The 1950s

*Volumes are located in the Lower Level of Willis Library

1959

Medal Winner

Cooney, Barbara. Chanticleer and the Fox. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Crowell.
        Juvenile J821 C496c

Honor Books

Frasconi, Antonio.  The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie. Harcourt.
  Juvenile J398 H842f

Joslin, Sesyle.  What Do You Say, Dear? Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
W. R. Scott.
           Juvenile J395 J83w

Yashima, Taro. Umbrella. Viking.
     Juvenile JE Y29u

1958

Medal Winner

McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder. Viking.
          Juvenile J917.41 M127t

Honor Books

Freeman, Don. Fly High, Fly Low. Viking.
           Juvenile JE F8552f

Titus, Eve. Anatole and the Cat. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. McGraw-Hill.
           Juvenile JE T623ac

1957

Medal Winner

Udry, Janice. A Tree is Nice. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Harper.
          Juvenile JE U21t

Honor Books

Ets, Marie Hall. Mr. Penny's Race Horse. Viking. Juvenile JE E85m 

Tudor, Tasha. 1 is One. Walck.
           Juvenile JE T912o

Titus, Eve. Anatole. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. McGraw-Hill.
         Juvenile  JE T623a

Elkin, Benjamin. Gillespie and the Guards. Illustrated by James Daugherty. Viking.
       Juvenile JE E431g

du Bois, William Pène. Lion. Viking.
 Juvenile JE D816L

1956

Medal Winner

Langstaff, John. Frog Went A-Courtin'. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. Harcourt.
       Juvenile JE F927L

Honor Books

Ets, Marie Hall. Play With Me. Viking.
          Juvenile JE E85p

Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy. Viking.
           Juvenile JE Y29c

1955

Medal Winner

Perrault, Charles. trans. by Marcia Brown. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Illustrated by Marcia Brown.  Scribner.
           Juvenile J398.2 P454c

Honor Books

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes. Illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli. Doubleday.
           Juvenile J398 D284b

Brown, Margaret Wise. Wheel On The Chimney. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely.  Lippincott.
          Juvenile JE B879w

Dalgliesh, Alice. The Thanksgiving Story. Illustrated by Helen Sewell.
Scribner.
           Juvenile J394.2 D142t

1954

Medal Winner

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's Rescue. Viking.
           Juvenile JE B455ma

Honor Books

Sawyer, Ruth. Journey Cake, Ho! Illustrated by Robert McCloskey. Viking.
           Juvenile J398.2 S271j

Schlein, Miriam. When Will the World Be Mine? Illustrated by Jean Charlot. W. R. Scott.

Andersen, Hans Christian. trans. by M. R. James. The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Illustrated by Marcia Brown. Scribner.
           Juveinle JFic A544st

Krauss, Ruth. A Very Special House. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Harper. Juvenile JE K91v

Birnbaum, A. Green Eyes. Capitol.
           Juvenile JE B619g

1953

Medal Winner

Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear. Houghton.
          Juvenile JE W259b

Honor Books

Perrault, Charles. trans. by Marcia Brown. Puss in Boots. Illustrated by Marcia Brown.  Scribner.
          Juvenile J398.2 P454p

McCloskey, Robert. One Morning in Maine. Viking.
           Juvenile JE M127o

Eichenberg, Fritz. Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals.
Harcourt.
          Juvenile JE E341a

Zolotow, Charlotte. The Storm Book. Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham. Harper.
           Juvenile JE Z86s

Kepes, Juliet. Five Little Monkeys. Houghton.
          Juvenile JE K38f

1952

Medal Winner

Will, [William Lipkind] Finders Keepers. Illustrated by Nicolas, (Nicholas Mordvinoff). Harcourt.
           Juvenile JE L764f

Honor Books

Ets, Marie Hall. Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo. Viking.
           Juvenile JFic E85mi

Brown, Marcia. Skipper John's Cook. Scribner.
          Juveniel JE B8791sk

Zion, Gene. All Falling Down. Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham.
Harper.
          Juvenile JE Z79a

du Bois, William Pène. Bear Party. Viking.
          Juvenile JE D816b

Olds, Elizabeth. Feather Mountain. Houghton.

1951

Medal Winner

Milhous, Katherine. The Egg Tree. Scribner.
          Juvvenile JFic M644e

Honor Books

Brown, Marcia. Dick Whittington and his Cat. Scribner.
          Juvenile J398.2 W626b

Will, [William Lipkind]. The Two Reds. Illustrated by Nicolas (Nicholas Mordvinoff). Harcourt.
           Juvenile JE L764t

Dr. Seuss, [Theodor Seuss Geisel]. If I Ran the Zoo. Random House.
          Juvenile JE G313i

McGinley, Phyllis. The Most Wonderful Doll in the World. Illustrated by Helen Stone. Lippincott.
           Juvenile JFic M1451m

Newberry, Clare Turlay. T-Bone, the Baby Sitter. Harper.
           Juvenile JE N534t

1950

Medal Winner

Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows. Scribner.
           Juvenile JE P769s

Honor Books

Holbrook, Stewart. America's Ethan Allen. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Houghton.
           Juvenile J921 A425h

Davis, Lavinia R. The Wild Birthday Cake. Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward. Doubleday.
           Juvenile JFic D2621w

Krauss, Ruth. The Happy Day. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Harper.
           Juvenile JE K91ha

 Dr. Seuss, [Theodor Seuss Geisel]. Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Random House.
           Juvenile JE G313b

Henry Fisherman. by Marcia Brown.
          Juvenile JE B8791h