NEWBERY THEMES- 1940's

1940:

Daniel Boone - BIOGRAPHY - AMERICANA
The Singing Tree - HUNGARY - 1914 - WWI - FAMILY/LOVE/COMMUNITY - PEACE - HEROINE
Runner of the Mountain Tops -The Life of Louis Agassiz - BIOGRAPHY
By the Shores of Silver Lake - PIONEER - PRAIRIE - FAMILY
Boy with a Pack - WESTWARD EXPANSION - PIONEER - AMERICANA

1941:

Call It Courage - NAUTICAL - POLYNESIA - MULTICULTURAL - ADVENTURE
Blue Willow - DEPRESSION - FAMILY - HOME - HEROINE
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver - VOYAGEUR - 1832 - ADVENTURE
The Long Winter - PIONEER - FAMILY
Nansen - BIOGRAPHY - ARTIC - EXPLORATION - NF

1942:

The Matchlock Gun - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - 1756 - NEW YORK - DUTCH AMERICANS - NF
Little Town on the Prairie - PIONEER - FAMILY
George Washington's World - HISTORY - AMERICANA
Indian Captive - The Story of Mary Jemison BIOGRAPHY - NF - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - 1758 - HEROINE
Down Ryton Water - HISTORIC FICTION - SEPARATISTS - AMERICANA - COLONIAL

1943:

Adam of the Road - MIDDLE AGES - ADVENTURE - HISTORIC ELEMENTS
The Middle Moffat - FAMILY ADVENTURE - WWI - HUMOUR - HEROINE
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? - BIOGRAPHY - LITTLE PERSON

1944:

Johnny Tremain - HISTORIC FICTION - AMERICAN REVOLUTION - BOSTON -
These Happy Golden Years - PIONEER - FAMILY
Fog Magic - FANTASY ELEMENTS - NOVA SCOTIA
Rufus M. - FAMILY ADVENTURE - WWI/ARMISTICE - HUMOUR
Mountain Born - SHEPHERDS - ROCKY MOUNTAINS - 1800'S

1945:

Rabbit Hill - FANTASY - ANIMALS - RURAL - PEACE - COMMUNITY
The Hundred Dresses - POLISH AMERICAN - DISCRIMINATION - HEROINE - MULTICULTURAL
The Silver Pencil - BIOGRAPHICAL - HEROINE
Abraham Lincoln's World - BIOGRAPHY
Lone Journey - The Life of Roger Williams - BIOGRAPHY

1946:

Strawberry Girl - MULTICULTURAL - REGIONAL - HEROINE
Justin Morgan Had a Horse - ANIMAL - HORSE - BIOGRAPHY
The Moved-Outers - HISTORIC - JAPANESE AMERICANS - INTERMENT - WWII - PATRIOTISM - MULTICULTURAL
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear - INDIA - MULTICULTURAL
New Found World - HISTORIC - LATIN AMERICA - INDIGENOUS CULTURES - MULTICULTURAL

1947:

Miss Hickory - DOLL CULTURE - FANTASY ELEMENTS - ALLEGORICAL
The Wonderful Year
Big Tree
The Heavenly Tenants
The Avion My Uncle Flew
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

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1948:

The Twenty-One Balloons
Pancakes-Paris
Li Lun, Lad of Courage - CHINA -
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories
Misty of Chincoteague - HORSES

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1949:

King of the Wind - HORSES
Seabird ANIMAL SCIENCE - NATURE STUDY - LIFE CYCLE
Daughter of the Mountains
My Father's Dragon - FANTASY ELEMENTS - MAKE BELIEVE/IMAGINIATION - DRAGON
Story of the Negro

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