Alamy The earliest versions of the novel, produced by John Newbery, one of the first publishers of children’s books, do not name an author, although some later scholars have attributed it to ...

N EW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery ...

Yet, you may not know that the Newbery Medal predates all of them — and this great literary honor historically celebrated and exulted some of your favorite childhood reads. The latest Youth ...

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 ...