This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...

Newbery Medal for Best Children's Book Is Given to Erin Entrada Kelly's 'The First State of Being' NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State ... has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s outstanding children’s book. The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story ...

has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s outstanding children’s book NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel ...