Newbery Award & Honor Winners: 1950 Winner & Honorees

When Robin, the son of a nobleman, falls and loses the use of his legs, he is abandoned and left alone. A monk named Brother Luke rescues Robin and takes him to the hospice of St. Mark's were he is taught woodcarving and--much harder--patience and strength. Winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

The two eldest children of a pioneer family are determined to carry their love of beauty and learning to their new home in the Kentucky wilderness.

"The blue cat is like a knight on a quest. His quest is to find a hearth to fit the song the river taught him and to teach the owner of the hearth to sing that song"--Dust jacket.

When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons but as they begin to multiply, Kildee turns to two human neighbors for help.

A brief biography of the Commander-in-Chief of the American forces during the Revolution and first President of the new country.

A fifteen-year-old Norwegian boy arrives in America hoping to make his fortune in the new settlements in the Wisconsin territory.