Fanfare, selected from the books of 1949
From the July/August 1950 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Emperor’s New Clothes written by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
Cocolo Comes to America written and illustrated by Bettina (Harper)
Henry-Fisherman written and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
Two Little Trains written by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Jean Charlot (Scott)
Little Boy Brown written by Isobel Harris, illustrated by André François (Lippincott)
The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Ilonka Karasz (Harper)
The Happy Day written by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Marc Simont (Harper)
Song of the Swallows written and illustrated by Leo Politi (Scribner)
Sun Up written by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin (Lothrop)

Stories
The Bells of Bleecker Street written and illustrated by Valenti Angelo (Viking)
Sonny-Boy Sim written by Elizabeth W. Baker, illustrated by Susanne Suba (Rand)
Too Many Cherries written by Carl Carmer, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum (Viking)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (Harper)
Tree of Freedom written by Rebecca Caudill, illustrated by Dorothy Bayley Morse (Viking)
The Blue Cat of Castle Town written by Catherine Cate Coblentz, illustrated by Janice Holland (Longmans)
The Door in the Wall written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
The Runaway Apprentice written by Margery Evernden, illustrated by Jeanyee Wong (Random)
Song of the Pines written by Walter and Marion Havighurst, illustrated by Richard Floethe (Winston)
Kildee House written by Rutherford Montgomery, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Doubleday)
At the Palace Gates written by Helen Rand Parish, illustrated by Leo Politi (Viking)
The Treasure of Li-Po written by Alice Ritchie, illustrated by T. Ritchie (Harcourt)
Trigger John’s Sons written by Tom Robinson, illustrated by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

Timeless Books and People
The Lord Is My Shepherd from the Bible, illustrated by Nancy Barnhart (Scribner)
The Life of Audubon written by Clyde Fisher, illustrated with paintings and drawings by John James Audubon (Harper)
George Washington written and illustrated by Genevieve Foster (Scribner)
America’s Ethan Allen written by Stewart Holbrook, illustrated by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
Moses by Katherine B. Shippen (Harper)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1950
From the July/August 1951 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
All Kinds of Time written and illustrated by Harry Behn (Harcourt)
Dick Whittington and His Cat written and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
A Bell for Ursli written by Selina Chönz, illustrated by Alois Carigiet (Oxford)
Rosa-Too-Little written and illustrated by Sue Felt (Doubleday)
The Two Reds written by William Lipkind, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Harcourt)
The Egg Tree written and illustrated by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
The Kitten Who Listened written and illustratedby Nura (Harper)
A Boat for Peppe written and illustrated by Leo Politi (Scribner)
Who Dreams of Cheese written and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (Scribner)

Stories
Windfall Fiddle written by Carl Carmer, illustrated by Arthur Conrad (Knopf)
Magic Money written by Ann Nolan Clark, illustrated by Leo Politi (Viking)
Door to the North written by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman (Winston)
Kantchil’s Lime Pit written by Harold Courlander, illustrated by Robert Kane (Harcourt)
The Tower by the Sea written by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Barbara Comfort (Harper)
The Sky-River written by Chang Fa-Shun, illustrated by Jeanyee Wong (Lothrop)
Farm Boy written and illustrated by Douglas Gorsline (Viking)
The Wahoo Bobcat written by Joseph Wharton Lippincott, illustrated by Paul Bransom (Lippincott)
Margaret by Janette Sebring Lowrey (Harper)
The Story of Appleby-Capple written and illustrated by Anne Parrish (Harper)
To Tell Your Love by Mary Stolz (Harper)
This Boy Cody written by Leon Wilson, illustrated by Ursula Koering (Watts)

Biography
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed written by Mabel Leigh Hunt, illustrated by James Daugherty (Lippincott)
Henry Ford, Engineer written by Louise Albright Neyhart, illustrated by Joshua Tolford (Houghton)
Amos Fortune, Free Man written by Elizabeth Yates, illustrated by Nora Unwin (Aladdin)
Benjamin Franklin written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (Doubleday)
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword written by Jeanette Eaton, illustrated by Ralph Ray (Morrow)
Mahatma Gandhi by Catherine Owens Peare, iIllustrated with photographs (Holt)
Abraham Lincoln written and illustrated by Genevieve Foster (Scribner)
King Philip written by Esther Averill, illustrated by Vera Belsky (Harper)
Sir Walter Raleigh by Geoffrey Trease (Vanguard)
The Greenwood Tree, A Portrait of William Shakespeare written and illustrated by Edward and Stephani Godwin (Dutton)

Unusual Non-Fiction
Diesel-Electric 4030 written and illustrated by Henry Billings (Viking)
Pictures of France by Her Children selected by Marion B. Cothren (Oxford)
Allah, the God of Islam by Florence Mary Fitch, illustrated with photographs (Lothrop)
The Book of the Year written by Fritz Peters, illustrated by Ilonka Karasz (Harper)
Partners: United Nations and Youth by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris, illustrated with photographs (Doubleday)
Animal Folk Songs for Children written by Ruth Crawford Seeger, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Doubleday)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1951
From the August 1952 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Poetry
Eleanor Farjeon’s Poems for Children (Lippincott)

Picture Storybooks
Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
Finders Keepers written by William Lipkind, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Harcourt)
The Blue-Eyed Pussy written and illustrated by Egon Mathieson (Doubleday)
The Crumb That Walked written by Charles Norman, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham (Harper)
Jeanne-Marie Counts Her Sheep written and illustrated by Françoise Seignobosc (Scribner)
All Falling Down written by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham (Harper)

Fanciful Tales
The Wonderful Farm written by Marcel Ayme, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
Little Houses Far Away written and illustrated by Pamela Bianco (Oxford)
The Mousewife written by Rumer Godden, illustrated by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia written by C. S. Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes (Macmillan)
Centerburg Tales written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
Huon of the Horn written by Andre Norton, illustrated by Joe Krush (Harcourt)
The Story of Serapina written by Anne H. White, illustrated by Tony Palazzo (Viking)

Stories
The Marble Fountain written and illustrated by Valenti Angelo (Viking)
Chariot of the Sky, A Story of the Jubilee Singers written by Arna Bontemps, illustrated by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge (Winston)
Windruff of Links Tor written by Joseph E. Chipperfield, illustrated by Helen Torrey (Longmans)
Five Boys in a Cave by Richard Church (Day)
Ginger Pye written and illustrated by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt)
Eskimo Boy written by Pipaluk Freuchen, illustrated by Ingrid Vang Nyman (Lothrop)
Roman Eagle written and illustrated by Stephani and Edward Godwin (Oxford)
Moon Ahead written by Leslie Greener, illustrated by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
The Defender written by Nicholas Kalashnikoff, illustrated by Claire and George Louden, Jr. (Scribner)
All-of-a-Kind Family written by Sydney Taylor, illustrated by Helen John (Wilcox)
The Lark on the Wing written by Elfrida Vipont, illustrated by Sandra James (Bobbs)
The City of Frozen Fire by Vaughan Wilkins (Macmillan)

Biography and History
Americans Before Columbus written by Elizabeth C. Baity, illustrated by C. B. Falls (Viking)
America’s Robert E. Lee written by Henry Steele Commager, illustrated by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark written and illustrated by James Daugherty (Viking)
Leif Eriksson, First Voyager to America by Katherine Shippen (Harper)
Prehistoric America written by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Aldren Watson (Random)
Lonely Crusader: The Life of Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith (Whittlesey)

Nature and Science
Construction Ahead written and illustrated by Henry Billings (Viking)
Let Them Live written and illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop (Macmillan)
Patterns in the Sky; The Story of the Constellations written by W. Maxwell Reed, illustrated by D. F. Levett Bradley (Morrow)
You Among the Stars written by Herman and Nina Shneider, illustrated by Symeon Shimin (Scott)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1952
From the August 1953 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Buffalo Bill written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (Doubleday)
Looking-for-Something written by Ann Nolan Clark, illustrated by Leo Politi (Viking)
Ape in a Cape written and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
New World for Nellie written and illustrated by Rowland Emett (Harcourt)
A Hole Is to Dig written by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
One Morning in Maine written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
Puss in Boots written by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
The Biggest Bear written and illustrated by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
The Storm Book written by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham (Harper)

Stories
The Book of Hugh Flower written by Lorna Beers, illustrated by Eleanor Mill (Harper)
The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada written by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin (Harper)
Secret of the Andes written by Ann Nolan Clark, illustrated by Jean Charlot (Viking)
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain written by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Helen Sewell (Scribner)
Just So Stories written by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Garden City)
Amahl and the Night Visitors written by Gian-Carlo Menotti, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin (Whittlesey)
Big Tiger and Christian: Their Adventures in Mongolia written by Fritz Mühlenweg, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni (Pantheon)
The Treasure Trove of the Sun written by M. Prishvin, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky (Viking)
Red Sails to Capri written by Ann Weil, illustrated by C. B. Falls (Viking)
Charlotte’s Web written by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams (Harper)

Outstanding Non-Fiction
Presenting Miss Jane Austen written by May Lamberton Becker, illustrated by Edward Price (Dodd)
All Down the Valley written and illustrated by Henry Billings (Viking)
Thomas Jefferson written by Clara Ingram Judson, illustrated by Robert Frankenberg (Wilcox)
Far and Few written by David McCord, illustrated by Henry B. Kane (Little)
Leonardo da Vinci by Elizabeth Ripley, illustrated with drawings and paintings by Leonardo (Oxford)
String Lug the Fox written by David Stephen, illustrated by Nina Scott Langley (Little)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1953
From the August 1954 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
The Steadfast Tin Soldier written by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
Madeline’s Rescue written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
Pitschi written and illustrated by Hans Fischer (Harcourt)
A Very Special House written by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
Journey Cake, Ho! written by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

Stories
Finnegan II, His Nine Lives written by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, illustrated by Kate Seredy (Viking)
The Ark by Margot Benary-Isbert (Harcourt)
Little Witch written by Anna Elizabeth Bennett, illustrated by Helen Stone (Lippincott)
All Alone written by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky (Viking)
Three—and Domingo written by Margueritte Harmon Bro, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (Doubleday)
Hurry Home, Candy written by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
Shadrach written by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
Hideaway House written by Adele and Cateau de Leeuw, illustrated by Robert Candy (Little)
Nicholas and the Wool Pack written and illustrated by Cynthia Harnett (Putnam)
. . . And Now Miguel written by Joseph Krumgold, illustrated by Jean Charlot (Crowell)
Mr. Revere and I written and illustrated by Robert Lawson (Little)
Rain in the Winds written and illustrated by Claire and George Louden (Scribner)
The Borrowers written by Mary Norton, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush (Harcourt)
Brother Dusty-Feet written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges (Oxford)

Interesting Non-Fiction
America Before Man written by Elizabeth Chesley Baity, illustrated by C. B. Falls (Viking)
Who Gave Us . . . Peacocks? Planes? & Ferris Wheels? written and illustrated by Madeleine Gekiere (Pantheon)
An Otter’s Story written by Emil E. Liers, illustrated by Tony Palazzo (Viking)
The Mission Bell written and illustrated by Leo Politi (Scribner)

New Editions and Collections
A Book of the Seasons; An Anthology compiled and illustrated by Eve Garnett (Bentley)
The Wind in the Willows written by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (Scribner)
“Little House Books” written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams (Harper)

Fanfare, selected from the books of 1958
From the October 1959 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Picture Books
Felice written and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
Chanticleer and the Fox edited and illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
What Do You Say, Dear? written by Sesyle Joslin, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Scott)
The Magic Feather Duster written by Will Lipkind, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Harcourt)
Crictor written and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (Harper)
Umbrella written and illustrated by Taro Yashima (Viking)

Folk and Fairy Tales
The Golden Phoenix and Other French-Canadian Fairy Tales complied by Marius Barbeau, retold by Michael Hornyansky, illustrated by Arthur Price (Walck)
Treasure of Green Knowe written by Lucy M. Boston, illustrated by Peter Boston (Harcourt)
Tistou of the Green Thumbs written by Maurice Druon, illustrated by Jacqueline Duhème (Scribner)

Stories
Chingo Smith of the Erie Canal written by Samuel Hopkins Adams, illustrated by Leonard Vosburg (Random)
Sons of the Steppe written by Hans Baumann, illustrated by Heiner Rothfuchs (Walck)
The Horse Without a Head written by Paul Berna, illustrated by Richard Kennedy (Pantheon)
The Family Under the Bridge written by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by Garth Williams (Harper)
Along Came a Dog written by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
The Ghost of Follonsbee’s Folly written by Florence Hightower, illustrated by Ati Forberg (Houghton)
The “Minnow” Leads to Treasure written by A. Philippa Pearce, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone (World)
The Sherwood Ring written by Elizabeth Marie Pope, illustrated by Evaline Ness (Houghton)
Henry Reed, Inc. written by Keith Robertson, illustrated by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton)
The Perilous Road written by William O. Steele, illustrated by Paul Galdone (Harcourt)
The Silver Branch written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Charles Keeping (Walck)
Warrior Scarlet written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Charles Keeping (Walck)
The Spettecake Holiday written by Edith Unnerstad, illustrated by Iben Clante (Macmillan)

Biography and History
The Man Who Was Don Quixote: The Story of Miguel Cervantes written and illustrated by Rafaello Busoni (Prentice)
The Americans written by Harold Coy, illustrated by William Moyers (Little)
Lee of Virginia by Douglas Southall Freeman (Scribner)

Poetry
I Went to the Animal Fair written by William Cole, illustrated by Coletta Rosselli (World)

Prayers
Bless This Day compiled by Vida Vipont, illustrated by Harold Jones (Harcourt)