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  • List: John Newbery Medal
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Award year: 1939
  • Hello the Boat!

    Hello the Boat!

    By Phyllis Crawford

    The entire Doak family pitches in to get their store-boat from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati in 1817. Along the Ohio River, settlers shout out, “Hello the boat!” and the family eagerly pushes the boat ashore and enthusiastically opens the store. On their way, the Doaks encounter thieves, learn about the history of the river area, and have a surprisingly good time.
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins

    Mr. Popper's Penguins

    By Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater

    From the moment he is given a penguin as a pet, Mr. Popper's life starts changing. He converts his basement into an ice rink, finds a friend for his lonely bird, and suddenly has twelve penguins to feed instead of one.
  • Nino

    Nino

    By Valenti Angelo

    While his father works in America to earn their fare to California, Nino and his mother stay with his grandfather in his small Italian village. The little boy and his family and friends share holidays, trips to the city, and small but exciting adventures that create a memorable picture of turn-of-the-century Italy.
  • Thimble Summer

    Thimble Summer

    By Elizabeth Enright

    All kinds of good things seem to happen after Garnet finds the silver thimble in the dried-up river bed. The nine-year-old farm girl notices that the drought finally breaks, she has an exciting time being locked in the public library with a friend, and her pet pig wins a blue ribbon at the fair.