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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rabbit Hill (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
Rabbit Hill is a children's novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945. In 1954 he wrote...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up...
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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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Kwame Alexander (category Newbery Medal winners)
literary community), and his verse novel The Crossover won the 2015 Newbery Medal and was selected as an Honor book for the Coretta Scott King Award....
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
Books. This book was the winner of numerous awards including the 1972 Newbery Medal. Ten years following its publication, the story was adapted for film...
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Caddie Woodlawn (category Newbery Medal–winning works)
that received the Newbery Medal in 1936 and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. The original 1935 edition was illustrated by Newbery-award-winning author...
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Neil Gaiman (category Newbery Medal winners)
Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard...
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