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Announcing the 2016 Newbery Medal Winner
Whether you’re discovering them in childhood, reading them to your own children, or enjoying them as an adult, children’s books enrich our lives at many stages. Given the abundance of smart, stirring, and beautifully written children’s books that are published each year, choosing the best and brightest seems like an overwhelming, if not impossible undertaking—but such is the difficult task of the Newbery Award Selection Committee. The oldest and most renowned award in children’s literature, the Newbery Medal is given by the American Library Association to the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. Along with one winner, each year several additional books of distinction are chosen as Newbery Honor Books.
Winners of the Newbery Medal find themselves in the company of such indelible classics as Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, Lois Lowry’s The Giver, and Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan. Last year’s Newbery Medal winner was Kwame Alexander’s dazzling verse novel, The Crossover. Cece Bell’s quirky graphic novel El Deafo and Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical Brown Girl Dreaming were also chosen as Newbery Honor Books.
It is with delight that we announce that this year’s Newbery Medal winner is:
Last Stop on Market Street (Newbery Medal Winner) (Caldecott Honor Book)
Matt de la Peña
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Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandmother take the Market Street bus across town. As CJ wonders why they can’t just drive, and why he doesn’t have a fancy iPod like the other boys on the bus, his grandmother reminds him to appreciate all the wonderful things they do have—teaching him that you can find magic and wonder everywhere, if you know how to look for it. The loving relationship between CJ and his grandmother, and the fun they have together on their trip are the centerpiece of this captivating story about the power of gratitude. Robinson’s vivid, pitch-perfect illustrations depict a vibrant urban cityscape in all its (often gritty) glory.
This year’s Newbery Honor Books are:
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The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
This beautifully-told story centers on nine-year-old Ada, who was born with a deformed foot, and as a result has been kept a virtual prisoner by her mother in their one-room apartment for her entire life. When the threat of war comes to London, Ada’s younger brother Jamie is evacuated—and Ada bravely slips away along with him. Upon their arrival in a country village, the siblings are reluctantly taken in by Susan Smith, a recluse who did not expect to find herself looking after any children. But as she and her young charges become accustomed to one another, the gradual bond that forms between them gives Ada her first taste of the joys of being part of a loving family.
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Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Twelve year old Astrid and her best friend Nicole have always been inseparable, until Astrid discovers the joys of roller derby—a sport Nicole has no interest in. The summer before junior high begins, Astrid attends roller derby camp, while Nicole goes to dance camp, and a new and unsettling distance develops between the two. This quirky, relatable graphic novel about navigating turbulent friendships and discovering new passions will speak to readers of all ages, especially those making the difficult transition into the tween years.
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Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The stories of three resourceful young children, each living during a particularly difficult era in human history—from Nazi Germany to Depression-era Pennsylvania—are all linked by a mysterious harmonica in this epic and genre-blending novel. Ryan’s lyrical prose and nuanced portraits of her characters’ strength and grace in the face of great adversity will appeal to readers of all ages.