Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
Evaline Neww, Evaline Ness
Paperback
(Henry Holt and Company, March 15, 1966)
Winner of the 1967 Caldecott Medal. Sam, a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams-moonshine, her father says-sits in her dragon-drawn chariot and says wise things to Bangs, her cat. One day Sam sends little Thomas, her devoted friend, to Blue Rock, far out in the harbor, and a sudden storm brings near disaster to Thomas and to Bangs. It is then that Sam repentantly draws a line between moonshine and reality. An unusually creative story.
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