![]() ![]() "'What songs did you sing? What games did you play?'" Nelson Hoyle said of Ryrie Brink's questions to kids. ![]() The letters show Ryrie Brink's attention to the voices of children. It holds some of Ryrie Brink's original manuscripts and notes and batches of fan letters from school children. The university's Kerlan Collection is one of the world's most extensive children's literature research collections. And winning the Newbery Medal meant that "every library in the country would purchase a copy of the book, and parents who paid attention to the best books would buy the book for their children, so that book has never gone out of print," said Karen Nelson Hoyle, a retired University of Minnesota children's literature curator. "Caddie Woodlawn," published in 1935, was a hit. Indian John accompanies her home through the dark and meets with her father who has quelled plans to attack and tells Indian John he'll keep the peace. ![]()
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