Seventeen books were named in 1958 , including only two from the 1950s . Seven were named in 1979 , all except two from the 1970s . Although short , the last class was also diverse , with one wordless picture book , '' The Snowman '' ( 1978 ) by Raymond Briggs , and one fictionalized biography , '' The Road from Home '' ( 1979 ) by David Kherdian , about his mother 's childhood during the Armenian Genocide and its aftermath
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award