# Winterbound

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***Winterbound*** is a 1936 children's novel written by [Margery Williams](/source/Margery_Williams) and illustrated by [Kate Seredy](/source/Kate_Seredy). It is a family story set in a [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut) farmhouse during the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression).[1] Nineteen-year-old Kay and sixteen-year-old Garry are in charge of the house and their younger siblings while their parents are away during the winter.[2]

## Reception

The novel was a [Newbery Honor](/source/Newbery_Medal) recipient in 1937; Seredy's own novel [The White Stag](/source/The_White_Stag) would win the Newbery Medal the next year.[3] The [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times) review complimented Williams' writing, saying "she writes with a pleasuring simplicity and directness" and "it gives the impression that the author has lived through some of the experiences described".[4] [Kirkus Reviews](/source/Kirkus_Reviews) also observed that "the adventures and misadventures have roots in personal experience".[5]

## References

1. [*The Newbery Companion* by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001](https://books.google.com/books?id=bzeHhAwuM6UC) page 86

1. [*The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: a Guide to the Medal and Honor Books* by the Association for Library Service to Children, ALA Editions, 2009](https://books.google.com/books?id=6pujShjG1YkC&dq), page 74

1. ["Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present"](https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/newbery-medals-honors-1922-present.pdf). *ALA.org*. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

1. ["WINTERBOUND, by Margery Bianco; Decorations by Kate Seredy; 234 pp.; New York: The Viking Press; $2"](https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/winterbound-margery-bianco-decorations-kate/docview/101673379). *The New York Times*. November 1, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

1. ["WINTERBOUND by Margery Bianco"](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/margery-bian/winterbound/). *Kirkus Reviews*. September 1, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

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