Dobry

by Monica Shannon, and published by Viking

The book cover of "Dobry" by Monica Shannon features Dobry helping his mother bake bread in a wood-fired beehive stove in Bulgaria. Above the stove are many strings of drying peppers.

About

This book tells the story of a Bulgarian peasant boy living in a foreign land and learning "from his wise and understanding grandfather how to sink his roots deeply into the soil and to live richly." - Bulletin of the American Library Association, Vol. 29, no.9, p.701.

Awards Won

Title Year
John Newbery Medal

A medal to be given for the most distiguished contribution to children's literature produced during the preceding calendar year.

1935 - Winner(s)