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Unger Memorial Library does not own any of the award books from 1967. For the complete list of Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards from 1967 click here.

1968

For the complete list of Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards from 1968 click here.

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Picture Book Winner, 1968

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel; Blair Lent (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy MO
ISBN: 9780312367480
Publication Date: 2007-04-17
A humorous retelling of a favorite Chinese folktale of how the Chinese came to give all their children short names.

Picture Book Honor Book, 1968

Gilgamesh : man's first story by Bernarda Bryson; Reg Down (Cover Design by)
Call Number: J-398.22 BRY (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9781477589861
Publication Date: 2012-06-04
A retelling of the ancient legend of Gilgamesh, part god part man, whose wanderings and adventures in search of his faithful companion Enkidu provide the source for later mythological and religious epics.

1969

For the complete list of Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards from 1969 click here.

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Fiction Winner, 1969

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea #1) by Le Guin, Ursula K.
Call Number: YA F LEG-UK E1 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780141354910
Publication Date: 1968
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

Fiction Honor Book, 1969

The Pigman : a novel by Paul Zindel
Call Number: J-Fiction ZI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060757359
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with an old man.

Picture Book Honor Book, 1969

Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
Call Number: Easy TUR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780140503937
Publication Date: 1982-07-29
A seagull befriends a Quaker boy, much to his embarrassment, and it is not until he has helped the bird that he can accept its friendship.

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