1.
Five authors have won the Newbery Medal twice. Name the authors
and their books.
2. Only one
author has been awarded both the Newbery Medal and the Newbery
Honor in the same year. Name the author and the two books.
3. Who was
the first African-American to be awarded the Newbery Medal, and
for what book?
4. Two books
of poetry have been awarded the Newbery. Titles and authors?
5. GIRL SLAYS
DRAGON could be a headline for which book?
6. It is said
that series books have a more difficult time of winning the Newbery.
However, three series books have won the Medal. Name the books,
series and authors.
7. In what
year did The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
win the first-ever Newbery Medal?
8. The Newbery
Medal is awarded by which organization? At what event is the winner
announced, and for whom is the Medal named?
9. Which periodical
publishes the Newbery (and Caldecott) winner's acceptance speech
each year?
10. Only one
child of a Newbery winner has ever won the Newbery as well. Who
were these authors, and what were their books?
11. In the
last fifty years, only ONE nonfiction book has won the Award (not
counting the two poetry books). Title and author?
12. Which
historical fiction winner features the Spanish painter Velasquez
as a secondary character?
13. Charlotte's
Web, by E.B. White, has been called the best children's book
not to win the Medal. It was published in 1953; which book was
chosen over it for the Award that year?
14. Two Medal
winners feature dolls as main characters. Can you name them?
15. Glenn
Close and Christopher Walken starred in the movie made from which
Medal winner?
