A Knife for Tomaso: And Other Selections by Newbery Authors

by Greenberg, Martin Harry; Waugh, Charles G.

• ISBN13: 9780836829525
• ISBN10: 0836829522
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub

Summary

The Newbery Award was created by the American Library Association (ALA) in 1922. Its mission was "to recognize authors and individual stories that contribute to the literature of children" and further "to give librarians an opportunity to encourage good writing." Gareth Stevens Publishing is pleased to support the aims of the ALA with The Newbery Authors Collection, an anthology series featuring selections from the lifework of winners and honorees. A portion of all proceeds will be given to the ALA.

From fantasy stories by such twentieth century greats as Madeleine L'Engle and Robin McKinley to real-world stories from the likes of Jean Craighead George, Walter D. Edmonds, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Richard Peck, the tales that fill these volumes contain abundant evidence of the many themes, characters, and writing skills that blossomed among Newbery winners. As a reference series, an introduction to great writers, or "just good reading, " these volumes offer representative stories from award-winning authors. They also offer biographies and more at an intere

Table of Contents

A Knife for Tomaso	7	(21)
Lois Lenski
The Healer	28	(38)
Robin McKinley
Sailing to Cythera	66	(22)
Nancy Willard
Taking Down the Barn	88	(25)
Walter D. Edmonds
A Tale of Three Tails	113	(11)
Charles J. Finger
The Dogie Calf	124	(13)
Lois Lenski
The Cat and the Dream Man	137	(26)
Charles J. Finger
Author Biographies	163	(4)
Newbery Award-Winning Books	167