1	Newbery Book Award By Ian. P The Facts About These Wonderful Acclaimed Books
2	Some History On the Award This award started in 1921 and was founded by Frederic G.Melcher and the medal itself was designed by René Paul Chamberlin. In 1922 the responsibility of selecting a book for the award was place under the rule of The American Library Association Executive Board under the Children's Librarians' Section. The awards name came from the name of an English bookseller, John Newbery. The award is given to the author who writes the most distinguished American children's book published in the previous year. The award was created to encourage book writers to write for children to get them interested in reading. This award was the first children’s book award to be given in the world. Since this award was founded there have been 85 awards given out. The first Newbery award was given to Hendrik Willem van Loon for his book The Story of Mankind in 1922 and the latest award was given to the 2006 winner Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. (See Links For Full List)
3	The Newbery Honor Books These are books that where cited by the ALSC (The Association for Library Service to Children) for attention. These are “runner-up’s” as they were called until in 1971 when the name changed to Honor Books. These are good books chose each year that the ALSC believes are worthy of honorable mention as the name states. There can be few or several chose each year. (See Links For Full List)
4	A Comparison Between Fiction and Non Fiction Fiction- the fiction books that were selected for this award in my opinion not only encourage the children to read, but also have a theme or moral that is hidden in the story that tries to apply itself to the child’s life. In other terms it teaches the children something about life. I personally like the fiction because of the plot and adventure and think any Newberry Award winner would make a good book. An example would be Johnny Tremain. This is a story about Boston, Massachusetts in the time before the revolution, the events leading to the revolution, the famous people he meets, and ultimately the revolution and the parts this boy (Johnny Tremain) plays in it.
5	A Comparison Between Fiction and Non Fiction Non Fiction- these selections are usually a autobiography of a persons life or a outline of a certain time period. An example would be Lincoln: An Autobiography. This book tells about Lincoln from a child to when he was president and how he deals with the civil war and the many other responsibilities and decisions he faced as president.
6	Bibliography (Sources to read more about) http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm