Thimble Summer

by Elizabeth Enright, and published by Rinehart

The book cover of "Thimble Summer" by Elizabeth Enright features a girl with long braids holding a piglet in her arms. There are some cows in a field behind them, and beyond them, a barn. The John Newbery Medal Award Seal has been affixed on the right side, below the title.

About

"In this childlike story of a summer on a Wisconsin farm there is character, the warmth of human relationships, a true sense of fun, and underneath it all a deep knowledge and appreciation of country life." - Bulletin of the American Library Association, Vol. 33, no.7, p.470.

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.

 1939 - Winner(s)