Jerry Craft’s Newbery win earlier this year for NEW KID has dared Niki Marion to dream big. Today at Calling Caldecott, Niki writes about three 2020 graphic novels she hopes the 2021 committee sees (& will contribute a 2nd post later this week): https://t.co/QFyQIHVBxX.

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"Most of all, it’s a book about the immense power of hope and imagination." -Newbery Honor author https://t.co/E9oBUG7ozQ Illustration Credit:

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"How do you draw forgiveness? I imagine sketching it, aloe lotion on a sunburn, a grilled cheese on a snowy day, a soft sweatshirt that feels like a second skin." -Newbery Honor author , from The Shape of Thunder https://t.co/E9oBUG7ozQ Illustration Credit:

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PAPERBOY Newbery Honor winner recently shattered his hip and had full hip replacement surgery. DEAD MAX COMIX author-illustrator immediately sent along a personal comic to help Vince with his recovery (and featuring Vince himself).

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“ Fra Newbery and peonies”
I grew up looking at this painting of Fra Newbery’s. It inspired me to become an artist. I was fortunate to inherit an incredible legacy as Fra was my great great grandfather. The painting holds so much fondness to me

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Please join Newbery Medalist , , and me for Book Joy Live on Book Fairs' Facebook page on Thursday, May 7 at 3:00 PM EDT. https://t.co/NpskCypkL2

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It's a great time to explore old favorites, like these Newbery-winning classics!

Download a teaching guide: https://t.co/bqbDPM4Zu1

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At the today --> an interview with Newbery Award-winning author, Avi! https://t.co/CjptOeNVZn

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To celebrate Black History Month, we are tweeting a featured author every school day in February.

Today's Featured Author is . Renee is a Newbery Honor winner and writes picture books and novels. Her latest are SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS and WATCH US RISE.

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I’ve recently read two compelling novels: WHITE BIRD and THE NEW KID. Both address difficult topics with candor and gentleness. Highly recommend.

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This new kid on the writing block was beyond thrilled to meet & winner at fab ! Talented, generous, hardworking & kind--a class act! And that's the title of his next book out 10/20!

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan. 31): https://t.co/0vbpJeM73o Inside: of Newbery/Caldecott winners, Writing the Inciting Incident, Questions to Ask a PB, more. Thanks for the illustration, & for the & giveaways

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Congrats to and his work on New Kid! For the first time in its nearly 100-year history, a graphic novel has won the John Newbery Medal.

https://t.co/olO2SJ6yJZ

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We are cheering for here at Storyworks. He is this year's Create a Character author AND just WON the Newbery for his beautiful graphic novel New Kid!!!!

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Congratulations to author Alicia D. Williams ()! GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN () is a 2020 Newbery Honor Book. The John Newbery Medal is awarded for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature.
https://t.co/OhykWC10FW

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Let's let this sink in... won the Newbery medal for NEW KID -- a (and one beloved by everyone in my house). Will graphic novels now get the respect they deserve?

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Fascinating for all children's book award followers! Check out this incisive article about the criteria for entering the US Caldecott & Newbery Awards. What if you had different criteria - these could be the contenders! https://t.co/tCXms9eldn

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The event of the year is almost here: librarian-led honors like the Caldecott, Newbery, and Coretta Scott King Awards will be announced on January 27. Join the and tune into the livestream for a chance to win fun prizes: https://t.co/XLAqncALyC

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Of The Littlest Voyageur, says, “In this spry novel, Newbery Honoree Preus deftly threads together a nature adventure, history lesson, cautionary environmental tale, and an animal love story.” It’s in our Intermediate Readers category! https://t.co/XXNQQkMiHR

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"No one in children’s literature illuminates the interplay of heartbreak and hope like the three-time Newbery medalist Kate DiCamillo." - https://t.co/5xbiW6Kz6t

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