World Literary Awards

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Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal) じょん・にゅーべりー・めだる

Edition 11 (1932)

Children's literature awardEnglish-language children's booksAmerican literature award

Winners

7 people

A coming-of-age story rooted in Navajo life and the wisdom of the land.

Learning the names of the land is itself a form of growing up.

256 pages
children's literatureNavajonaturegrowing upculture

A dreamlike story built around a tiny stage inhabited by fairies.

The lights of a tiny stage soften the outline of the story.

fantasyfairiesstagechildren's literatureimagination

A historical novel set in colonial Maine, following a girl's labor and gradual independence.

In a hard life, the girl gradually discovers her own strength.

historical fictioncolonial Americagirlhoodlaborindependence

A story about a boy growing up in the South Seas, balancing daily life and adventure.

On the island, everyday life itself becomes a large adventure.

adventureSouth Seasboyhoodgrowing upisland life

A novel about survival and renewal, following people through extreme hardship.

What remains after the fire becomes the next story.

novelrenewalhardshipfamilyhope

A story of an island family seen through a girl's perspective as daily life changes around her.

Within the island landscape, life changes shape slowly.

children's literatureisland lifefamilygirlhooddaily life
Eunice Tietjens Nominee

A collection of retold folktales and fables from old Italy.

Through folktale forms, the memory of a place rises again and again.

short storiesfolktalesItalyfablesfolk narrative