This honor, named after John Newbery, an English children's book publisher, ultimately became the world's first children's book award. Since its inception, the Newbery Medal has been awarded ...

NEW YORK — Meg Medina, the latest recipient of the John Newbery Medal, wrote her prize-winning children’s book with a special intensity. “There are so many negative characterizations these days of ...

Tae Keller’s chapter book “When You Trap a Tiger,” in which a young Korean-American explores her identity and her heritage through her grandmother’s stories, won the John Newbery Medal for the ...