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E. B. White won a Newbery Honor for Charlotte's Web for which he also recorded an unabridged audiobook. Jean Craighead George won both a Newbery Medal and Honor. Beverly Cleary won two Newbery Honors for her Ramona series and the Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal in 1989, two years after his father Sid Fleischman ...
Alma mater. San Jose State University. Notable works. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Notable awards. Newbery Medal (1988) Russell A. Freedman (October 11, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American biographer and the author of nearly 50 books for young people. He may be known best for winning the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A ...
Mary Elizabeth Carey [1] Elizabeth George Speare (November 21, 1908 – November 15, 1994) was an American writer of children's historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". [2] In 1989 she received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her ...
The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. [2] A 2012 survey by School Library Journal designated it as the fourth-best children's novel of all time. [3] It has been the subject of a large body of scholarly analysis with academics considering themes of memory, religion, color, and eugenics within ...
OCLC. 18947847. LC Class. PZ7.L9673 Nu 1989. Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II . The story revolves around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lives with her mother, father, and sister Kirsti in Copenhagen in 1943.
The Medal was inaugurated in 1922 and there have been 91 Medals and winning works through 2012; only 86 winning authors because five have won twice. Pages in category "Newbery Medal winners" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
paulfleischman .net. Paul Fleischman (born 1952) is an American writer of children's books. He and his father Sid Fleischman have both won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". [1] For the body of his work he was the United States ...
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years is a children's novel written by Rachel Field and published in 1929. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1930. The book is told from the point of view of an inanimate doll named Hitty (short for Mehitabel ), who was constructed in the 1820s and traveled around the world ...