Awards & Winners

Armstrong Sperry

Date of Birth 07-November-1897
Place of Birth New Haven
(Connecticut, United States of America, New Haven County, Area code 203, Area code 475)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Illustrator
Armstrong Wells Sperry was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical fiction and biography, often set on sailing ships, and stories of boys from Polynesia, Asia and indigenous American cultures. He is best known for his 1941 Newbery Medal-winning book Call It Courage.

Awards by Armstrong Sperry

Check all the awards nominated and won by Armstrong Sperry.

1941


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Call It Courage

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Call It Courage

1936


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud

Nominations 1936 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud