The 1940s

*Volumes are located in the Lower Level of Willis Library

1949

Medal Winner

Hader, Berta & Elmer. The Big Snow. Macmillan.
           Juvenile JE H128b

Honor Books

McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Viking.
           Juvenile JE M127b

McGinley, Phyllis. All Around the Town. Illustrated by Helen Stone.  Lippincott.
        Juvenile JE M1451a

Politi, Leo. Juanita. Scribner.
         Juvenile JE P769j

Wiese, Kurt. Fish in the Air. Viking.
         Juvenile JE W651f

1948

Medal Winner

Tresselt, Alvin. White Snow, Bright Snow. Illustrated by Roger
Duvoisin. Lothrop.
          Juvenile JE T799w

Honor Books

Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup. Scribner.
          Juvenile J398.2 B8791s

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel]. McElligot's Pool.
Random House.
         Juvenile JE G313m

Schreiber, Georges. Bambino the Clown. Viking.
          Juvenile JFic S378b

Davis, Lavinia R. Roger and the Fox. Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward.
Doubleday.
           Juvenile JFic D2621r

Malcolmson, Anne, ed. Song of Robin Hood. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton. Houghton.
          Juvenile J398.2 M243s

1947

Medal Winner

MacDonald, Golden [Margaret Wise Brown]. The Little Island. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Doubleday.
          Juvenile JE B879L

Honor Books

Tresselt, Alvin. Rain Drop Splash. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.  Lothrop.
          Juvenile JE T799r  

Flack, Marjorie. Boats on the River. Illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum.  Viking.
         Juvenile JE F571b

Graham, Al. Timothy Turtle. Illustrated by Tony Palazzo. Welch.
          Juvenile JE G738t

Politi, Leo. Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street. Scribner.
          Juvenile JFic P769p

Wheeler, Opal, ed. Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns. Illustrated by Marjorie Torrey. Dutton.
        Juvenile J783.9 W563sp

1946

Medal Winner

Petersham, Maude & Miska. The Rooster Crows. Macmillan.
          Juvenile J398 P484r

Honor Books

MacDonald, Golden [pseud. Margaret Wise Brown]. Little Lost Lamb. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Doubleday.
          Remote Storage  J398 P484r

Wheeler, Opal.  Sing Mother Goose. Illustrated by Marjorie Torrey. Dutton.
          Juvenile J784 W563si

Reyher, Becky. My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Lothrop.
          Juvenile J398.2 R457m 1945

Wiese, Kurt. You Can Write Chinese. Viking.
          Juvenile J495.1 W651y

1945

Medal Winner

Field, Rachel. Prayer for a Child. Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton
Jones. Macmillan.
          Juvenile J242 F455p

Honor Books

Mother Goose. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Oxford University
Press.
          Juvenile J398 M918t

Ets, Marie Hall. In the Forest. Viking.
          Juvenile JE E85i

de Angeli, Marguerite. Yonie Wondernose. Doubleday.
          Juvenile JFic D284y

Sawyer, Ruth. The Christmas Anna Angel. Illustrated by Kate Sered.  Viking.
         Juvenile JFic S271c

1944

Medal Winner

Thurber, James. Many Moons. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Harcourt.
          Juvenile JFic T536m

Honor Books

Jones, Jessie Orton, ed. Small Rain: Verses From The Bible. Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Viking.
          Junvenile J220.5 J77s

Kingman, Lee. Pierre Pigeon. Illustrated by Arnold E. Bare.
Houghton. REMOTE STORAGE/LAB SCH  372 K545p

Hader, Berta & Elmer. The Mighty Hunter. Macmillan.
          Junvenile JE H128mi

Brown, Margaret Wise. A Child's Good Night Book. Illustrated by Jean Charlot. W. R. Scott.
          Juvenile JE B879ch

Chan, Chih-Yi. Good-Luck Horse. Illustrated by Plato Chan; Whittlesey.
        Juvenile J398.2 C454g

1943

Medal Winner

Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House. Houghton.
          Juvenile JE B974L

Honor Books

Buff, Mary & Conrad. Dash and Dart. Viking.
          Juvenile J599 B929d

Newberry, Clare Turlay. Marshmallow. Harper.
          Juvenile JE N534ma

1942

Medal Winner

McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. Viking.
          Juvnenile JE M127m

Honor Books

Petersham, Maud & Miska. An American ABC. Macmillan.
          Remote Storage  973 P484

Clark, Ann Nolan. In My Mother's House. Illustrated by Velino Herrera.   Viking.
           Juvenile J970.3 C592i

Holling, Holling C. Paddle-To-The-Sea. Houghton.
          Juvenile JFic H741p

Gág, Wanda. Nothing At All. Coward.
          Juvenile JFic H741p

1941

Medal Winner

Lawson, Robert. They Were Strong and Good. Viking.
         Juvenile J920 L425t

Honor Book

Newberry, Clare Turlay. April's Kittens. Harper.

    Remote Storage/Lab Sch JE N534a

1940

Medal Winner

Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. Abraham Lincoln. Doubleday.
           Juvenile J921 L736a

Honor Books

Hader, Berta & Elmer. Cock-a-Doodle Doo. Macmillan.                                                   REMOTE STORAGE/LAB SCH  372 H128c 

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline. Viking.
          Juvenile JE B455m

Ford, Lauren. The Ageless Story. Dodd.