The girl who drank the moon winner of the 2017 newbery. Jennifer holm at the 2017 american association of school. Winner of the 2017 newbery award the new york times bestseller an entertainment weekly best middle grade book of 2016. The girl who drank the moon wins 2017 newbery medal. It is awarded annually by the association for library service to children, a division of the american library association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to american literature for children. A complete list of medal winners for the john newbery award from 1922 to the present. The american library association announced this morning the winners of their 2017 youth media awards, including the prestigious caldecott medal and newbery medal awards. Newbery award winners, honors score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. All newbery honor books, newbery medal, books barnes.
The girl who drank the moon by kelly barnhill algonquin young. Newbery medal winners, 1922 present association for library. Newbery medal, annual award given to the author of the most distinguished. The newbery medal went to the girl who drank the moon by kelly barnhill, and the caldecott medal went to radiant child. The newbery medal was named for eighteenthcentury british bookseller john newbery. Bowker publishing company and named for john newbery, the 18thcentury english publisher who was among the first to publish books exclusively for children. Melcher in 1921, making it the first childrens book award in the world. List of books from american library association the honor books are those that were not the first place of the year, but deserve honorable mention.
Hitty, her first hundred years by rachel field macmillan 1929. See more ideas about newbery award, books and award winning books. The story of young artist jeanmichel basquiat by javaka steptoe little, brown and company, a division of hachette book group, inc. The girl who drank the moon by kelly barnhill on monday won the 2017 newbery medal, the highest u. The undefeated, written by kwame alexander, illustrated by kadir nelson, and published by versify, houghton mifflin harcourt. All newbery award winners newbery award books libguides at.
Ala website for the newbery medal and honorthe newbery medal was first offered in 1921 by fredric g. The girl who drank the moon is as exciting and layered as classics like peter pan or thewizard of oz. The john newbery medal, frequently shortened to the newbery, is a literary award. The award, granted by the american library association, is the uss highest honor in childrens literature not to be confused with the caldecott medal, which goes to the years best picture book. Historical fiction chronicles the close friendship between two japanese american sisters growing up in rural georgia during the late 1950s and early. Isaac bashevis singers first newbery honor book, zlateh. American library association announces 2017s caldecott.