1939 Caldecott Medal - Picture Book WinnerMei LiThomas Handforth...Amazon1939 Caldecott Medal - Picture Book NomineesAndy and the LionJames DaughertyAmazon
1939 Newbery Medal - Children's WinnerThimble SummerElizabeth Enright...Amazon1939 Newbery Medal - Children's NomineesHello the BoatPhyllis CrawfordAmazonLeader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and PatriotJeanette EatonAmazonMr. Popper's PenguinsRichard AtwaterAmazonNinoValenti AngeloAmazonPennElizabeth Janet GrayAmazon
1939 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerBenjamin FranklinCarl Van DorenCarl Van Doren received the 1938 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for this work. It contains the most extensive collection of Benjamin Franklin's autobiographical writings, much of which was long out-of-print. Also included are some fifty letters written by Fra...Amazon
1939 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerThe YearlingMarjorie Kinnan RawlingsA young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet....Amazon
1939 Pulitzer Prize - History WinnerA History of American MagazinesFrank Luther Mott"The five volumes of A History of American Magazines constitute a unique cultural history of America, viewed through the pages and pictures of her periodicals from the publication of the first monthly magazine in 1741 through the golden age of magazines in...Amazon