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it won the honor not the medal.
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm won the Newbery Honor in 2011.
It won in 1968.
She has won neither.
Karen Cushman's 1995 The Midwife's Apprentice won her a Newbery Medal, while her 1994 Catherine, Called Birdy won her a Newbery Honor.
Yes, the book "Old Yeller" received a Newbery Honor in 1957, but did not win the Newbery Medal.
Savvy (novel) won the 2009 Newbery award.Savvy by Ingrid Law was a 2009 Newbery Honor winner. The Newbery Medal winner was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal in 1961. It was for his book Island of the Blue Dolphin. It's a good book, which is why it won.
Jerry Spinelli won the Newbery Medal for "Maniac Magee" in 1991 and the Newbery Honor for "Wringer" in 1998.
Hendrik Willem van Loon won it for The Story of Mankind. The first Newbery Medal was awarded in 1922.
The 1994 Newbery Award winner was The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright won the 1939 Newbery Medal.