The committee voted for the book to win as they felt it was the best piece of children's literature that year.
The book "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen won the Newbery Honor Award in 1988. The Newbery Medal that year went to "Lincoln: A Photobiography" by Russell Freedman.
Newbery Medal was created in 1922.
The runners-up to the Newbery Medal are called Newbery Honor recipients.
Rene Paul Chambellan designed the Newbery Medal in 1921.
The Newbery Award is named after John Newbery.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922.
No, Stephenie Meyer has not won a Newbery Medal.
The first Newbery Medal was awarded in 1922.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922.
Rene Paul Chambellan designed the Newbery Medal in 1921.
The Whipping Boy won the Newbery Medal in 1987.