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Onion John

by Joseph Krumgold

Newbery Medal · 1960 · Winner
Children'sISBN 9781442034747

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Newbery Medal1960Winner

About the Author

Joseph Krumgold (1908-1980), an American author and screenwriter born in Jersey City, New Jersey, became the first writer to win two Newbery Medals for distinguished American children's books—for.And Now Miguel (1953, awarded 1954) and Onion John (1959, awarded 1960), also receiving the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for the latter.

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