Named after an 18th-century English bookseller named John Newbery, it became the first children’s book award in the world. Throughout the past century, the ALA has bestowed the honor on timeless ...

has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book. The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story went to “Chooch Helped,” a tale of Cherokee siblings illustrated ...

Scholastic is giving kids a chance to see "ghosts" rise from the pages of its forthcoming mystery series, 'The Last Resort' — ...

On Saturday, April 5 from 2 to 4 p.m., join representatives from the George Eastman Museum, Writers & Books, and ...

Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and PEN Award winner Ron Koertge discussed their new middle grade novel told in ...

has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book. Another story of memory was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding children's picture book. Watercress ...

With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...

Once again, Birmingham middle school students will participate in the “Birbery,” Birmingham’s take on the Newbery award. This annual reading challenge has been a Birmingham tradition since 2011 and ...

Matt de la Peña is the author of Last Stop on Market Street, for which he won the Newbery Medal, and several other picture books and YA novels. Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the ...