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Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988) [1] was an American children's writer and a children's librarian. Her book Ginger Pye, for which she also created illustrations, [2] won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Six authors have won two Newbery Medals each, several have won both a Medal and Honor, while a larger number of authors have won multiple Honors, with Laura Ingalls Wilder having won five Honors without ever winning the Medal.
18 kwi 2024 · The library owns copies of all the Newbery Medal winners from 1922 to present. Below are links to the catalog records for winners from 1960-present in alphabetical order. A complete listing of all winners can be found here.
Estes's book Ginger Pye (1951) won the Newbery Medal, and three of her other books (The Middle Moffat, Rufus M., and The Hundred Dresses) were chosen as Newbery Honor books. She also received the Certificate of Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Literature and was nominated for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.
9 maj 2024 · Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988), born Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield in West Haven, Connecticut was best known for her award-winning children’s books, notably Ginger Pye, The Hundred Dresses, and The Moffats series.
Ginger Pye is a book by Eleanor Estes about a dog of the same name. The book was originally published in 1951, and it won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952.
6 mar 2016 · There has been one winner every year since 1922, so that’s… a lot of books. I figure as long as I’m reading 2 or more a year, I’m making progress… I’ll get there eventually! And it’s a good list — you could do worse than to pick up a few Newbery Medal Winners to add to your stacks. Here is the list, with a few of my thoughts.
