The Newbery Medal is awarded in January of each year by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the writer of the best American children’s book of the previous year. It is named after the 18th-century British bookseller John Newbery.
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The Massachusetts Book Awards have been given since 2001 in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s/young adult literature. Continue »

Try:

• Collins, Suzanne - Gregor the Overlander
• Pratchett, Terry - The Wee Free Men
• Nimmo, Jenny - Midnight for Charlie Bone
• Jones, Diana Wynne - Cart and cwidder

If you liked the Adventure in Harry Potter, try:

• Alexander, Lloyd - The rope trick
• Nicholson, William - The wind singer : an adventure
• O’Brien, Robert C - Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH
• Turner, Megan Whalen - The thief

If you liked the Fantasy in Harry Potter try:

• Coville, Bruce - The dragonslayers
• Kerner, Elizabeth - Song in the silence : the tale of Lanen Kaelar
• Pierce, Tamora - Sandry’s book
• Pullman, Philip - The golden compass

If you liked the Humor in Harry Potter, try:

• Dahl, Roald - The witches
• Ibbotson, Eva - The secret of platform 13
• Mahy, Margaret - The greatest show off earth
• Pratchett, Terry - The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents
• Scieszka, Jon - Knights of the kitchen table

If you liked the Magic in Harry Potter, try:

• Alcock, Vivien - Singer to the sea god
• Avi - Bright shadow
• Brittain, Bill - The wish giver : three tales of Coven Tree
• Levine, Gail Carson - Ella enchanted
• Winthrop, Elizabeth - The castle in the attic

If you liked the Wizards in Harry Potter, try:

• Barron, T. A - The lost years of Merlin
• Duane, Diane - So you want to be a wizard
• Jones, Diana Wynne - Howl’s moving castle
• Stearns, Michael - A Wizard’s dozen : stories of the fantastic