John Newbery Medal 2016
Awards
John Newbery Medal 2016
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by the children's librarians and Melcher's official proposal was approved by the ALA Executive Board in 1922.
- The winner of the John Newbery Medal is LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt De La Peña and Christian Robinson.
- Three Newbery Honor Books were also named: THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley; ROLLER GIRL by Victoria Jamieson; and ECHO by Pam Muñoz Ryan.
