Synopses & Reviews
What makes a winning children's book author? Look behind the scenes, and learn more about the 76 fascinating authors who have garnered the prestigious Newbery Medal since it was established in 1922. Engaging profiles of these outstanding writers are generously seasoned with quotes and anecdotes, providing you with unique insights into their personal and professional lives, along with new information on how and why these authors succeeded.
The profiles are organized chronologically, beginning with the first award winner, Hendrik van Loon, and continuing through 2002, when Linda Sue Park made history by becoming the first Korean-American to win a Newbery Medal. Suggested resources for further study and a list of the author's published works for children accompany each biographical sketch. Also included are numerous black-and-white author photos and a brief history of the Newbery Medal. Grades 4-8.
Review
This book is a useful quick reference tool that brings basic information on Newbery authors together in one volume....For the stated audience this one-volume work will be useful, especially for the school and public libraries tht do not have many resources on the topic.VOYA
Synopsis
What makes a winning children's book author? Look behind the scenes, and learn more about the 76 fascinating authors who have garnered the prestigious Newbery Medal since it was established in 1922. Engaging profiles of these outstanding writers are generously seasoned with quotes and anecdotes, providing you with unique insights into their personal and professional lives, along with new information on how and why these authors succeeded.
Synopsis
Look behind the scenes, and learn more about the 76 fascinating authors who have garnered the prestigious Newbery Medal since it was established in 1922.
About the Author
KATHLEEN LONG BOSTROM is a freelance author.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
To the Reader
Introduction
Appendix
:Chronological Listing of Newbery Medalists
Alphabetical Listing of Newbery Medalists
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won a Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won the Hans Christian Anderson Medal
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won the Coretta Scott King Award or a Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Newbery Medalists Who Have Won the Golden Kite Award
Partial Listing of Autobiographies by Newbery Medalists
Fun Facts About the Newbery Medalists
Photography Credits
Annotated Bibliography
About the Author