'' (1959); originally German, ''Als ich ein kleiner Junge war'' (1957) – autobiography
*
René Guillot
René Paul Guillot (24 January 1900 – 26 March 1969) was a French people, French writer of children's books who lived, worked and travelled in French West Africa.
For his lasting contribution as a children's writer Guillot received the b ...
, ''Grishka and the Bear'' (1959), illus. Joan Kiddell-Monroe; originally French, ''Grichka et son ours'' (1958)
*
Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 15, 1989) was an American people, American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several chi ...
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fai ...
, ''
Thumbelina
Thumbelina (; ) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the se ...
''; originally Danish, ''Tommelise'' (1835), illus. Vilhelm Pedersen
*
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...
, ''
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...
'' (1884), illus. E. W. Kemble
*
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...
, ''
The Tailor of Gloucester
''The Tailor of Gloucester'' is a Christmas Children's literature, children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, privately printed by the author in 1902, and published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1903. The ...
'' (1903
902
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Year 902 (Roman numerals, CMII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Adalbert II, margrave of March of Tuscany, Tuscany, revol ...
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-th ...
, ''The World of Christopher Robin'' – comprising ''
When We Were Very Young
''When We Were Very Young'' is a best-selling book of poetry by A. A. Milne. It was first published in 1924, and it was illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Several of the verses were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson. The book begins with an intro ...
'' (1924) and ''
Now We Are Six
''Now We Are Six'' is a 1927 book of children's poetry by A. A. Milne, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard. It is the second collection of children's poems following Milne's ''When We Were Very Young'', which was first published in 1924. The co ...
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalen ...
, ''
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a portal fantasy novel written by British author C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956 ...
'' (1950), illus. Pauline Baynes
* William O. Steele, ''Winter Danger'' (1954)
*
Walter de la Mare
Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fi ...
, ''A Penny a Day'' (1960 collection), illus. Paul E. Kennedy
* Leo Lionni, ''Inch by Inch'' (1960) ‡
* Sorche Nic Leodhas, ''Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland'' (1962)
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1963
*
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the workin ...
Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his t ...
880
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Year 880 ( DCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Cephalonia: A Byzantine fleet, under Admiral Nasar, is sent by Emperor Basil I to the Ionian Isl ...
, illus. Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser
* Frank R. Stockton, ''The Griffin and the Minor Canon'' (1885)
*
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in ...
The Yearling
''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.
It was the best-selling ...
Meindert DeJong
Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong, DeJong or Dejong (4 March 1906 – 16 July 1991) was a Dutch-born American writer of children's books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as a ch ...
, ''
The Wheel on the School
''The Wheel on the School'' is a novel by Meindert DeJong, a Dutch-born American, that won the 1955 Newbery Medal for children's literature and the 1957 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. The book was illustrated by noted author and illustrator M ...
'' (1954), illus. Maurice Sendak
*
Philippa Pearce
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel '' Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Associati ...
, '' Tom's Midnight Garden'' (1958), illus. Susan Einzig
* , ''The Man Who Was Don Quixote: The Story of Miguel Cervantes'' (1958), biography
* Wilhelm Hauff, ''Dwarf Long Nose'' (1960), illus. Maurice Sendak; originally German, ''Der Zwerg Nase'' (1826)
* George Selden, '' The Cricket in Times Square'' (1960), illus. Garth Williams
* Jean Merrill, ''The Superlative Horse: A Tale of Ancient China'' (1961)
* Pauline Clarke, ''The Return of the Twelve'' (US); originally '' The Twelve and the Genii'' (1962), illus. Cecil Leslie
* Shirley Glubok, ''The Art of Ancient Egypt'' (1962)
* Hertha Seuberlich, ''Annuzza: A Girl of Romania'' (1962); originally German 1961(?)
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1964
*
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fai ...
, '' The Nightingale''; originally Danish, ''Nattergalen'' (1843), illus. Vilhelm Pedersen
*
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1886), ''A Little Princess'' (1905), a ...
, ''
A Little Princess
''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in '' St. Nicholas ...
'' (1905 888, illus. 1905 by Ethel Franklin Betts
* Félicité Lefèvre, ''The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen: An Old Tale Retold'' (1925)
* Will James, ''
Smoky the Cowhorse
''Smoky the Cowhorse'' is a novel by Will James that was the winner of the 1927 Newbery Medal.
Plot
The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the year 1910, ...
Roller Skates
Roller skates are boots with wheels mounted to the bottom, allowing the user to travel on hard surfaces similarly to an ice skater on ice. The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with a line of wheels replac ...
Madeleine L'Engle
Madeleine L'Engle (; November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including ''A Wrinkle in Time'' and its sequels: '' A Wind in the Door'', '' A Swiftly Tilting Planet'' ...
, ''
A Wrinkle in Time
''A Wrinkle in Time'' is a young adult science fantasy novel written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the book won the Newbery Medal, the Sequoyah Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-u ...
'' (1962), illus. Ellen Raskin
*
Joan Aiken
Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For ''Th ...
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...
, ''
Where the Wild Things Are
''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several ti ...
The Pushcart War
''The Pushcart War'' is a popular children's novel by the American writer Jean Merrill, illustrated by Ronni Solbert
and first published by W. R. Scott in 1964. It is Merrill's best known work. The story is written in the style of a historica ...
'' (1964), illus. Ronni Solbert
* Anthony Fon Eisen, ''Bond of the Fire'' (1965), illus. W. T. Mars
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1965
*
Jean Craighead George
Jean Carolyn Craighead George (July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012) was an American people, American writer of more than one hundred Children's literature, books for children and young adult literature, young adults, including the Newbery Medal-win ...
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...
, ''More Just So Stories''
* 1967 –
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...
, ''Tom Sawyer'' (1876)
;1968
*
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', part of a series. In addition to the 14 ''Oz'' books, Baum penned 41 other novels ...
, ''
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the ma ...
Jane Yolen
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
, ''
The Emperor and the Kite
''The Emperor and the Kite'', written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young (illustrator), Ed Young, is a 1967 picture book. ''The Emperor and the Kite'' was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1968 and was Young's first Caldecott Honor Medal of ...
'' (1968), illustrated by Ed Young who won the Caldecott Medal for that work
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1969
* Hardie Gramatky, '' Little Toot'' (1939) ‡
* Maureen Daly, '' Seventeenth Summer'' (1942)
* Lucy M. Boston, '' The Children of Green Knowe'' (1954)
* Sid Fleischman, ''McBroom Tells the Truth'' (1966), illus. Kurt Werth
* Edmund Carpenter, ed., ''The Story of Comock the Eskimo'' as told to Robert Flaherty (1968), with Eskimo sketches
* Weyman Jones, ''Edge of Two Worlds'' (1968), illus. J. C. Kocsis
* Mehlli Gobhai, ''Usha the Mouse Maiden'' (1969) ‡ – Indian folk tale retold
* Glen Rounds, ''Wild Horses of the Red Desert'' (1969) ‡
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1970
*
Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, Painting, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life ...
Alan Garner
Alan Garner (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native count ...
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet ...
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...
* Phillip Viereck, ''The Summer I Was Lost'' (1965)
* Betty Kelen, ''Gautama Buddha, In Life and Legend'' (1967) – biography
*
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, 1927 – October 7, 2014) was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: '' The Egypt Game'', '' The Headless Cupid'' and '' The Witches of ...
Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars (née Cromer; August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020) was an American author of children's books. Her novel '' Summer of the Swans'' won the 1971 Newbery Medal.Author's website She has also received a National Book Award for Young Peo ...
, ''The Midnight Fox'' (1968), illus. Ann Grifalconi
*
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...
The Cay
''The Cay'' is a teen novel written by Theodore Taylor. It was published in 1969.
Taylor took only three weeks to write ''The Cay'', having contemplated the story for over a decade after reading about an 11-year-old who was aboard the Dutch s ...
'' (1969)
*
Jesse Stuart
Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8, 1906 – February 17, 1984) was an American writer, school teacher, and school administrator who is known for his short stories, poetry, and novels as well as non-fiction autobiographical works set in central Appa ...
, ''Old Ben'' (1970), illus. Richard Cuffari
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1971
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Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (; 12 February 1777 – 23 January 1843) was a German writer of the Romantic style.
Biography
He was born at Brandenburg an der Havel, of a family of French Huguenot origin, as evidenced in h ...
, ''
Undine
Undines (; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern l ...
'' (German, 1811)
*
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ...
, ''
Lift Every Voice and Sing
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a pr ...
The Velveteen Rabbit
''The Velveteen Rabbit'' (or ''How Toys Become Real'') is a British children's book written by Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco) and illustrated by William Nicholson (artist), William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of ...
'' (1922). illus. William Nicholson
* Ellis Credle, ''Down, Down the Mountain'' (1934) ‡
* Sheila Burnford, '' The Incredible Journey'' (1961), illus. Carl Burger
* Reginald Ottley, ''Boy Alone'' (1966); originally ''By the Sandhills of Yamboorah'' (1965), illus. Clyde Pearson
* Esther Hautzig, '' The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia'' (1968) – memoir
* Kristin Hunter, ''The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou'' (1968)
* Mary Q. Steele, ''Journey Outside'' (1969), illus. Rocco Negri
* Duncan Emrich, compiler, ''The Nonsense Book of Riddles, Rhymes, Tongue Twisters, Puzzles, and Jokes from American Folklore'' (1970), illus. Ib Ohlsson
*
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novel ...
, ''The Witch's Brat'' (1970), illus. Richard Lebenson
* Ida Chittum, ''Farmer Hoo and the Baboons'' (1971), illus. Glen Rounds
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1972
* Hope Newell, ''The Little Old Woman Who Used Her Head'' (1935), illus. Margaret Ruse
* Virginia Kahl, ''The Duchess Bakes a Cake'' (1955) ‡
* Nina Kosterina, ''The Diary of Nina Kosterina'' (1968); originally Russian (1964)
* Julia Cunningham, '' Dorp Dead'' (1965), illus. James J. Spanfeller
* James D. Forman, ''Ceremony of Innocence'' (1970)
* Jan Adkins, ''The Art and Industry of Sand Castles: Being an Illustrated Guide ...'' (1971) ‡
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William Pène du Bois
William Sherman Pène du Bois (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for '' The Twenty-One Balloons'', published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the ...
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'' is a 1977 television special directed by Jim Henson, based on the 1971 children's book of the same name by Russell Hoban, itself inspired by "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. The special features charact ...
Alexander Key
Alexander Hill Key (September 21, 1904 – July 25, 1979) was an American science fiction writer who primarily wrote children's literature.
Early life
Alexander Key was born in 1904 in LaPlatte, Maryland to Alexander Hill and Charlotte ( ...
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...
, ''
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking () is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school.
Pippi is ...
'' (US 1950), illus. Louis S. Glanzman; originally Swedish, ''Pippi Långstrump'' (1945), illus. Ingrid Nyman – first in a series
* Anne Holm, '' I Am David'' (1969), first US title, ''North to Freedom'' (1965); originally Danish, ''David'' (1963)
* Deborah Crawford, ''Four Women in a Violent Time'' (1970)
* Jean Russell Larson, ''Jack Tar'' (1970), illus.
Mercer Mayer
Mercer Mayer (born December 30, 1943) is an American children's author and illustrator. He has published over 300 books, using a wide range of illustrative styles. Mayer is best known for his '' Little Critter'' and '' Little Monster'' series o ...
Snow White
"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...
and the Seven Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Grimm'' (1972); translated from the German ''Schneewittchen'' (1812)
* Julius Lester, ''The Knee High Man and Other Tales'' (1972), illus. Ralph Pinto – anthology
* Gerald McDermott, '' Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti'' (1972) ‡
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Jane Yolen
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
, ''The Girl Who Loved the Wind'' (1972), illus. Ed Young
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Lynd Ward
Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced ...
William Steig
William Steig ( ; November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book ''Shrek!'', which inspired the Shrek (franchise), film series of the same name, as we ...
, '' Abel's Island'' (1976) ‡
: ‡ illustrated by the author
;1978
* Verna Aardema, ''Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale'' (1977
969
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, illus. Leo and Diane Dillon
* John Steptoe, ''Stevie'' (1969) ‡
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William Steig
William Steig ( ; November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book ''Shrek!'', which inspired the Shrek (franchise), film series of the same name, as we ...
, ''
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
''Sylvester and the Magic Pebble'' is a children's book, children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig, and published in 1969. It won the Caldecott Medal in 1970.
Plot
Sylvester Duncan, a young donkey from the fictional commu ...
'' (1970) ‡
* Natalie Babbitt, '' Tuck Everlasting'' (1975)
* Bettyanne Gray, ''Manya's Story'' (1976), later ''Manya's Story: Faith and Survival in Revolutionary Russia'' – biography
* Norma Fox Mazer, ''Dear Bill, Remember Me? and other stories'' (1976)
* Julia Cunningham, ''Come to the Edge'' (1977)
* Ilse Koehn, ''Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany'' (1977) – autobiography
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Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson (née Womeldorf; born October 31, 1932) is an American writer best known for Children's literature, children's novels, including ''Bridge to Terabithia (novel), Bridge to Terabithia'' (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 197 ...
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
''Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'' is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to '' The House on East 88th Street'', published in 1962.
The book is the second in the ''Lyle the Crocodile'' series, which fo ...
'' (1965) ‡
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...
, ''
A Wizard of Earthsea
''A Wizard of Earthsea'' is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children's literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely in ...
'' (1968), illus. Ruth Robbins
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Robert Cormier
Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American writer and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, ...
, ''
The Chocolate War
''The Chocolate War'' is a 1974 young adult novel by American writer Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the best young ad ...
'' (1974)
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Laurence Yep
Laurence Michael Yep ( zh, t=葉祥添, s=叶祥添, p=Yè Xiángtiān, j=Jip6 Coeng4 Tim1; born June 14, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Honor twice for his ''Golden Mountain'' series. I ...
Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...
, illustrator, ''
The Snowman
''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film and symphonic poem based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book '' The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an ...
'' (1978) ‡ – no text
* David Kherdian, '' The Road from Home'' (1979) – fictionalized biography
* Nancy Willard, ''The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole'' (1979), illus. David McPhail
: ‡ illustrated by the author