Newbery Winners and Honors: 1961 Winner & Honorees

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

America moves forward : a history for Peter by Gerald W. Johnson. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. "America is born and America grows up told the story of our country from its early beginnings to World War I. This final volume, which deals with the crucial period from 1917 to the present, brilliantly concludes Mr. Johnson's distinguished history of America."--Jacket flap.

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden; Garth Williams (Illustrator) The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.