Awards
In the 1920s, the New York Herald Tribune established one of the first book review sections that reviewed children's books, and in 1937, the newspaper established the Children's Spring Book Festival Award for the best children's book of the previous year, awarded for three target ages groups: 4–8, 8–12, and 12–16. This was the second nationwide children's book award, after the Newbery Medal, and vied with the Newbery for most prestigious for many years.
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