The books that win the Newbery Medal are widely varied. In 1945 near the end of World War II a little book about animals and humans living in harmony won the coveted prize. Even though Rabbit Hill is geared to very young children more so than some of the others on our list, it still has great depth and, in some ways, a fanciful Disney-like worldview that speaks to the child in all of us.

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