NEWBERRY-WINNING AUTHORS
WHO DISCOVERED IT?
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
"STO"
THINGS IN THE 1940'S
100

THIS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE "LITTLE HOUSE" SERIES

LAURA INGALLS WILDER

100

GRAVITY

ISAAC NEWTON

100

THIS IS THE GOD OF WISDOM AND ARTS AND CRAFTS

ATHENA

100

THIS WORD USUALLY PRECEDES SIGN AND MEANS "TO HALT".

STOP

100

THIS WAS THE WAR THAT ENDED IN 1945

WORLD WAR II

200

THIS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEWBERRY WINNER OF 2005- "KIRA KIRA"

CYNTHIA KADOHTA

200

ELECTRICITY

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

200

THIS IS THE WEAPON THAT POSEIDON USES

TRIDENT

200

THIS IS A COOKING APPLIANCE IN ALMOST EVERY KITCHEN

STOVE

200

THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT INDIA GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN

1947

300

THIS IS THE AUTHOR OF "TALE OF DESPERAUX"

KATE DIcAMILLO

300

TELEPHONE

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

300

THIS IS THE GOD BORN FROM FOAM AND IS ALSO THE GOD OF BEAUTY

APHRODITE

300

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SHOP

STORE

300

THIS BEATLES SINGER WAS BORN TWO YEARS BEFORE HIS FELLOW BANDMATE, PAUL McCARTNEY

JOHN LENNON

400

THIS IS THE AUTHOR OF OLD YELLER

FRED GIPSON

400

DAILY DOUBLE-

PENICILLIN

ALEXANDER FLEMING

400

THIS IS THE GOD OF THE SUN, MUSIC, THE TRUTH, AND ARCHERY

APPOLLO

400

THIS IS THE WORD FOR SOMEONE WHO SECRETLY BOARDS A VEHICLE ILLEGALLY

STOWAWAY

400

THIS WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN 1945 AND 193 COUNTRIES ARE PART OF IT

UNITED NATIONS

500

THIS AUTHOR WON A NEWBERRY FOR "THE WESTING GAME" AND A NEWBERRY HONOR FOR "FIGGS AND PHANTOMS"

ELLEN RASKIN

500

ALTERNATING CURRENT IN ELECTRICITY

NIKOLA TESLA

500

THIS IS THE GREEK GOD OF MACHINERY

HEPHAESTUS

500

THIS IS THE WORD FOR SOMEONE WHO READS OR WRITES OR TELLS A BOOK, MOVIE, ETC.

STORYTELLER

500

THIS FAMOUS ACTRESS WAS BORN IN 1949 AND IS IN THE MOVIE- "MAMA MIA"

MERYL STREEP