In 1962, DeJong became the first American author to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature.
Books:
The Easter Cat
Hurry Home, Candy
Nobody Plays With a Cabbage
Shadrach
The Singing Hill
The Tower by the Sea
The Wheel on the School (1955 Newbery Award)
thanks to:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/english/childlit/showcase/Andersen_Medal.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001456/authorbio.htm
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