The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division...
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The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are considered the most prestigious American children's book awards. Besides the Caldecott Medal, the committee awards...
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Newbery is a surname. Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver David Newbery (born 1943), British economist Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908)...
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Chantelle Lee Newbery (née Michell) (born 6 May 1977) is an Australian former diver. She won a gold medal in diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics and in...
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recognition of his achievements the Newbery Medal was named after him in 1922. Newbery was born in 1713 to Robert Newbery,: 201 a farmer, in Waltham St Lawrence...
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Number the Stars (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
her necklace and is a symbol of Judaism. The novel was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1990 as the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American...
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This is a list of graphic novels which have won a notable award. 1992: Maus a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman...
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The Westing Game (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's...
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The Eyes and the Impossible (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
The book was praised by critics and was the recipient of the 2024 Newbery Medal. The Eyes and the Impossible was received positively by critics, including...
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(2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. The story takes place in the...
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E. L. Konigsburg (category Newbery Medal winners)
books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most...
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The Giver (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
it is possible to have one without the other. The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. A 2012 survey by...
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Katherine Applegate (category Newbery Medal winners)
the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld book series. She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her 2012 children's novel The One and Only Ivan. Applegate's most...
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Kate DiCamillo (category Newbery Medal winners)
Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses won the Newbery Medal, making DiCamillo one of six authors to have won two Newbery Medals. Born in Philadelphia, DiCamillo moved...
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Bridge to Terabithia (novel) (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
originally published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell, and in 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
children's book written by Patricia MacLachlan and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal, the 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the 1986 Golden...
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Walk Two Moons (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
Sharon Creech, published by HarperCollins in 1994 and winner of the 1995 Newbery Medal. The novel was originally intended as a follow-up to Creech's previous...
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Island of the Blue Dolphins (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
during the nineteenth century. Island of the Blue Dolphins won the Newbery Medal in 1961. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1964. O'Dell...
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
submitted to editor Jean E. Karl. From the Mixed-Up Files won the annual Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1968. The prologue...
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A Wrinkle in Time (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the book won the Newbery Medal, the Sequoyah Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was...
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When You Reach Me (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place on the Upper West Side...
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Louis Sachar (category Newbery Medal winners)
U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature...
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Paula Fox (category Newbery Medal winners)
won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer; a 1983 National Book Award in category...
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Holes (novel) (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
1998 US National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature...
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The Crossover (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
book by American author Kwame Alexander and the winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. The book, which is told entirely...
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Hatchet (novel) (category Newbery Honor–winning works)
published in September 1987 by Bradbury Press, and the recipient of the Newbery Medal in 1998. Brian Robeson is the 13-year-old son of divorced parents. As...
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Bud, Not Buddy (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
Christopher Paul Curtis. It was the first book to receive both the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, and the Coretta Scott...
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Katherine Paterson (category Newbery Medal winners)
Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two...
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The Long Winter (novel) (category Newbery Honor–winning works)
Newbery Medal in 1941. All the fourth to eighth Little House books from 1938 to 1943 were Newbery runners-up. In retrospect, they are called Newbery Honor...
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Avi (author) (category Newbery Medal winners)
and children's literature. He is a winner of the Newbery Medal and twice one of the runners-up (Newbery Honor). Avi and his twin sister were born in Brooklyn...
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