Yonie Wondernose

Yonie Wondernose  
Author(s) Marguerite de Angeli
Language English
Publisher Herald Press
Publication date 1944
Pages 48
ISBN 0836190831
Dewey Decimal 813.5

Yonie Wondernose is a 1944 picture book by Marguerite de Angeli, who would later win the Newbery Medal for The Door in the Wall. Sometimes described as an "Amish Curious George", the book was to win the Caldecott Honor citation. As with many of de Angeli's books, it was how she expressed her interest in little-known and prejudged people. This was the second book she wrote about the Amish community, the first being Henner's Lydia.

Described as a "wondernose" because he's so curious, seven-year-old Yonie has to become the man of the house when his parents go away.