Category Archives: Newbery
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Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Posted on March 25, 2013 by Jennifer in Newbery, Nonfiction, other award winnersCold war nonfiction is not my favorite reading topic, but this book won a number of children’s and young adult book awards this winter, including best nonfiction (Sibert Award) and a Newbery honor for best children’s book (fiction or nonfiction). My husband and I had visited Los Alamos on a trip to New Mexico a [...]
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The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Posted on December 27, 2012 by Melendra in animals, NewberyIvan is a gorilla, a mighty silverback to be precise. However, confined to his mall domain without a gorilla troupe to lead, Ivan rarely thinks of his life in the jungle. He’d rather think about his friends Stella, the aging elephant in the domain next door, and Bob, a stray dog. Or, perhaps even the [...]
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Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jennifer in Historical Fiction, Newbery, Realistic FictionJack Gantos has long been one of my favorite authors, from Rotten Ralph picture books to Joey Pigza novels (they truly make me laugh out loud) to his amazing memoir Hole in my Life. When Dead End in Norvelt won the prized Newbery Medal last winter, I was so happy for him. Gantos’ writing is [...]
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jennifer in Classics, Family Read-Aloud, Humorous Stories, Newbery> by Richard and Florence Atwater First published in 1938, this humorous classic has made a comeback with the movie starring Jim Carrey that came out earlier this year. I did not make it to the movie theater for it, but decided to reread the book. It still holds up as a silly, quirky story [...]
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One Crazy Summer
Posted on January 23, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Historical Fiction, Inspirational, Newbery, other award winners, social issuesby Rita Williams-Garcia Eleven year-old Delphine and her younger sisters Vonnetta and Fern embark on a physical and emotional journey during what turns out to be One Crazy Summer. They are sent to Oakland, California in the summer of 1968 to the care of their radical-poet mother, Cecile, who left them when Fern was just [...]
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Moon Over Manifest
Posted on January 11, 2011 by Jennifer in Historical Fiction, Kansas, Newberyby Clare Vanderpool *Newbery Medal winner for 2011* Abilene Tucker arrives in Manifest, Kansas, by jumping out of her train a little outside of town, because “it’s best to get a look at a place before it gets a look at you.” She is staying with Shady, the town bootlegger (alcohol supplier) and stand-in preacher, [...]
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The Tale of Despereaux
Posted on March 7, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in fairy tales and folklore, Newberyby Kate DiCamillo This is a fun story about Despereaux, the unlikeliest of characters. Despereaux is a mouse, a mouse that his family believes will amount to nothing. He just doesn’t act like a mouse, and Despereaux loves to read romance stories. Living in a castle, he soon discovers and falls for the Princess Pea, [...]
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When You Reach Me
Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jennifer in Newbery, Science Fictionby Rebecca Stead This book won the 2010 Newbery Medal for best children’s book of the year. As Miranda begins 6th grade, her life suddenly starts to change. She unexpectedly loses the friendship of her best friend, Sal, but finds new friends in her classmates Collin and Annemarie. She is intrigued by the troubled boy, [...]
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A Ring of Endless Light
Posted on February 12, 2010 by Jennifer in My Favorite, Newbery, Romanceby Madeleine L’Engle This is one of my all-time favorite books. Vicky Austin and her family (from Meet the Austins) spend the summer on the island where Grandfather lives. Sadly, he is dying of leukemia, and death seems to be everywhere around Vicky. Her summer improves, though, as she helps her brother’s friend Adam with [...]
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The Graveyard Book
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Children's Department Staff in Mysteries, Newbery, Scary storiesby Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book opens with an air of mystery as a whole family is murdered. The only survivor is a baby who has crawled out of the house. The local residents of the graveyard adopt the boy, calling him Nobody Owens. Nobody, or “Bod” for short, grows up in the graveyard learning [...]
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