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Dobry is a book by Monica Shannon that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1935. A young Bulgarian peasant yearns to be a sculptor. He was content at one time to be a field worker like the rest of his family, but when he discovers that he has a talent for drawing and sculpting, he wants to train as an artist. His mother worries that he will neglect his farm work, but eventually agrees that his talents deserve... more
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Monica Shannon

Monica Shannon (1905?–1965) was an American author. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but moved to the United States before her first birthday. Her first book, California Fairy Tales was published in 1926. That book was so popular that two years later she penned a sequel, More Stores from...

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