Awards & Winners

1949 John Newbery Medal

Check winners and nominations of 1949 John Newbery Medal. Check awards winners of 1949 Newbery-Caldecott Awards Banquet. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1949 Newbery-Caldecott Awards Banquet

John Newbery Medal

Marguerite Henry

Honored for : King of the Wind

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind
Holling C. Holling Seabird
Louise Rankin Daughter of the Mountains
Ruth Stiles Gannett My Father's Dragon
Arna Bontemps Story of the Negro
John Newbery Medal

Holling C. Holling

Honored for : Seabird

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind
Holling C. Holling Seabird
Louise Rankin Daughter of the Mountains
Ruth Stiles Gannett My Father's Dragon
Arna Bontemps Story of the Negro
John Newbery Medal

Louise Rankin

Honored for : Daughter of the Mountains

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind
Holling C. Holling Seabird
Louise Rankin Daughter of the Mountains
Ruth Stiles Gannett My Father's Dragon
Arna Bontemps Story of the Negro
John Newbery Medal

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Honored for : My Father's Dragon

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind
Holling C. Holling Seabird
Louise Rankin Daughter of the Mountains
Ruth Stiles Gannett My Father's Dragon
Arna Bontemps Story of the Negro
John Newbery Medal

Arna Bontemps

Honored for : Story of the Negro

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind
Holling C. Holling Seabird
Louise Rankin Daughter of the Mountains
Ruth Stiles Gannett My Father's Dragon
Arna Bontemps Story of the Negro