The John Newbery Medal

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Award Winning Books

• The John Newbery Medal

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Newbery Beginnings

• The Newbery medal was created in 1922 by the
  American Library Association.
• The medal is awarded to the best story for
  children published the previous year.

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Newbery Medal Design
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How did the Newbery Award begin?

• Go to ALAs Newbery website and read about it.
  Close the website when you are finished.
• http//www.ala.org/alsc/nmedal.html

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Newbery books are judged on these points

• theme
• accuracy, clarity, organization
• plot development
• character development
• setting (time and place)
• Style
• Define one term. Use a dictionary!

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Find a Newbery Medal book to read

• Click below to go to Kids IPac. Close the
  website when you are finished. http//ipac.ecasd.k
  12.wi.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profilema-kids

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Find out about Newbery authors

• Go to this site and read about an author. Close
  the website when you are finished.
• http//www.manz.ecasd.k12.wi.us/classes/media/Newb
  eryAuthors.htm

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Enjoy reading or listening to Newbery Medal books.

• You can check them out from libraries around the
  area..This is called Interlibrary Loan.
• Go to the link below. Name 2 libraries have
  copies of Bud, Not Buddy as a sound recording on
  CD!
• http//www.more.lib.wi.us/

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The End