tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375511.post-1099923320703364592004-10-27T06:13:00.000-07:002004-11-08T06:15:20.703-08:00<a href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Newbery_Medal">Newbery Medal</a>. Here is the Wikinfo encyclopedia entry for this important award! <br /> <br />From the site: <br /> <br />The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the <a class="new" title="American Library Association" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=American_Library_Association">American Library Association</a> (ALA) to the author of the most outstanding <a class="internal" title="Children's literature" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Children%27s_literature">book for children</a>. The award, which is named after an eighteen-century British bookseller, has been given since <a class="internal" title="1922" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=1922">1922</a>. Together with the <a class="new" title="Caldecott Medal" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Caldecott_Medal">Caldecott Medal</a>, it is considered the most prestigious award for children's literature in the <a class="internal" title="United States" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=United_States">United States</a>. <br /> <br />Recipients of the Newbery Medal are: <br /> <br />1922 <a class="new" title="Hendrik Willem van Loon" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Hendrik_Willem_van_Loon">Hendrik Willem van Loon</a>, <a class="new" title="The Story of Mankind" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=The_Story_of_Mankind">The Story of Mankind</a> <br />1923 <a class="new" title="Hugh Lofting" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Hugh_Lofting">Hugh Lofting</a>, The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle <br />1924 <a class="new" title="Charles Hawes" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Charles_Hawes">Charles Hawes</a>, The Dark Frigate <br />1925 <a class="new" title="Charles Finger" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Charles_Finger">Charles Finger</a>, Tales from Silver Lands <br />1926 <a class="new" title="Arthur Bowie Chrisman" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Arthur_Bowie_Chrisman">Arthur Bowie Chrisman</a>, Shen of the Sea <br />1927 <a class="new" title="Will James" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Will_James">Will James</a>, Smoky the Cow Horse <br />1928 <a class="new" title="Dhan Gopal Mukerji" href="http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Dhan_Gopal_Mukerji">Dhan Gopal Mukerji</a>, Gayneck, the Story of a Pigeon <br />Norma Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11366497253720824802noreply@blogger.com