Lone Cowboy: And Other Selections by Newberry Authors

by Greenberg, Martin Harry; Waugh, Charles G.

• ISBN13: 9780836829532
• ISBN10: 0836829530
• 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

Lone Cowboy	7	(12)
Will James
Every Chihuahua in America Lines up to Take a Bite out of Byron	19	(13)
Christopher Paul Curtis
Poor Little Saturday	32	(21)
Madeleine L'Engle
The Hunter	53	(43)
Jean Craighead George
The Stagman	96	(30)
Robin McKinley
Unexpected Visitors	126	(26)
Lois Lenski
The Calabash Man	152	(10)
Charles J. Finger
Author Biographies	162	(5)
Newbery Award-Winning Books	167