Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal, while Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming-of ...

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi, received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American ...

Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal on Monday. Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming ...

He’s best known for illustrating books by Avi, a Newbery Medal awardee himself for Crispin: The Cross of Lead in 2003. Also noteworthy: The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award was ...

Our very own single-name artist, Avi, finally won the coveted Newbery Medal this year with his fiftieth adventure novel, Crispin: The Cross of Lead. The Brooklyn-born writer dabbles in many genres ...

Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal. Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming-of-age ...

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The Newbery Award is celebrating its 100 th anniversary in 2022. Such milestones are times of celebration, and merchandising, but also of reflection. Many people perceive the medal as a permanent ...

The Newbery — celebrating its 100th year — and Caldecott medals, as well as several other honors, were among those awards. The John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished children's book ...

It’s party time. On Monday, Crispin, Avi’s 50th book, won one of the top honors in children’s literature — the John Newbery Medal. His story of a peasant boy in 14th-century England ...

“Crispin: The Cross of Lead” by Avi (Hyperion, $15.99) won the 2003 Newbery Medal. “Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $15.95) was named a 2003 Newbery Honor book. The Newbery awards are named ...

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi, received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American ...