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Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988) [1] was an American children's writer and a children's librarian. Her book Ginger Pye, for which she also created illustrations, [2] won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Ginger Pye is a book by Eleanor Estes about a dog of the same name. The book was originally published in 1951, and it won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952. Plot summary
Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first Indian American to win the Newbery Medal. [17] Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote five books each named a Newbery Honor between 1938 and 1944. Elizabeth Gray Vining (right) won the Newbery Medal in 1943 for Adam of the Road, which was illustrated by Robert Lawson, who won the Newbery Medal himself in 1945.
The Hundred Dresses was a 1945 Newbery Honor book. [5] A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for third-graders in schools in San Diego County, California . [ 6 ] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."
The book won the prestigious Newbery Medal, citing the story's "delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor and human longing," and its “magical, haunting prose." Shop Now The Graveyard Book
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes is the third novel in the children's series known as The Moffats. Published in 1943, it was a Newbery Honor book . The title character is the youngest of four children growing up in a small town in Connecticut in 1918.
The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes is the second novel in the children's series known as The Moffats. Published in 1942, it was a Newbery Honor book. The title comes from Janey Moffat, who feels a little lost among her three siblings. Being neither the oldest or youngest, she decides to become the 'Middle Moffat' to help herself feel more ...
When Newbery-medal winning author Meg Medina visits schools, her goal is always to "be a book friend to children.". And her method is to give one-minute book talks. "I believe that, in one minute ...