Newbery Medal Books
The Newbery Medal was named for
eighteenth-century bookseller
John Newbery. Since 1922, it has been awarded for the most distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.
Year Call # Author Title
2007 J Patron, Susan The Higher Power of Lucky
2006 YA Perkins, Lynne Rae Criss Cross
2005 YA Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira
2004 J DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux
2003 J Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead
2002 J
Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard
2001 J
Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder
2000 J Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy
1999 J Sachar, Louis Holes
1998 J Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust
1997 J Konigsburg, Elaine The View From Saturday
1996 YA Cushman, Karen Midwife’s Apprentice
1995 J Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons
1994 YA Lowry, Lois The Giver
1993 J Rylant, Cynthia Missing May
1992 J Naylor, Phyllis Shiloh
1991 J Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee
1990 J Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
1989 J
811.54 Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise
1988 JB
Lincoln Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography
1987 J Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy
1986 J MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
1985 J McKinley, Robin The Hero and the Crown
1984 J Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw
1983 J Voigt, Cynthia Dicey’s Song
1982 J
811.54 Willard, Nancy A Visit to William Blake’s
Inn
1981 J Paterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved
1980 J Blos, Joan A Gathering of Days: A
New England Girl’s Journal
1979 J Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game
1978 J Paterson, Katherine The Bridge to Terabithia
1977 J Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1976 J Cooper, Susan The Grey King
1975 J Hamilton, Virginia M. C. Higgins, the Great
1974 J Fox, Paula The Slave Dancer
1973 J George, Jean Julie of the Wolves
1972 J O’Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of
Nimh
1971 J Byars, Betsy Summer of the Swans
1970 J Armstrong, William Sounder
1969 J Alexander, Lloyd The High King
1968 J Konigsburg, Elaine From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler
1967 J Hunt, Irene Up A Road Slowly
1966 J DeTrevino, Elizabeth I, Juan de Pareja
1965 J Rodman, Maia Shadow of a Bull
Year Call # Author Title
1964 J Neville, Emily It’s Like This, Cat
1963 J L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
1962 J Speare, Elizabeth The Bronze Bow
1961 J O’Dell, Scott Island of the Blue
Dolphins
1960 J Krumgold, Joseph Onion John
1959 J Speare, Elizabeth The Witch of Blackbird Pond
1958 J Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie
1957 J Sorensen, Virginia Miracles on Maple Hill
1956 J Latham, Jean Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
1955 J DeJong, Meindert The Wheel on the School
1954 J Krumgold, Joseph And Now Miguel
1953 J Clark, Ann Secret of the Andes
1952 J Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye
1951 J
B Fortune Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man
1950 J DeAngeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall
1949 J Henry, Marguerite King of the Wind
1948 J DuBois, William The Twenty-One Balloons
1947 J Bailey, Carolyn Miss Hickory
1946 J Lenski, Lois Strawberry Girl
1945 J Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill
1944 J Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
1943 J Gray, Elizabeth Adam of the Road
1942 J Edmonds, Walter The Matchlock Gun
1941 J Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
1940 J
B Boone Daugherty, James Daniel Boone
1939 J Enright, Elizabeth Thimble Summer
1938 J
398.209439 Seredy , Kate The White Stag
1937 J Sawyer, Ruth Roller Skates
1936 J Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn
1935 J Shannon, Monica Dobry
1934 J
B Alcott Meigs, Cornelia Invincible Louisa
1933 J Lewis, Elizabeth Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1932 J Armer, Laura Waterless Mountain
1931 J Coatsworth, Elizabeth The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930 J Field, Rachel Hitty: Her First Hundred
Years
1929 J Kelly, Eric The Trumpeter of
Krakown
1928 J Mukerji, Dhan Gopal Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
1927 J James, Will Smoky the Cowhorse
1926 J
398.20951 Chrisman, Arthur Shen of the Sea
1925 J
398.2098 Finger, Charles Tales From Silver Lands
1924 J Hawes, Charles The Dark Frigate
1923 J Lofting, Hugh The Voyages of Doctor
Dolittle
1922 J
909 Van Loon, Hendrik The Story of Mankind
Youth
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