Critical Reception
The Gammage Cup was named a Newbery Honor Book for 1960.
The Gammage Cup won the Ohioana book award in 1960
The Gammage Cup was one of Horn Book's best books of 1959. A review of the book by the magazine said "This highly creative fantasy...will be a gift book treasured by the entire family."
In 2001, a review in Black Gate described The Gammage Cup as very readable and enjoyable, with a cute turn of phrase and clever notions, though standing "at best in the second rank of the great children's fantasies." The reviewer noted the typical 1950s themes of conformity and the threat from outsiders.
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