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Adam of the Road

by Elizabeth Gray Vining

Newbery Medal · 1943 · Winner
Children'sISBN 9780812458060

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Newbery Medal1943Winner

About the Author

Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902–1999) was an American author and librarian best known for her children's book Adam of the Road, which won the Newbery Medal in 1943, and for tutoring Crown Prince Akihito of Japan from 1946 to 1950, chronicled in her memoir Windows for the Crown Prince.

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