Newbery Heights History
The Newbery Heights Neighborhood is named after the John Newbery Award, which is awarded annually to the most distinguished contribution to children's literature. For more information on the Newbery Award, visit www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html .
Each of the streets in the Newbery Heights neighborhood is named after a recipient of the Newbery Award. The following are the recipients that have a street in the neighborhood named after them, the name of their book, and the year they won the Newbery Award.
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Lois Lowry 1994 The Giver 1990 Number the Stars |
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Cynthia Rylant 1993 Missing May |
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1992 Shiloh |
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Sid Fleischman 1987 The Whipping Boy Paul Fleischman 1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for 2 Voices |
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Ellen Raskin 1979 The Westing Game |
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Betsy Byars 1971 Summer of the Swans |