The Canadian Press Baltimore librarian wins Newbery medal for best children's book NEW YORK - A ... conceived a decade ago by Laura Amy Schlitz, is this year's winner of the John Newbery Medal for best children's book in the U.S. The Randolph ...at least, every child could be a star." Previous winners of the Newbery, founded in 1922, include such favourites as Louis Sachar's "Holes" and ...

...and author of "A Beautiful Mind." Leonard Nimoy: Actor. Eleanor Holmes Norton: Congresswoman. Cliff Robertson: Actor. Louis Sachar: Author of Newbery Medal-winning children's novel "Holes." Mark Strand: Former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry. Rod Serling: "Twilight Zone" creator.