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T-Bone, the baby sitter, is a children's book written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. It was released in 1950 by New York Harper. It won the Caldecott Honor literary award in 1951.

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For the picture-book age. (1950, Nov 12). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://rpa.laguardia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/111731565?accountid=11946

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Stone Soup, is written by Marcia Brown. It was first published in 1947 and is a 1948 Caldecott Honor award winner.

Little Lost Lamb, was written by Margaret Wise Brown under the pen name Golden Mcdonald and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. It won the Caldecott Honor 1946.

Ref: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2004044.Little_Lost_Lamb

The War that Saved My Life is a New York Times best seller written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons. Set in London during World War II, it is a moving story about a girl who goes against the odds and triumphs. It was published in 2015 by Dial Books and won the Newberry Medal in 2016.

Ref:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20912424-the-war-that-saved-my-life http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314816/the-war-that-saved-my-life-by-kimberly-brubaker-bradley/9780147510488/

The War that Saved My Life is a childrens book by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons. Set in London during World War II, it is a moving story about a girl who goes against the odds and triumphs. It was published in 2015 by Dial Books and won the Newberry Medal in 2016.

Plot
"The War that Saved my Life" is the story that takes place during World War II. It is about a young girl named Ada who is born with a clubfoot. Ada has spent her whole life living in a one bedroom apartment taking care of her abusive mother and loving younger brother. Because of her disability, her mother forbids her from leaving the house, instead she is forced to stay home and take care of domestic chores. The only person who loves her for who she is, is her younger brother, Jaimie. While Jaimie goes to school, Ada is confined to her one bedroom. She lives through his experiences and descriptions of what the world on the outside is like.

One day, her mother comes in and tells them that due to the threat of war, Jaimie is being evacuated out of the city and into the villages. Ada sneaks out with her brother and together they are brought in to the care of Susan Smith. Although Susan is resistant at first, she begins to love the children and the children learn to trust her. With Susan, Ada learns how to read, write and sew. She also learns more about her foot, and how to walk with crutches to ease the pain in her right foot. Susan has a horse on her estate named Butter, and one day Ada sneaks out and teaches herself how to ride him.

She meets her first true friend, Maggie Thorton, who is the daughter of a wealthy duke and Lady Thorton, is a smart young girl who is mostly away at boarding school. One day Maggie gets thrown off her horse, and Ada saves her and brings her back to home. Here she meets Frank Grimes, the Thortons groundskeeper. Frank offers to help teach her more about horses, and from there on Ada helps him with his work and in return he teaches her how to care for horses.

Just as her life seems to be settling down, her mother shows up at Susan's house to pick her up. Even though she does not want to leave, Jaimie's insistence leaves her with no other choice then to go back with their mother. Once back in London, her mother takes away her shoes and crutches and tries to force her back into a life of pain and oppression. The war continues to progress, and their new home gets bombed. This is when Susan comes back and saves them to take them back to the country which was also affected by the war.

Characters

 * Ada--Age 9. The heroine of this story, Ada was born with a club foot. Despite her disability, she is brave and sedulous, and teaches herself how to walk and how to ride a horse.
 * Jaimie--Ada's younger brother is around 7 years old and very dependent on his older sister.
 * Ada and Jaimies mother-- The antagonists of the story, she is a neglectful and angry woman who abuses her children.
 * Susan Smith--The woman who is given the responsibility of taking in Ada and Jaimie, she lives alone and is mourning the loss of her friend Becky.
 * Margaret'Maggie' Thorton--Ada's first real friend in the book, Maggie is a bright girl from a rich family who is frustrated because she mostly away at boarding school.
 * Lady Thorton--Described as the "iron faced" woman, she is the wealthy woman who is in charge of evacuees and other.
 * Frank Grimes--Caretaker on the Thorton estate, he teaches Ada about horses.
 * Butter- A horse that lives on Susans estate. He is the horse Ada first learns to ride.

Critical Reception
"The War that Saved My Life" has been received warmly by many critics. Booklist states "The home-front realities of WWII, as well as Ada’s realistic anger and fear, come to life in Bradley’s affecting and austerely told story, and readers will cheer for steadfast Ada as she triumphs over despair." Wallstreet Journal calls it "Achingly lovely . . . Nuanced and emotionally acute, this vivid tale from the wartime home front will have readers ages 10-14 wincing at Ada's stumbles and rejoicing to the point of tears in her victories." Joy Fleishhacker for School Library Journal says “Expertly operating on many different levels, this exquisitely written novel incorporates themes of self-discovery and self-worth, strength of family, the power of love, and the many different kinds of courage. . . . Heart-lifting.”

Awards

 * Newbery Medal Honor Book in 2016.
 * Winner of Shneider Family Book Award in 2016.
 * Odyssey Award in 2016.
 * New York Times best seller.