1999 Medal Winner: Holes by Louis Sachar (Frances Foster)
1998 Medal Winner: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Scholastic)
1997 Medal Winner: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (Jean Karl/Atheneum)
1996 Medal Winner: The Midwife's Apprenticeby Karen Cushman (Clarion)
1995 Medal Winner: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins)
1994 Medal Winner: The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton)
1993 Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (Jackson/Orchard)
1992 Medal Winner: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum)
1991 Medal Winner: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown)
1990 Medal Winner: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton)
Sounder by William H. Armstrong won the 1970 Newbery Award.
Sylvia Malamud has written: 'Reviews of the Newbery award winners, 1955-1965' -- subject(s): Newbery Medal
Winners of a Newbery Award don't actually receive a monetary award; the "prize" comes in the form of national recognition and greatly increased royalty checks, as books that have received the Newbery Award sell in greater numbers after receiving the award than they did before.
The Newbery Medal is given to the author of a young adult book by the American Library Association. The seal is placed on the cover of the books. Newbery medal winners have better sales than books books.
The Newbery Award is named after John Newbery.
Typically,if you Google "Newbery Award winners",you'll find highly acclaimed children's books. Anything from "Charlotte's Web" to "Bridge To Terabithia".
He wanted authors to be known around the world.
Its Newbery award and it won it in 1998Edit: Wringer did not win the Newbery Award. It won the Newbery Honor in 1998, but the 1998 winner was Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.
The Newbery Award is made of bronze.
Most books stores have a good selection of recent Newbery Award winners. And they are always available through on-line book sellers. Your library will have a complete set that you can borrow.
Newbery Award.
No, they are not even close to being Newbery quality.