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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 ...
9780375836909. Turtle in Paradise is a 2010 children's novel written by Jennifer L. Holm. [1] The book is a 2011 Newbery Honor Book and also won the Golden Kite Award. The main character, Turtle, is eleven years old and lives in Key West, Florida during the Great Depression. [citation needed] The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is also mentioned in ...
Rowling's awards for film, theatre and crime fiction include the 2011 British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema for the Harry Potter film series, the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and the 2021 British Book Awards' Crime and Thriller category for the fifth ...
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 .
KONS International Literary Award – since 2011. Grand Prix of Literary Associations (English, French, and Spanish) – since 2013. Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award – since 2013. Europese Literatuurprijs (European Literature Award) – since 2011. Cilento Poetry Prize (International Literary Award) – since 2017.
Bud, Not Buddy is the second children's novel written by 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 King Award, which is given to outstanding African-American authors.
Alex Ferron. . ( m. 2010) . Children. 1. Grace Lin (born May 17, 1974) is a Taiwanese-American children's writer and illustrator. She is a Newbery, Geisel, and Caldecott honoree, known for contributing to and advocating for Asian-American representation and diversity in children’s literature. She has published more than 25 books, all of which ...
A Shiloh Christmas. Shiloh is a Newbery Medal -winning children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991. The 65th book by Naylor, it is the first in a quartet about a young boy and the title character, an abused dog. Naylor decided to write Shiloh after an emotionally taxing experience in West Virginia where she encountered an ...