Books Published in November 1962

New Books List: 5 titles

  • Big John's Secret

    Eleanor Jewett

    Mystery surrounds the young peasant boy known as Big John. Raised during the strife-filled days of the reign of King John of England, his life is one day changed when a knight says, in passing, “You remind me of someone -- someone I once knew and l...

  • The Snowy Day

    Ezra Jack Keats

    Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snow Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child’s wonder at ...

  • Not as a Stranger

    Morton Thompson

    Powerful novel about a young doctor who lives for medicine and sacrifices everything for his career. Describes his years at medical school, his practice in a small town and his devoted self-sacrificing wife who works to make their marriage a success....

  • Witch of the Glens

    Sally Watson

  • Leaves

    Peggy Caulfield