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Named for John Newbery, an 18th-century English publisher of juvenile books, the winner of the Newbery is selected at the ALA's Midwinter Conference by a fifteen-person committee. The Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921, making it the first children's book award in the world.
Children's literature portal; These writers have won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" (one book). For articles on winning books see Category:Newbery Medal–winning works.
Children's literature portal; These books have been runners-up for the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, which recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". From 1971 they have been called Honor Books and their authors have been awarded Newbery Honor citations.
Children's literature portal; These writers have been runners-up for the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, which recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". From 1971 their works have been called Honor Books and they have received Newbery Honor citations.
Children's literature portal; These books have won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". For biographies of winning authors see Category:Newbery Medal winners
Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988) [1] was an American children's writer and a children's librarian. Her book Ginger Pye, for which she also created illustrations, [2] won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975.
Josette Frank Award, given by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education, formerly known as the "Children's Book Award" Newbery Medal , awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, of the American Library Association, was the first "children's book award"
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