Librarian wins Newbery Medal for children’s literature

Good News For Park School librarian Laura Amy Schlitz, she just won the 2008 Newbery Medal.

“When I was a child, I wanted to be important,” said Schlitz, who has worked at the Park School since 1991 as a librarian and as the chief storyteller. “I never thought I’d win this award. I still can’t believe I’d won it. But all the love and loyalty in this room — this is better.”