Is the Newbery Prize Losing Its Shine?

It is only exaggerating a little to say that many authors would kill to see the shiny gold Newbery medallion on the cover of one of their books. Which is why it is surprising that the latest edition of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book not only forgoes the medal, but the claim as well: his 2009 Newbery win isn’t mentioned on the jacket – back or front – at all.