Newbery Quiz Answers

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(Year given in parentheses is the book's Newbery Award year.)

1. Five authors have won the Newbery Medal twice. Name the authors and their books.

· Joseph Krumgold, And Now, Miguel (1954) / Onion John (1960)
· Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959) / The Bronze Bow (1962)
· E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1968)/ The View from Saturday (1997)
· Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia (1978)/ Jacob Have I Loved (1981)
· Lois Lowry, Number the Stars (1990) / The Giver (1994)

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.

· 1968: E.L. Konigsburg, Mixed-up Files (Medal) and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth (Honor)

3. Who was the first African-American to be awarded the Newbery Medal, and for what book?

· Virginia Hamilton, M.C. Higgins the Great (1975)

4. Two books of poetry have been awarded the Newbery. Titles and authors?

· Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise (1989)
· Nancy Willard, A Visit to William Blake's Inn (1982)

5. GIRL SLAYS DRAGON could be a headline for which book?

· The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley (1985)

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.

· Dicey's Song, second book in The Tillerman Cycle, by Cynthia Voigt (1983)
· The Grey King, fourth book in The Dark is Rising series, by Susan Cooper (1976)
· The High King, fifth book in The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (1969)

NOTE: Several other books--Shiloh, Julie of the Wolves, A Wrinkle in Time, Rabbit Hill--were the first in their subsequent series and hence were not "series" books at the time they won the Medal.

7. In what year did The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon win the first-ever Newbery Medal?

· 1922

8. The Newbery Medal is awarded by which organization? At what event is the winner announced, and for whom is the Medal named?

· The American Library Association (ALA). It is announced at the ALA's Midwinter Conference. The Medal is named for John Newbery, an 18th century English publisher and bookseller who is said to have been the first publisher of children's books.

9. Which periodical publishes the Newbery (and Caldecott) winner's acceptance speech each year?

· Horn Book. The speeches are given at the ALA Conference in June.

10. Only one child of a Newbery Medal winner has gone on to win the Medal as well. Who were these authors, and what were their books?

· Sid Fleischman won for The Whipping Boy in 1987. Two years later his son Paul won for Joyful Noise.

11. In the last fifty years, only ONE nonfiction book has won the Award (not counting the two poetry books). Title and author?

· Lincoln: A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman (1988)

12. Which historical fiction winner features the Spanish painter Velasquez as a secondary character?

· I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (1966)

13. Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, has been called the best children's book not to win the Medal. Which book was chosen over it for the Award?

· Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark (1953)

14. Two Medal winners feature dolls as main characters. Can you name them?

· Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1947)
· Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field (1930)

15. Glenn Close and Christopher Walken starred in the movie made from which Medal winner?

· Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan (1986)

 

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