A Partial List of Children's Literature Titles Overlooked by Newbery Medal Award Judges

This book details the adventures 

of a young apprentice genie, svelte 

and statuesque, who one day, while 

attempting to assume the shape of a roc, instead inexplicably takes the shape and sound of a mourning dove.

     #17 
"Dillitt: Tall, Lean Djinn That Coo'd"