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Newbery Award

American  

noun

  1. an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.


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She will serve on the 2016 John Newbery Award Committee where she will help select the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in 2015.

From Washington Times Feb. 21, 2015

"The Giver," adapted from Lois Lowry's young adult novel, which won the 1994 Newbery Award.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2014

Presented annually by the American Library Association, the Newbery Award is widely regarded as the Pulitzer Prize of children’s literature.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2010

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