All 1936 Book Awards

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

Think of The Earth Bertram BrookerThink of The Earth Bertram Brooker

Think of The Earth

Bertram Brooker

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

T.B.R.—newspaper pieces T.B. RobertonT.B.R.—newspaper pieces T.B. Roberton

T.B.R.—newspaper pieces

T.B. Roberton

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

The Thought and Character of William James Ralph Barton PerryThe Thought and Character of William James Ralph Barton Perry

The Thought and Character of William James

Ralph Barton Perry

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

Honey in the Horn Harold L. DavisHoney in the Horn Harold L. Davis

Honey in the Horn

Harold L. Davis

Pulitzer Prize – History

A Constitutional History of the United States Andrew C. McLaughlinA Constitutional History of the United States Andrew C. McLaughlin

A Constitutional History of the United States

Andrew C. McLaughlin

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Strange Holiness

Robert P. T. Coffin

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

Pigeon Post

Arthur Ransome

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Caddie Woodlawn

Carol Ryrie Brink