Down Ryton Water

Down Ryton Water
	First edition
Author	Eva Roe Gaggin
Illustrator	Elmer Hader
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Viking
Publication date	1940
Publication place	United States
Pages	369

Down Ryton Water is a 1940 children's historical novel written by Eva Roe Gaggin and illustrated by Elmer Hader. It tells the story of the Separatists of Scrooby and the Pilgrim Fathers through the first-person narrative of young Matt Over.^[1]

The book received a Newbery Honor in 1941.^[2] The New York Times praised the novel's richness and scope, overlooking its narrative dissonance – Matt, a boy, seemily has a feminine viewpoint.^[3]

References

↑ Gillespie, John T.; Naden, Corinne J., eds. (2006). The Newbery/Printz Companion: Book Talk and Related Materials (3rd ed.). Libraries Unlimited. p. 107. ISBN 1-59158-313-6.
↑ "Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present" (PDF). ALA.org. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
↑ "The Pilgrims Down Ryton Water, by E.R. Gaggin; Drawings by Elmer Hader". The New York Times. January 18, 1942. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

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[printz-1] Gillespie, John T.; Naden, Corinne J., eds. (2006). The Newbery/Printz Companion: Book Talk and Related Materials (3rd ed.). Libraries Unlimited. p. 107. ISBN 1-59158-313-6.

[award-2] "Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present" (PDF). ALA.org. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

[3] "The Pilgrims Down Ryton Water, by E.R. Gaggin; Drawings by Elmer Hader". The New York Times. January 18, 1942. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

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