Sometimes it’s good to sit down and read a Newberry Award winning book that hasn’t been read yet. In a few word, this is how I would describe A Year Down Yonder : Entertaining Great World Building Whimsical Wonderful Characters Witty Realistic Happily Ever After I took the above photo in my asparagus patch. It seemed fitting for a book review of this farming community story. In this book review, we'll find out why A Year Down Yonder qualified for a Newbery Award . What is the Newbery? The short answer: The best children's/young adult book of the year based on story in text. There is an award for the best children's/young adult book of the year based on illustrations. These books win the Caldecott Award. Only a special story, a story that breaks open a heart, mind, a lifetime of raising and stirs new thoughts can win a Newberry medal. Ahh, perhaps you, potential reader can see what caliber A Year Down Yonder is. I don’t say was, as in onl
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