Award Books - Newbery Medal and Honor Books,
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"The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery. ... the purpose of the Newbery Medal was stated as follows: 'To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field'." The John Newbery Medal (Association for Library Service to Children at ALA site)
Only items with a blue background for Winner or Yellow background for Honor book AND call number listed are available in this library.
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