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Title: 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
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