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The Newbery Medal is a yearly award that honors an outstanding contribution to American childrenâs literature. It is named after John Newbery, who was a bookseller in the 1700s, in England. The medal was created quite a bit later, however, by Frederic G. Melcher, in 1921.
And since 1922, the Newbery and Caldecott have given us whatâs become the American canon for childrenâs books.â. The Newbery and Caldecott awards were the brainchild of Frederic G. Melcher (1879â1963), a bookseller from Massachusetts who would go on to become editor of The Publishersâ Weekly in 1918.