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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 of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children". [ 1] The Newbery and the Caldecott Medal are ...
1980–2016. Website. www .ritawg .com. Rita Williams-Garcia (born Rita Williams) is an American writer of novels for children and young adults . In 2010, her young adult novel Jumped was a National Book Award finalist for Young People's Literature. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, [1] Coretta Scott King Award, [2] [3] and Scott O'Dell ...
PZ7.S80857 WH 2009. 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 of New York during 1978 and 1979 and follows a sixth-grade girl named Miranda Sinclair. After Miranda finds a strange note, which is unsigned and addressed only to "M," in ...
Penny from Heaven, a story set in the 1950s featuring an 11-year-old Italian-American girl, was a 2007 Newbery Honor recipient. Turtle in Paradise, which is set in the Great Depression in Key West, Florida, was a 2011 Newbery Honor recipient. Babymouse for President won the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7).
Sweet Ladies! 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Laura Amy Schlitz is an American author of children's literature. She is a librarian and storyteller at the Park School of Baltimore in Brooklandville, Maryland . She received the 2008 Newbery Medal for her children's book entitled Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, [1] and ...
E. L. Konigsburg. Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's 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 distinguished contribution to American children's literature."
Rowling in 2010. Joanne Rowling, known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. [1] She has won numerous accolades for her Harry Potter book series, including general literature prizes, honours in children's literature and speculative fiction awards.
Cynthia Kadohata(born July 2, 1956)[1]is a Japanese Americanchildren's writer best known for her young adult novel Kira-Kirawhich won the Newbery Medalin 2005.[2] She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literaturein 2013 for The Thing About Luck. [3] Biography[edit] Kadohata was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1]