Newbery Award and Honor Books 1939

"Mrs. Popper sighed. "I sometimes wish you had the kind of work that lasted all year, instead of just from spring until fall," she said. "It will be very nice to have you at home for a vacation, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day."
― Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper's PenguinsThe honorable mentions are my own.