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Newbery Award & Honor Winners: 1940's

A listing of all the award & honor books since 1922.

Featured Winner

Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.

And The Winners Are...

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