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The 1970 Newbery Medal winner was Sounder by William H. Armstrong.
Sounder by William H. Armstrong won the 1970 Newbery Award.
One book a year can win the Newbery Medal. Up to 5 books a year can earn the Newbery Honor Award.
One book receives the Newbery Medal each year. There may be up to three Newbery Honor books each year.
It didn't actually win the Newbery Medal. It won a Newbery Honour (runner-up) award in 2007.
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery that year.
No, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain has not won the Newbery Medal. The Newbery Medal is awarded to the most distinguished children's book of the year by the American Library Association.
A book is chosen to win the Newbery Medal because the committee believe it is the most outstanding American children's literature of the year.
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary won the 1984 Newbery Medal.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech won the 1995 Newbery Medal.
You can win a Newbery Medal by writing a children's book and having it selected by the ALA (American Library Association) panel of voters that choose what books win the Newbery Medal each year.
Richard Peck won the 2001 Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a book about a fifteen-year-old girl sent to live with her grandmother in Illinois.