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Elizabeth Janet Gray

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(1902 - 1999)

Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (1902 – 1999), was an American professional librarian and author who tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in English while he was crown prince. She was also a noted author whose children’s book, Adam of the Road, received the Newbery Award in 1943.



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Adam of the Road (1942)

adam of the road gray lawson us 1st dj book cover
In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. The Newbery Award seal was applied to the dust jacket by the time of the second printing in June 1943... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1943
Newbery Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
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Adam of the Road (1943)

adam of the road gary lawson 1943 UK dj book cover
In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This is the first British edition. The type was reset, reducing the page count considerably. The... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
Junior Literary Guild
Newbery Medal - 1943
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Adam of the Road (1949)

adam of the road gary lawson 1949 UK dj book cover
In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This later edition uses one of the interior illustrations for the dust jacket. It maintains the diffe... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1943
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Adventure Stories from Story Parade (1950)

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A collection of stories from Story Parade magazine.

Author(s): Richard Bennett
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Et al
Illustrator(s): Vera Bock
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Henry C. Pitz
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)

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An anthology of stories about school and sports.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Ralph Henry Barbour
Eleanor Estes
Elizabeth Janet Gray
William Heyliger
Owen Johnson
Stephen W. Meader
John R. Tunis
Et al
Illustrator(s): Hardie Gramatky
Keith Ward
Et al

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The Children’s Hour Volume 12 (1953)

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A collection of historical fiction.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): John Bennett
Marguerite de Angeli
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Howard Pyle
Various
Illustrator(s): Hardie Gramatky
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Marie A. Lawson
Et al

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The Contents of the Basket (1960)

Contents of the Basket Spain Brown book cover

A collection of essays on children's books and reading by authors and librarians.

Author(s): Harry Behn
William Pène du Bois
Annis Duff
Elizabeth Enright
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Amelia Howard Munson
Elizabeth Nesbitt
Ruth Sawyer
Taro Yashima
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

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Young Walter Scott (1935)

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An imaginative biography of Sir Walter Scott’s youth.

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1936
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1935
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