Rebecca Stead, author of “When You Reach Me,” a mystery and a novel of friendship set in New York City, won the John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature on Monday.
The association also awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children to “The Lion and The Mouse” by Jerry Pinkney. Mr. Pinkney’s book is a nearly wordless adaptation of Aesop’s fable about how the king of the animal kingdom is helped by one of its smallest creatures.