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The Newbery Award is one of the highest awards a children's book can get. The book must be creative and critically received. The American Library Association states that "the purpose of the Newbery Medal was stated
as follows: "To encourage original creative work in the field of
books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the
literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays,
or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to
serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good
writing in this field." The Newbery Award thus became the first
children's book award in the world. Its terms, as well as its long
history, continue to make it the best known and most discussed
children's book award in this country."
This book report is not for the winner but to choose one of the honor books:
"From the beginning of the awarding of the
Newbery and Caldecott Medals, committees could, and usually did, cite
other books as worthy of attention. Such books were referred to as
Newbery or Caldecott "runners-up." In 1971 the term "runners-up" was
changed to "honor books." The new terminology was made retroactive so
that all former runners-up are now referred to as Newbery or Caldecott
Honor Books."
Come to the library where we have put on display the many great Newbery Honor Books for you to
choose from. You may want to read a more recent one like the novel in verse Inside out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai or Turtle in Paradise by Babymouse series author Jennifer L. Holm. There are many different Newbery Honor books to choose from: funny, sad, historical fiction, poetry, and much more. We can help you find what your looking for @ the Westwood Public Library!
