The origin of the Newbery and Caldecott medals / Frederic G. Melcher -- Twenty medal books : in perspective / Elizabeth H. Gross. -- The Newbery awards, 1956-1965: Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / Jean Lee Latham (1956) -- Miracles on maple hill / Virginia Sorensen (1957) -- Rifles for Watie / Harold Keith (1958) -- The witch of blackbird pond / Elizabeth George Speare (1959) -- Onion John / Joseph Krumgold (1960) -- Island of the blue dolphins / Scott O'Dell (1961) -- The bronze bow / Elizabeth George Speare (1962) -- A wrinkle in time / Madeline L'Engle (1963) -- It's like this, cat / Emily Neville (1964) -- Shadow of a bull / Maia Wojciechowska (1965) -- Only the best : [some thoughts on the Newbery medal and the quality of literature] / Carolyn Horovitz. -- The Caldecott Awards, 1956-1965: Frog went a-courtin' / illustrated by Feodor Rojankovksy, text retold by John Langstaff (1956) -- A tree is nice / Janice Udry (1957) -- Time of wonder / Robert McCloskey (1958) -- Chanticleer and the fox / Geoffrey Chaucer (1959) -- Nine days to Christmas / Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (1960) -- Baboushka and the three kings / Ruth Robbins (1961) -- Once a mouse / Marcia Brown (1962) -- The snowy day / Ezra Jack Keats (1963) -- Where the wild things are / Maurice Sendak (1964) -- May I bring a friend? / Beatrice Schenk De Regniers (1965) -- Picture books today / Norma R. Fryatt. -- Winners and runners-up for the Newbery and Caldecott awards: I. Newbery Award, 1922-1965 -- II. Caldecott award.