1951 Newbery Award Winner
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Call Number: B F779y 1989ISBN: 0140341587Publication Date: 1989-05-01A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true. "The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."--Booklist
1951 Newbery Honor Titles
Better known as Johnny Appleseed by
The life and legend of Johnny Appleseed presented in nine stories, each named for a variety of apples which Johnny may have planted in the Midwest river valleys. Each story takes him westward from the Youhioheny to the Mississippi.
Call Number: B Ap52h 1950- Gandhi, fighter without a sword by Call Number: B G151e
Abraham Lincoln by
This Newbery Honor Book--from a three-time Newbery Honor author--paints an indelible portrait of the prairie president. Clara Ingram Judson presents Lincoln in all his gauntness, gawkiness, and greatness: a backwoods boy who became President and saved the Union. Judson’s careful reading is enlivened by her visits to his home and vivid descriptions of the Lincoln family’s pioneer life. She reveals the unforgettable story from his boyhood and days as a shopkeeper and lawyer, to Lincoln’s first elected offices and his election as president, the Civil War, and assassination.
Call Number: B L638jISBN: 1402751176Publication Date: 2007-11-01- The story of Appleby Capple by
"His name was Appleby Capple, but they called him Apple for short - an odd name, it is true, not for a fruit but for a boy. This is the story of his search for the rare Zebra butterfly, which he hoped to present to Cousin Clement on his ninety-ninth birthday, and of the many adventures that befell poor Apple when his search led him to become lost in the woods among the wood creatures, some Indians who just happened to be there, and all the birds and beasts that had recently escaped from a nearby zoo. That is the story - but the story provides only a portion of the fun in Miss Parrish's book. It is really a new kind of alphabet-nonsense book, divided into twenty-six chapters, with a fully developed character to represent each letter of the alphabet."--Jacket flap.
Call Number: F P249s 1950
