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John Newbery (9 July 1713 – 22 December 1767), considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's

submitted to editor Jean E. Karl. From the Mixed-Up Files won the annual Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1968. The prologue

When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place on the Upper West Side

The firm was subsequently known as Newbery & Harris, for the partner John Harris (1756–1846); in 1865, it became Messrs. Griffiths & Farran. Newbery, in

before joining John Newbery's publishing firm. Harris took over Newbery's firm which had passed first to his son Francis Newbery, then to his nephew and

Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard. She has written the ninth book in The

for Seabird, which was also a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1949. He was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal again in 1952 for Minn of the Mississippi

The Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel. It was given a Newbery Honor medal in 2008, and was also nominated for the Rebecca Caudill Young

and Charlotte's Web won a Newbery Honor from the American Library Association, though it lost out on winning the Newbery Medal to Secret of the Andes

than 45 million copies and been translated into 23 languages. It was a Newbery Honor book for 1953, losing to Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark for