The Mad logo's in this red rectangle ... and author, and Jerry Craft, Newbery Medal-winning illustrator and author of "New Kid," a graphic novel pulled by a Texas school district after a White ...

When Erin Entrada Kelly was awarded the 2025 Newbery Medal for The First State of Being, it completed a time-travel triad of Newbery books that began with Madeleine L’Engle. In 1964, L’Engle ...

Dave Eggers will return to the world of his Newbery Medal–winning middle grade novel The Eyes & the Impossible with The Eyes, the Fire & the Avalanche Kingdom, a sequel set to release November ...

President Barack Obama awarded Michael Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his time in the White House.

In 2024, “The Eyes & The Impossible” won the Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book. Eggers is otherwise known for the fictionalized memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of ...

Cindy Kadohata gave a speech at the Newbery, Caldecott, Legacy Banquet after being awarded a Newbery Medal for the nationally-recognized manuscript, “Kira-Kira” in 2005. (Cindy Kadohata) Being an ...