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Also Check out.... Resources Dr. Katherine Schnei- Singapore American School Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (FIC SVI) Middle School Library A Single Shard by Linda Sue Parks (FIC PAR) Resources A year down yonder by Richard Peck (FIC PEC) American Library Association NEWBERY AWARD http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardgrants/ Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (FIC CUR) bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm WINNERS Holes by Louis Sachar (FIC SAC) Out of the dust: A Novel by Karen Hesse (FIC HES) John Newbery (baptized 9 July 1713 - 22 The Most Distinguished Children’s December 1767) was an English publisher of books American Book Literature The view from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (FIC KON) who first made children’s literature a sustainable The midwife’s apprentice by Karen Cushman (FIC CUS) and profitable part of the literary market. He also Walk two moons by Sharon Creech (FIC CRE) supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson. In The Giver by Lois Lowry (FIC LOW) honor of his achievements in children’s publishing, Missing May by Cynthia Ryland (FIC RYL) the Newbery Medal was named after him. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (FIC NAY) Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (FIC SPI) Number the stars by Lois Lowry (FIC LOW) Joyful noise: poems fro two voices by Paul Fleischman (811 FLE) Lincoln: A photobiography by Russell Freedman (921 LIN) The Whipping boy by Sid Fleischman (FIC FLE) Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan (FIC MAC) The hero and the crown by Robin McKindley (FIC MCK) Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (FIC CLE) Dicey’s song by Cynthia Voigt (FIC VOI) A visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for innocent and experi- enced travelers by Nancy Willard (811 WIL) Singapore American School Middle School Library 40 Woodlands Street 41 S (738547) Phone: + 65 6360 6420 Website: http://www.sas.edu.sg/library/ms Updated May 2013 Newbery Medal Newbery Award Winners The History of the Newbery Medal The One and Only Ivan Good masters! Sweet ladies! Katherine Applegate Voices from a Medieval Village During a discussion with children’s librarians at Laura Amy Schiltz the 1921 American Library Association Conference, FIC APP “children’s Book Week” founder Frederic G. 2013 812 SCH Melcher suggested that librarians could strongly 2008 influence children’s book selection and distribution. Dead end in Norvelt The Higher Power of Lucky He believed they should encourage authors of Jack Gantos Susan Patron outstanding ability to write more meaningful children’s books. He also proposed that a medal be awarded each year by the Children’s Librarian FIC GAN FIC PAT Section for the most distinguished book for children (Realistic Fiction) (Family) written by a citizen or resident of the United States 2012 2007 and published during the preceding year. He Moon over manifest Criss cross recommended that the medal be called the “John Claire Vanderpool Lyn Rae Perkins Newberry Medal” in honor of the 18th Century bookseller who is credited with recognizing FIC VAN FIC PER children’s unique reading interests , and who sought Realistic Fiction (Historial fiction) 2006 authors to write for them. In 1922, the Executive 2012 Board of the American Library Association Kira Kira accepted Mr. Melcher’s offer to present the When you reach me Cynthia Kadohata Newberry Medal and set in motion the procedures Rebecca Stead necessary to select the first winning book. FIC KAH FIC STE (Mystery) (Historical Fiction) Source: American Library Association 2011 2005 The Graveyard Book The Tale of Desperaux Neil Gaiman Kate DiCamillo FIC GAI FIC DIC (Horror) (Fantasy) 2010 2004.