Ruth Sawyer
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Ruth Sawyer was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newbery Medal. She receive
Image from "The Tale of the Enchanted Bunnies" (1923)
Cover of the first edition of Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
Kate Seredy
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Kate Seredy was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of he
Ruth Sawyer
…family to celebrate with, but the heroine of the story is convinced an angel will provide a miracle in time for Christmas. Illustrated by Hungarian-born Kate Seredy, the book was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal. By this time Sawyer's fiction writing was exclusively for children. She published several more…
The Christmas Anna Angel (later, Caldecott Honor cover)