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The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Named for John Newbery an 18th-century English publisher of juvenile books the Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921 making it the first children’s book award in the world.