The books The First State of Being and Chooch Helped have won the Newbery and the Caldecott awards, respectively — the biggest honors in children's literature. The awards were announced Monday ...

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 of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery ...