Awards & Winners

Marguerite Henry

Date of Birth 13-April-1902
Place of Birth Milwaukee
(Wisconsin, United States of America, Area code 414)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Marguerite Breithaupt
Profession Author, Writer
Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books. Her fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals captivated entire generations. She won the annual Newbery Medal for one of her books about horses and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague, was the basis for several sequels and for the 1961 movie Misty.

Awards by Marguerite Henry

Check all the awards nominated and won by Marguerite Henry.

1949


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : King of the Wind

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal King of the Wind

1948


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Misty of Chincoteague

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Misty of Chincoteague

1946


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Justin Morgan Had a Horse