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Strauss writes for the Washington Post.
WASHINGTON — The Newbery Medal has been the gold standard in children’s literature for more than eight decades. On the January day when the annual winner is announced, bookstores nationwide sell out, libraries clamor for copies and teachers add the work to lesson plans.
Now the literary world is debating the Newbery’s value, asking whether the books that have won recently are so complicated and inaccessible to most children that they are effectively turning off kids to reading. Of the 25 winners and runners-up chosen from 2000 to 2005, four of the books deal with death, six with the absence of one or both parents, and four with such mental challenges as autism. Most of the rest deal with tough social issues.
An article in October’s School Library Journal -- “Has the Newbery Lost Its Way?” by children’s literary expert Anita Silvey -- touched off the debate, now in full bloom on blogs and in e-mails. It is the new flashpoint in the struggle to draw children into the delicious world of books at a time when the National Endowment for the Arts says fewer Americans are choosing to read than they did 20…
In 1921 Frederic G.Melcher had the Newbery Medal designed by René Paul Chambellan. The bronze medal has the winner's name and the date engraved on the back. The American Library Association Executive Board in 1922 delegated to the Children's Librarians' Section the responsibility for selecting the book to receive the Newbery Medal.
The inscription on the Newbery Medal still reads "Children's Librarians' Section," although the section has changed its name four times and its membership now includes both school and public library children's librarians in contrast to the years 1922-58, when the section, under three different names, included only public library children's librarians. Today the Medal is administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of ALA.
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by the children's librarians, and Melcher's official proposal was approved by the…
CHICAGO — Join the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) in celebrating 100 years of the Newbery Medal!
The Newbery Medal was established in 1921 and first awarded in 1922 by the American Library Association (ALA). Beginning in summer 2021 and continuing through 2022, ALSC a division of ALA, will roll out a slew of special Newbery-related events and activities to encourage widespread involvement in the celebration. A regularly updated outline of activities can be found on the Newbery 100th Anniversary webpage.
ALSC will bring back the popular The Newbery Medal: Past, Present, and Future online course this summer, with additional Newbery-specific continuing education opportunities to be offered through Annual Conference 2022. There will also be an online gallery highlighting Newbery history, a special issue of Children and Libraries, and more!
The celebration will culminate at ALA Annual Conference in 2022, including events specifically devoted to the Newbery’s milestone Anniversary. Check the Newbery 100th Anniversary webpage and follow the ALSC blog, Facebook, and Twitter for updates as our celebration unfolds.
Join the fun on social media by using #Newbery100 to share your favorite Newbery books, authors, trivia, stories, and memories. Exclusive Newbery merchandise is now…