Kira-Kira was nominated in 2005. Cynthia Kadohata won the award for it that year.
Newbery Medal was created in 1922.
The runners-up to the Newbery Medal are called Newbery Honor recipients.
It has to be written by an author who is an American or lives in the US. It also has to be an original work published in the year nominated.
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.
The first Newbery Medal was awarded in 1922.
Rene Paul Chambellan designed the Newbery Medal in 1921.
The Giver, by Lois Lowry won the 1994 Newbery Medal.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922.
The Newbery Medal was first awarded in 1922.
The Whipping Boy won the Newbery Medal in 1987.