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Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first Indian American to win the Newbery Medal. [17] Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote five books each named a Newbery Honor between 1938 and 1944. Elizabeth Gray Vining (right) won the Newbery Medal in 1943 for Adam of the Road, which was illustrated by Robert Lawson, who won the Newbery Medal himself in 1945.
Bud, Not Buddy received the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, over twenty years after the first African American author had received the honor. [12] Christopher Paul Curtis was also recognized with the 2000 Coretta Scott King Award, an award given to outstanding African-American authors. These national honors ...
The Medal was inaugurated in 1922 and there have been 103 Medals and winning works through 2024; there are only 97 winning authors because six have won twice. Pages in category "Newbery Medal winners"
Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953) [1] [2] is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award, in addition to numerous other awards.
From 1971 they have been called Honor Books and their authors have been awarded Newbery Honor citations. For biographies of cited writers see Category:Newbery Honor winners. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922. As few as zero and as many as eight runners-up have been named but from 1938 there have been one to five annual Honors.
From 1971 their works have been called Honor Books and they have received Newbery Honor citations. For articles about cited books see Category:Newbery Honor–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922. As few as zero and as many as eight runners-up have been named, but from 1938 there have been one to five annual Honors.
Elijah of Buxton is a 2007 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book won critical praise and was a Newbery Honor [ 1 ] book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award . [ 2 ] It also was a children's book bestseller.
Seven times from 1985 to 2005 (‡), and no others, the schoolchildren selected the winner of the annual Newbery Medal (dated one year earlier, established 1922). That award by the Association for Library Service to Children recognizes the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".