Newbery Honor Book

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    Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
    But not a sceptre to control the world.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters—because girls can read as well as boys—reading this book? Is it a book that you would have lying around in your own house? Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?
    Mervyn Griffith-Jones (1909–1979)