by Armstrong Sperry
Call It Courage
Published 1990 by Aladdin Paperbacks

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Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, has a terrible fear of the sea. In this classic tale -- winner of the 1940 Newbery Medal and a strong favorite ever since -- he proves his courage to himself and his people. Simply and beautifully told, with striking original artwork by the author. 50th Anniversary Edition.

by Walter D. Edmonds
The Matchlock Gun
Published 1989 by Putnam Publishing Group

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Winner of the Newbery Medal, this stirring tale of a small boy, his mother and younger sister, and an antique matchlock gun, is based on a true story.

by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Adam of the Road
Published 1942 by Viking Books

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The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.

by Esther Forbes
Johnny Tremain
Published 1998 by Houghton Mifflin Company

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A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent passionate times in Boston just after the Revolutionary War. Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in a dramatic involvement with James Otis, John Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams in the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington; and finally, a touching resolution of Johnny's personal life.

by Robert Lawson
Rabbit Hill
Published 1977 by Puffin Books

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New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

by Lois Lenski
Strawberry Girl
Published 1945 by HarperCollins Publishers

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Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors.

by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Miss Hickory
Published 1977 by Puffin Books

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Miss Hickory is very worried. Her owner has moved to Boston, and how can Miss Hickory survive a harsh New Hampshire winter all alone? After all, she is just a doll whose body is an apple -wood twig and whose head is a hickory nut, and whose house is made out of corncobs. But Miss Hickory has ingenuity, and the help of neighbors like Crow, Bull Frog, and Ground Hog to see her through. And near the end of those cold, dark months, something unexpected happens to Miss Hickory--something even more welcome than the coming of spring.

by William Pene DuBois
The Twenty-One Balloons
Published 1947 by Viking Books

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by Marguerite Henry
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
Published 1990 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.

by Marguerite de Angeli
The Door in the Wall
Published 1995 by Peter Smith Publisher Inc

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by Elizabeth Yates
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Published 1967 by Dutton Books

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The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

by Eleanor Estes
Ginger Pye
Published 2000 by Harcourt Young Classics

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This Newbery Award-winning book is now back in print. Ginger Pye steals everyone's heart in the Pye family, especially the hearts of Jerry Pye and his sister Rachel. But then, someone steals Ginger! Cover art by Arthur Howard; B&W interior illustrations by the author.

by Ann Nolan Clark
Secret of the Andes
Published 1976 by Puffin Books

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"The story of an Incan boy who lives in a hidden valley high in the mountains of Peru with old Chuto the llama herder. Unknown to Cusi, he is of royal blood and is the 'chosen one.' A compelling story."--"Booklist." Newbery Award Book.

by Joseph Krumgold
And Now Miguel
Published 1953 by HarperCollins Publishers

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When you act like and adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they'll come true.

This is the story of a twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez, who yearns in his heart to go with the men of his family on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- until his prayer is finally answered, with a disturbing and dangerous exchange.

by Meindert De Jong
The Wheel on the School
Published 1954 by HarperCollins Publishers

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Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true.

by Jean Lee Latham
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Published 1955 by Houghton Mifflin Company

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by Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen
Miracles on Maple Hill
Published 1990 by Harcourt

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by Harold Keith
Rifles for Watie
Published 1957 by Crowell

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by Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Published 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company

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Brought to new life by Barry Moser's stunning watercolor art, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" is truly an American classic. Elizabeth George Speare's Newbery Award-winning novel portrays the life of a girl uprooted from her birthplace to live in colonial Connecticut in 1687. Full color.

by Joseph Krumgold
Onion John
Published 1959 by Crowell

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