Tales from Silver Lands

Author| Charles Finger
Language| English
Genre| Children's novel
Publisher| Doubleday

Publication date

| 1924
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)

Tales from Silver Lands is a book by Charles Finger that won the Newbery Medal in 1925.[1]

The book is a collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations of Central and South America. Collected during Finger's travels, it was one of the first volumes of South American indigenous folktales available to children.[2] Finger also includes information about how the tales were told, including some cultural norms, and any items used in telling the story.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2018-16-05.
2. ^ a b Popp, Marcia Brown (March 1, 1997). "Tales from Silver Lands". Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Literature Series. Supplement. EBSCOhost: 1–2.

## External links

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* Tales from Silver Lands at Faded Page (Canada)
* Tales_from_Silver_Lands public domain audiobook at LibriVox

* Children's literature portal

Awards

Preceded by

The Dark Frigate

|  Newbery Medal recipient
1925 | Succeeded by

Shen of the Sea

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Newbery Medal–winning works

1922–1925|

* The Story of Mankind (1922)
* The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1923)
* The Dark Frigate (1924)
* Tales from Silver Lands (1925)

1926–1950|

* Shen of the Sea (1926)
* Smoky the Cowhorse (1927)
* Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon (1928)
* The Trumpeter of Krakow (1929)
* Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1930)
* The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1931)
* Waterless Mountain (1932)
* Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1933)
* Invincible Louisa (1934)
* Dobry (1935)
* Caddie Woodlawn (1936)
* Roller Skates (1937)
* The White Stag (1938)
* Thimble Summer (1939)
* Daniel Boone (1940)
* Call It Courage (1941)
* The Matchlock Gun (1942)
* Adam of the Road (1943)
* Johnny Tremain (1944)
* Rabbit Hill (1945)
* Strawberry Girl (1946)
* Miss Hickory (1947)
* The Twenty-One Balloons (1948)
* King of the Wind (1949)
* The Door in the Wall (1950)

1951–1975|

* Amos Fortune, Free Man (1951)
* Ginger Pye (1952)
* Secret of the Andes (1953)
* ...And Now Miguel (1954)
* The Wheel on the School (1955)
* Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (1956)
* Miracles on Maple Hill (1957)
* Rifles for Watie (1958)
* The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)
* Onion John (1960)
* Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)
* The Bronze Bow (1962)
* A Wrinkle in Time (1963)
* It's Like This, Cat (1964)
* Shadow of a Bull (1965)
* I, Juan de Pareja (1966)
* Up a Road Slowly (1967)
* From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1968)
* The High King (1969)
* Sounder (1970)
* Summer of the Swans (1971)
* Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1972)
* Julie of the Wolves (1973)
* The Slave Dancer (1974)
* M. C. Higgins, the Great (1975)

1976–2000|

* The Grey King (1976)
* Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977)
* Bridge to Terabithia (1978)
* The Westing Game (1979)
* A Gathering of Days (1980)
* Jacob Have I Loved (1981)
* A Visit to William Blake's Inn (1982)
* Dicey's Song (1983)
* Dear Mr. Henshaw (1984)
* The Hero and the Crown (1985)
* Sarah, Plain and Tall (1986)
* The Whipping Boy (1987)
* Lincoln (1988)
* Joyful Noise (1989)
* Number the Stars (1990)
* Maniac Magee (1991)
* Shiloh (1992)
* Missing May (1993)
* The Giver (1994)
* Walk Two Moons (1995)
* The Midwife's Apprentice (1996)
* The View from Saturday (1997)
* Out of the Dust (1998)
* Holes (1999)
* Bud, Not Buddy (2000)

2001–present|

* A Year Down Yonder (2001)
* A Single Shard (2002)
* Crispin (2003)
* The Tale of Despereaux (2004)
* Kira-Kira (2005)
* Criss Cross (2006)
* The Higher Power of Lucky (2007)
* Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! (2008)
* The Graveyard Book (2009)
* When You Reach Me (2010)
* Moon Over Manifest (2011)
* Dead End in Norvelt (2012)
* The One and Only Ivan (2013)
* Flora & Ulysses (2014)
* The Crossover (2015)
* Last Stop on Market Street (2016)
* The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2017)
* Hello, Universe (2018)
* Merci Suárez Changes Gears (2019)
* New Kid (2020)
* When You Trap a Tiger (2021)
* The Last Cuentista (2022)
* Freewater (2023)
* The Eyes and the Impossible (2024)

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