<div dir="ltr">Some of the older Newbery Award and Honor Books would be a good challenge. They tend toward adventure rather than the problems of modern society. These were some of my favorites:<div><br><div>Adam of the road / Elizabeth Janet Gray</div><div>The door in the wall / Marguerite De Angeli</div><div>Island of the blue dolphins / Scott O'Dell</div><div>The tale of Despereaux / Kate DiCamillo</div><div>The borrowers / Mary Norton</div><div>Caddie Woodlawn / Carol Ryrie Brink</div><div>Mr. Popper's penguins / Richard Atwater (the original version!)</div><div>Rabbit Hill / Robert Lawson</div><div>Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates</div><div>Charlotte's web / E. B. White</div><div>Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / Jean Lee Latham</div><div><br></div><div>Kathy</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Kathleen Webb</span><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Library Director</div><div>Marvin Memorial Library</div><div>29 W. Whitney Avenue</div><div>Shelby, OH 44875</div><div>MarvinLibrary.org</div><div>419-347-5576 phone</div><div>419-347-7285 fax</div><div><a href="mailto:kwebbmml@gmail.com" target="_blank">k</a><a href="mailto:webb@marvinlibrary.org" target="_blank">webb@marvinlibrary.org</a></div><div><span></span><span></span><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ay7q49WMd4C-aH7xMp3ZMNy1bLUpxUyI&revid=0BxP4GvZyH04TUmQ2UEttOVR2Uy94ZHFBSm12bVgwcWFmUUU4PQ" width="200" height="84"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 11:30 AM Kathleen Lamantia via OPLINLIST <<a href="mailto:oplinlist@lists.oplin.org">oplinlist@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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