Newbery Award & Honor Winners: 1954 Winner & Honorees

"Trophy Newbery"--Cover. The young son of a New Mexico sheep rancher longs to go with the men when they take the sheep to the Sangre de Christo Mountains.

The people of a French village in the Alps never work together until two shepherd boys and a potential catastrophe show them the way.

The story of Davie and his little black rabbit, Shadrach, told with perceptions and emotions experienced by all children.

The creativeness and artistry of the author is evidenced in the starkly realistic, compassionate story of Candy, a little lost dog that becomes a stray.' —BL. -Mature, sensitive . . . written with originality and imagination.' —SLJ.

It is the story of Fabian, a Mayan Indian boy, who uncovers a rare jade earplug while secretly planting "magic maize." The earplug and maize lead to adventures so unusual that even Fabian's stubborn father is convinced that the old and new can live in peace.