You have to write a book, published in America and submit it to the Newbery committee in the year it was published. Then the committee will evaluate it with the other 400 or so books submitted and select the best one. They may also designate up to 5 other books as Newbery Honor Books.
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No, The Hobbit was not a Newbery book. Tolkien was not an American and did not live in the United States, so was not qualified to win.
Four Whitaker Platinum Book AwardsThree Nestle Smarties Book PrizesTwo Scottish Arts Council Book AwardsWhitbread Children's Book of the Year AwardWHSmith book of the year (2006)Best Novel in the Hugo Awards (2001)But you may be wondering "Why didn't Harry Potter win a Newbery Award?"Harry Potter did not receive the Newberry Award because they only go to people from America. Sadly, the author for the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling is Scottish.= sillykitten98[:
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