The Silver Pencil

Name: The Silver Pencil
ISBN: 9780140347920

Alice Dalgliesh

1944·235 pages·children

Literary Fiction

Newbery Medal (1945) · Nominee

From her girlhood in Trinidad, to school in England, to teacher training in New York, Janet cherishes the silver pencil her father gave her, and finally uses it to become a writer of children's books, fulfilling her lifelong dream.

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The Silver Pencil

Alice Dalgliesh

Newbery Medal (1945) · Nominee

Year

1944

Pages

235

Audience

children

Literary Fiction

Description

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