Can someone please explain to me why this 78 page book by Eleanor Estes won the Newbery Honor in 1944? (Were all of the good writers away fighting the war?) Although frequently used, even today, by classroom teachers to address bullying, etc., the characters are one-dimensional, the theme moralistic and the artwork drab at best. Reading level = 4.5; Quality = 3; Acceptability = 5.
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