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Lois Lowry has won two Newbery awards, one for Number the Stars in 1990, and another for The Giver in 1994.
Lois Lowry has won two Newbery awards, one for Number the Stars in 1990, and another for The Giver in 1994.
Lois Lowry has won two Newbery Medals:1990 - Number the Stars1994 - The Giver
Lois Lowry has won the Children's Literature Award (for A Summer to Die), the American Library Association Notable Book Award (for Autumn Street), the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Golden Kite Award, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Child Study Award (all for Rabble Starkey), the Newbery Medal, the National Jewish Book Award, the Sidney Taylor Award (all for Number the Stars), and the Newbery Medal again (for The Giver).
Yes, "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio is not a Newbery Medal-winning book. It has won several other prestigious awards, including the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Children's Book in 2012.
Madeleine L'Engle won the Newbery Medal once for her novel "A Wrinkle in Time" in 1963.
There are actually 5 authors that have won the Newbery Award two times. They are E.L. Konigsburg, Joseph Krumgold, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson and Elizabeth George Speare. A pretty amazing feat, considering the strict criteria for the award!
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Joan Bauer has received one Newbery Honor award for her book "Hope Was Here" in 2001.
No one has won the Newbery Medal three times, although Lois Lowry and Elizabeth George Speare both won twice.
Lois Lowry has won the Newbery Medal twice. She won in 1990 for "Number the Stars" and in 1994 for "The Giver."
One book wins the Newbery each year. The committee may award three Honor awards each year if they feel it is deserved, but they do not have to.