1948 Newbery Award Winner
The Twenty-One Balloons by Call Number: F D852tISBN: 0670734411Publication Date: 1947-09-14Professor William Waterman Sherman is tired of teaching arithmetic. He sails off in a balloon to see the world and lands on the volcanic island of Krakatoa. John Newbery Medal, 1948. Recommended.
1948 Newbery Honor Titles
- Pancakes-Paris by A young boy in postwar Paris is unsure of what to do with a box of pancake flour he receives as a gift.Call Number: F B5414p 1947
- Li Lun, lad of courage by Because of his fear of the sea, a young Chinese boy is sent to a distant mountain where he proves his bravery. Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedling flourish where no one else has for generations.Call Number: F T716L 1947
- The quaint and curious quest of Johnny Longfoot, the shoe king's son byCall Number: F B4646q 1947
- The cow-tail switch : and other West African stories byCall Number: 398.20966 C834c
- Misty of Chincoteague by Two youngsters' determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.Call Number: F H396m
