what year did caddie woodlawn win the newberry award
Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal. Life Born Caroline Ryrie on December 28, 1895, Moscow, Idaho, the only child of Alexander and Henrietta [Watkins] Ryrie Brink was orphaned by the age 8 and raised by her maternal grandmother, Caroline Watkins, the model for Caddie Woodlawn. Her grandmotherâs life and storytelling abilities inspired her writing at an early age.