1. Newbery Medal

2. What is the Newbery Medal?
Awarded to the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year
Awarded every year
Given by the American Library Association

3. History
The medal was proposed by Frederic G.Melcher in 1921 and approved in 1922
Named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery
First children's book award in the world

4. How is the Newbery Medal Chosen?
Chosen by a committee
Must be published in the preceding year
Author must be a citizen or resident of the United States

5. Newbery Medal Winners -Click on title for book trailer
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate- 2013
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool- 2011
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi- 2003
Holes by Louis Sachar- 1999
The Giver by Lois Lowry- 1994
Number the Stars- by Lois Lowry- 1990

6. Resources
The Association for Library Service to Children