The Heavenly Tenants

by William Maxwell, and published by Harper

The book cover of "The Heavenly Tenants" by William Maxwell, pictures by Ilonka Karasz features woodcut-style scratchboard graphic of a farm with a man, a woman, a girl, and two boys engaging in tasks or just watching the fish and crabs in the pond. A goat, a ram, a cow, and a dog are lying about.

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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.

 1947 - Honor(s)