The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children

Association for Library Service to Children

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, a division of the American Library Association

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 (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. It was the first children's literary award in the world. It is named for John Newbery

John Newbery

John Newbery was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson...

, an 18th century English publisher of juvenile books. The Newbery Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan

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 and created by Frederic G. Melcher

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 in 1921.
It depicts on the obverse an author giving his work (a book) to a boy and a girl to read.
The Newbery and the Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Medal

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 are considered the two most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States

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. When the winner is announced each January, bookstores sell out, libraries order copies and teachers add the book to their lesson plans. Many bookstores and libraries have Newbery sections; popular television shows interview the winners; textbooks includes lists of Newbery winners, and many master's and doctoral theses are written about them.

In addition to the Newbery medal, the committee awards additional citations referred to as the Newbery Honor to worthy runners-up. Though the Newbery Honor was initiated in 1971, specially cited runners-up for the Newbery Medal from previous years were retroactively named Newbery Honor books.

Criteria for award

• The book must be published in English in the United States the previous year.
• The author must be a citizen or resident of the United States.
• The book must be considered for its theme, presentation (clarity, accuracy and organization), plot, characters, setting, and style.
• The book must relate to a child audience.
• The book must contribute to literature.
• The book must stand alone and not as a part of a multimedia presentation.

Controversy

In October 2008, Anita Silvey

Anita Silvey

Anita Silvey is a well-known editor and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin where she oversaw children’s and young adult book publishing...

, a children's literary expert, published an article in the School Library Journal

School Library Journal

The School Library Journal is a monthly magazine with articles and reviews for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with a focus on technology and multimedia. Reviews are included for preschool to 4th grade,...

 criticizing the committee for choosing books that are too difficult for children. Lucy Calkins, the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University's Teachers College

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 agreed with Silvey:

I can't help but believe that thousands, even millions, more children would grow up reading if the Newbery committee aimed to spotlight books that are deep and beautiful and irresistible to kids.

But Pat Scales said,

The criterion has never been popularity. It is about literary quality. How many adults have read all the Pulitzer-prize- winning books and ... liked every one?

Some question a quest for exclusivity, or "equating children's book habits with adults'."

John Beach, associate professor of literacy education at St. John's University in New York, compared the books that adults choose for children with the books that children choose for themselves and found that in the past 30 years, there is only 5% overlap between the Children's Choice Awards (International Reading Association

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) and the Notable Children's Books list (American Library Association

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). He has also stated that "the Newbery has probably done far more to turn kids off to reading than any other book award in children's publishing."
Erica Perl responded:

For starters, the real reasons kids don't read don't have anything to do with the Newbery medal—or any award. It has to do with the declining role of the book in our streaming-media culture and with socioeconomic realities.

Others argue that child appropriate books are important, not unpopular assignment of award winners.

Newbery recipients

Note: Winners are highlighted in yellow.

Year	Author	Book	Citation
1922			Winner
1922			Honor
1922		Cedric the Forester Cedric the Forester Cedric the Forester is a children's historical novel by Bernard Marshall. It was published in 1921 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1922....	Honor
1922			Honor
1922			Honor
1922			Honor
1923			Winner
1924			Winner
1925		Tales from Silver Lands Tales from Silver Lands Tales from Silver Lands is a book by Charles Finger that won the Newbery Medal in 1925.The book is a collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations of Central and South America, including a "just-so story" describing how rabbits and rats got their tails....	Winner
1925		Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story Nicholas (novel) Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story is a children's fantasy novel by Anne Carroll Moore, first published in 1924. The story follows eight-inch-tall Nicholas from Holland on a tour of the sights of New York and recounts his encounters with many famous people, fictional characters, and magical...	Honor
1925			Honor
1926		Shen of the Sea Shen of the Sea Shen of the Sea is a collection of short stories by Arthur Bowie Chrisman that won the Newbery Medal in 1926.Chrisman's original stories are written in the style of humorous Chinese folk tales. The title story tells of a king who tries to match wits with the demons of the water in order to save...	Winner
1926			Honor
1927		Smoky the Cow Horse Smoky the Cow Horse Smoky the Cowhorse is a novel by Will James that was the winner of the 1927 Newbery Medal.-Plot:The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the 1910s, during which the West dies away and there are cars. Smoky is...	Winner
1928		Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon is a 1928 children's novel by Dhan Gopal Mukerji that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1928. It deals with the life of Gay Neck, a prized Indian pigeon...	Winner
1928			Honor
1928		Downright Dencey Downright Dencey Downright Dencey is a children's historical novel by Caroline Snedeker. It is set in Nantucket, Massachusetts shortly after the War of 1812, and deals with the unlikely friendship between a Quaker girl, Dencey Coffyn, and the son of the town drunk...	Honor
1929			Winner
1929		The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo with Seventeen other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes is a children's book written and illustrated by John Bennett. This is a collection of fairy tales and short stories, some in verse. It was first published in 1928 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1929....	Honor
1929		Millions of Cats Millions of Cats Millions of Cats is a picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gág in 1928. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 1929, one of the few picture books to do so. Millions of Cats is the oldest American picture book still in print....	Honor
1929			Honor
1929		Clearing Weather Clearing Weather Clearing Weather is a children's historical novel by Cornelia Meigs. Opening in a coastal Massachusetts town shortly after the American Revolution, it follows the circumstances of the building of a great sailing ship, the Jocasta, and its first voyage to the Caribbean. The novel, illustrated by...	Honor
1929		Runaway Papoose Runaway Papoose Runaway Papoose is a children's novel by Grace Moon. It is a contemporary story of Native American children from the southwestern United States. Illustrated by the author's husband, Carl Moon, the novel was first published in 1928 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1929....	Honor
1929		Tod of the Fens Tod of the Fens Tod of the Fens is a children's historical novel by Elinor Whitney. Set in Boston, England, in the fifteenth century, it is a light-hearted adventure about Tod, a boy who lives with a band of men outside town, and Prince Hal, the heir to the throne, who disguises himself so he can move among the...	Honor
1930		Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Hitty, Her First Hundred Years is a children's novel written by Rachel Field and published in 1929. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1930....	Winner
1930			Honor
1930		Pran of Albania Pran of Albania Pran of Albania is a children's historical novel by Elizabeth Miller. Set in the early nineteenth century among the mountain tribes of northern Albania, it tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, Pran, who, by tribal tradition, is old enough to be betrothed. To avoid an arranged marriage, she...	Honor
1930		The Jumping-Off Place The Jumping-Off Place The Jumping-Off Place is a children's novel by Marian Hurd McNeely about homesteading in South Dakota. It is set on the Dakotan prairie in the early 1900s. The novel, illustrated by William Siegal was first published in 1929 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1930....	Honor
1930			Honor
1930		Vaino, A Boy of New Finland Vaino, A Boy of New Finland Vaino, A Boy of New Finland is a children's novel written by Julia Davis Adams and illustrated by Lempi Ostman. It was published in 1929, and was retroactively awarded the Newbery Honor citation the next year....	Honor
1930		Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer is a children's book published in 1929. Written by Hildegarde Swift, the book received the Newbery Honor award for the year 1930....	Honor
1931			Winner
1931		Floating Island Floating Island (book) Floating Island is a children's novel written and illustrated by Anne Parrish. It tells the story of a family of dolls shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island, together with their dollhouse. The novel was first published in 1930 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1931....	Honor
1931			Honor
1931		Queer Person Queer Person Queer Person is a children's novel by Ralph Hubbard. It tells the story of a deaf-mute boy who is raised among the Pikuni. The novel, illustrated by Harold von Schmidt, was first published in 1930 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1931.-Plot summary:...	Honor
1931		Mountains are Free Mountains are Free Mountains are Free is a children's historical novel by Julie Davis Adams set in Switzerland in the 14th century. It retells the legend of William Tell and the Swiss struggle against the Hapsburgs from the viewpoint of an orphan boy. The novel, illustrated by Theodore Nadajen, was first published in...	Honor
1931		Spice and the Devil's Cave Spice and the Devil's Cave Spice and the Devil's Cave is a book by Agnes Hewes that was published in 1930. This piece of historical fiction is a retroactive winner of the Newbery Honor award....	Honor
1931		Meggy MacIntosh Meggy MacIntosh Meggy MacIntosh is a children's historical novel by Elizabeth Janet Gray. Beginning in 1775, it follows the story of a young Scottish orphan who becomes involved with the American revolutionary cause in North Carolina despite her attachment to Flora MacDonald, a loyalist...	Honor
1931		Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes is a children's novel by Herbert Best. Illustrated by Erick Berry, the novel was first published in 1930 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1931....	Honor
1931	and	Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer is a children's novel by Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen. It tells the story of an Alaskan Eskimo who crosses the Bering Strait, has many adventures and returns to establish trade between his people and the Siberian tribesmen. The novel, illustrated by Raymond Lufkin, was...	Honor
1932		Waterless Mountain Waterless Mountain Waterless Mountain is a novel by Laura Adams Armer that was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1932.-Plot:...	Winner
1932		The Fairy Circus The Fairy Circus The Fairy Circus is a children's book written and illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. In this book, the fairies, enchanted by a human circus which visits their meadow, put on a circus of their own with the woodland creatures. First published in 1931, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in...	Honor
1932		Calico Bush Calico Bush (novel) Calico Bush is a children's historical novel by Rachel Field. It is set on the Maine coast in the pioneer era, and tells the story of Marguerite, a young French orphan who becomes an indentured servant on a farm. The novel, illustrated by Allen Lewis, was first published in 1931 and was a Newbery...	Honor
1932		Boy of the South Seas Boy of the South Seas Boy of the South Seas is a children's novel by Eunice Tietjens. It tells the story of Teiki of the Marquesas Islands who, after accidentally stowing away on a visiting ship, makes a new life on the island of Moorea. The book is illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon. It was first published in 1931 and was...	Honor
1932		Out of the Flame Out of the Flame Out of the Flame is a children's historical novel by Eloise Lownsbery. Set in sixteenth-century France, at the court of Francis I, it describes the education and adventures of Pierre, who is training to be a knight. The novel, illustrated by Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott, was first published in 1931 and...	Honor
1932		Jane's Island Jane's Island Jane's Island is a children's novel by Marjorie Hill Allee. The novel, illustrated by Maitland de Gorgoza, was first published in 1931 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1932...	Honor
1932		Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy is a collection of seven Italian stories retold for children by Mary Gould Davis. They include a legend about Saint Francis of Assisi and a story from the Decameron. Illustrated by Jay Van Everen, it was first published in 1931 and was a Newbery Honor...	Honor
1933		Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze is a book by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1933. The story revolves around Fu Yuin-fah, the son of a widow from the countryside of western China, who wishes to become a coppersmith in the big city...	Winner
1933		Swift Rivers Swift Rivers Swift Rivers is a children's historical novel by Cornelia Meigs. Set initially in 1835 in Wisconsin, it is a story of the early days of the logging industry, when logs were floated down the Mississippi to St. Louis. The novel, illustrated by Forrest W. Orr, was first published in 1931 and was a...	Honor
1933			Honor
1933		Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia is a children's novel by Nora Burglon. Set in Sweden in the early 1900s, it tells the story of a poor family whose ability and hard work brings them success. The novel, illustrated by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, was first published in 1932 and was a Newbery...	Honor
1934		Invincible Louisa Invincible Louisa Invincible Louisa is a book by Cornelia Meigs that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1934. It discussed the life of author Louisa May Alcott....	Winner
1934			Honor
1934		Swords of Steel Swords of Steel Swords of Steel is a children's historical novel by Elsie Singmaster. Set before and during the American Civil War, it tells of the childhood and coming of age of a boy from the North and his involvement with the war...	Honor
1934		ABC Bunny ABC Bunny The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág is a children's alphabet book which was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. The book is illustrated by the author in black and white, and hand lettered by her brother Howard...	Honor
1934		Winged Girl of Knossos Winged Girl of Knossos Winged Girl of Knossos is a children's historical novel by Erick Berry. Set in Bronze Age Crete, it is based on Greek mythology, Cretan history, and archaeological findings. The central character is Inas, the daughter of the inventor Daidalos. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first...	Honor
1934		New Land	Honor
1934			Honor
1934		Glory of the Seas Glory of the Seas Glory of the Seas is a children's historical novel by Agnes Hewes. It is set in Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1850s. The novel, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was first published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934....	Honor
1934		Apprentice of Florence Apprentice of Florence The Apprentice of Florence by Anne Dempster Kyle is a children's historical novel set in 15th century Italy and Constantinople. It was published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. The book is illustrated by Erick Berry....	Honor
1935		Dobry Dobry Dobry is a book by Monica Shannon that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1935.-Plot summary:Dobry is a young boy who lives in a small farming village in Bulgaria with his widowed mother and grandfather. Both of them are dedicated farmers, and Dobry spends...	Winner
1935		Pageant of Chinese History Pageant of Chinese History Pageant of Chinese History is a children's history book by Elizabeth Seeger. Focusing on political and cultural history, it covers the history of China from mythological times to the birth of the republic in 1912. The book, illustrated by Bernard Watkins, was first published in 1934 and was a...	Honor
1935		Davy Crockett Davy Crockett (book) Davy Crockett is a biography of the American folk hero written for children by Constance Rourke. It was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935....	Honor
1935		Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic is a children's novel by Hilda van Stockum. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first published in 1934 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1935....	Honor
1936		Caddie Woodlawn Caddie Woodlawn Caddie Woodlawn is a popular children's novel by Carol Ryrie Brink which won the John Newbery Medal in 1936 and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. The original edition was illustrated by Newbery-award winning author and illustrator Kate Seredy...	Winner
1936		Honk, the Moose Honk, the Moose Honk, the Moose is a children's book by Phil Stong. It tells the story of a moose who sets a small town in an uproar during a severe winter. The book, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, was first published in 1935 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1936. In 1970 it won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and...	Honor
1936			Honor
1936		Young Walter Scott Young Walter Scott Young Walter Scott is a fictionalized biography of the early life of Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray, set in Edinburgh in the late eighteenth century...	Honor
1936		All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud is a children's novel written and illustrated by Armstrong Sperry. It was first published in 1935 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1936....	Honor
1937		Roller Skates Roller Skates Roller Skates is a book by Ruth Sawyer that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1937. It deals with the author's New York childhood.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1937		Phoebe Fairchild: Her Book Phoebe Fairchild: Her Book Phebe Fairchild: Her Book is a children's historical novel by Lois Lenski. It describes life in rural Connecticut in the 1830s. The novel, illustrated by the author, was first published in 1936 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1937....	Honor
1937		Whistler's Van Whistler's Van Whistler's Van is a children's novel by Idwal Jones. Set in rural Wales shortly after World War I, it tells the story of a young farmboy, Gwilyn, who spends one summer traveling with the gypsies. The novel, illustrated by Zhenya Gay, was first published in 1936 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in...	Honor
1937			Honor
1937		Winterbound Winterbound Winterbound is a children's novel by Margery Williams. It is a family story set in a Connecticut farmhouse during the Great Depression.Nineteen-year-old Kay and sixteen-year-old Garry are in charge of the house and their younger siblings while their parents are away during the winter...	Honor
1937			Honor
1937			Honor
1938			Winner
1938		Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time is a children's novel by James Cloyd Bowman about the American folk hero Pecos Bill. Raised by coyotes, the hero has various supernatural powers, including the ability to talk to animals, and becomes a spectacularly successful cowboy...	Honor
1938		Bright Island Bright Island Bright Island is a children's novel by Mabel Robinson. It tells the story of Thankful Curtis, who, having grown up on a small island off the coast of Maine, reluctantly agrees to attend school on the mainland for her senior year....	Honor
1938		On the Banks of Plum Creek On the Banks of Plum Creek On the Banks of Plum Creek is a children's book written in 1937 by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The fourth of nine books written in her Little House series, it is based on Laura's childhood at Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota in late 19th Century....	Honor
1939		Thimble Summer Thimble Summer Thimble Summer is a novel by Elizabeth Enright that won the 1939 Newbery Medal. It is set in Depression-era rural Wisconsin.-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in a dried-up riverbed near the farm where she lives, the drought that has threatened her family's financial future is broken with a...	Winner
1939		Nino Nino (novel) Nino is a children's novel written and illustrated by Valenti Angelo. It tells the story of Nino's childhood in a small Italian village at the turn of the century. First published in 1938, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1939....	Honor
1939		Mr. Popper's Penguins	Honor
1939		Hello the Boat! Hello the Boat! Hello the Boat! is a children's historical novel by Phyllis Crawford. Set in 1817, it follows the journey of a store-boat down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cincinatti. The novel, illustrated by Edward Laning, was first published in 1938 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1939....	Honor
1939		Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot is a biography of George Washington written for children by Jeanette Eaton. Illustrated by Jack Manley Rosé, it was first published in 1938 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1939....	Honor
1939		Penn	Honor
1940		Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (book) Daniel Boone is a book by James Daugherty about the famous pioneer. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1940. It deals with the life, death, and legacy of Daniel Boone.-Work:...	Winner
1940			Honor
1940		Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz is a children's biography of the nineteenth-century paleontologist and natural scientist Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson. It tells his life story from his boyhood in Switzerland to his professorship at Harvard...	Honor
1940		By the Shores of Silver Lake By the Shores of Silver Lake By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was first published in 1939 and is the fifth of nine books written in her Little House on the Prairie series, also known as "The Laura Years." The book begins when Laura is twelve years old and the family moves to what will become De Smet,...	Honor
1940		Boy with a Pack Boy with a Pack Boy with a Pack is a children's historical novel by Stephen W. Meader. Set in 1837, it follows the journey of 17-year-old trader Bill Crawford from New Hampshire to the Ohio Country. The novel, illustrated by Edward Shenton, was first published in 1939 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1940....	Honor
1941		Call It Courage Call It Courage Call It Courage is a book in English written and illustrated by Armstrong Sperry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941....	Winner
1941		Blue Willow Blue Willow Blue Willow is a children's book by Doris Gates, published in 1940. It is a Newbery Honor book, having been a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1941...	Honor
1941		Young Mac of Fort Vancouver Young Mac of Fort Vancouver Young Mac of Fort Vancouver is a children's historical novel by Mary Jane Carr. Set in 1832, it recounts the adventures of Donald McDermott, a young mixed-blood fur trader. The novel, illustrated by Richard Holberg, was first published in 1940 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1941....	Honor
1941			Honor
1941		Nansen Nansen (biography) Nansen is a children's biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, written by Anna Gertrude Hall and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. First published in 1940, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1941....	Honor
1942			Winner
1942		Little Town on the Prairie Little Town on the Prairie Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was first published in 1941 and is the seventh of nine books written in her Little House series, also known as "The Laura Years." The book is set in De Smet, South Dakota...	Honor
1942		George Washington's World George Washington's World George Washington's World is a children's history book by Genevieve Foster. The first edition, illustrated by the author, was published in 1941 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1942....	Honor
1942		Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison is a children's biographical novel written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. The book was first published in 1941 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1942...	Honor
1942		Down Ryton Water Down Ryton Water Down Ryton Water is a children's historical novel by Eva Roe Gaggin. It tells the story of the Separatists of Scrooby and the Pilgrim Fathers through the first-person narrative of young Max Over. The novel, illustrated by Elmer Hader, was first published in 1941 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in...	Honor
1943		Adam of the Road Adam of the Road Adam of the Road is a novel by Elizabeth Janet Gray. Gray won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1943 from the book. Set in thirteenth-century England, the book follows the adventures of a young boy, Adam. After losing his spaniel and minstrel father, Adam...	Winner
1943			Honor
1943		Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Have You Seen Tom Thumb? is a biography of General Tom Thumb written for children by Mabel Leigh Hunt. It tells the story of Charles Sherwood Stratton, a charming and humorous dwarf who traveled all over the world with the showman P. T. Barnum. The book, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, was first...	Honor
1944		Johnny Tremain Johnny Tremain Johnny Tremain is a 1944 children's novel by Esther Forbes set in Boston prior to and during the outbreak of the American Revolution. The novel's themes include apprenticeship, courtship, sacrifice, human rights, and the growing tension between Whigs and Tories as conflict nears...	Winner
1944		These Happy Golden Years These Happy Golden Years These Happy Golden Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was published in 1943 and is the eighth of nine books written in her Little House series, also known as The Laura Years. This book is based on Laura's adolescence near De Smet, South Dakota, in the late 19th century, and focuses on Laura's short...	Honor
1944		Fog Magic Fog Magic Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer is a children's novel which was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1944. Lynd Ward illustrated the book, which was published in 1943....	Honor
1944		Rufus M.	Honor
1944		Mountain Born Mountain Born Mountain Born is a children's historical novel by Elizabeth Yates. Set in the sparsely-populated Rocky Mountains during the 19th century, it describes the life of a shepherd's family. The novel, illustrated by Nora Spicer Unwin, was first published in 1943 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1944....	Honor
1945		Rabbit Hill Rabbit Hill Rabbit Hill is a novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945.- Plot introduction:The story takes place in a place called Rabbit Hill, a country crossroads near Danbury, Connecticut...	Winner
1945			Honor
1945			Honor
1945		Abraham Lincoln's World Abraham Lincoln's World Abraham Lincoln's World is a children's history book by Genevieve Foster. Illustrated by the author, it was first published in 1944 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1945....	Honor
1945		Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams is a biography of Roger Williams, champion of religious freedom and founder of Providence Plantation, written for children by Jeanette Eaton. First published in 1944, it was illustrated with full-page woodcuts by Woodi Ishmael. The book was a Newbery Honor...	Honor
1946		Strawberry Girl Strawberry Girl Strawberry Girl is a Newbery medal winning novel written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. It was first published in 1945.Set in the U.S. state of Florida in the early 20th century, the story deals with two families, the Boyers and the Slaters. The Boyers move to Florida to raise strawberries...	Winner
1946		Justin Morgan Had a Horse Justin Morgan Had a Horse Justin Morgan Had a Horse is a children's historical novel by Marguerite Henry. It concerns horse-breeding in Vermont in the late eighteenth century. The novel, illustrated by Wesley Dennis, was first published in 1945 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1946.-Plot summary:The schoolmaster, Justin...	Honor
1946			Honor
1946		Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear is a children's novel by Christine Weston. Set in contemporary India, it follows the adventures of two boys, David and Gopali, as they roam the country with a dancing bear. The first edition was illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. The novel was first published in 1945 and was...	Honor
1946		New Found World New Found World New Found World is a history of Latin America written for children by Katherine Shippen. It covers the Aztec, the Mayan and the Inca civilizations, the Conquistadors, the search for El Dorado, the coming of Christianity, and the struggle for independence of the colonial powers. The book,...	Honor
1947		Miss Hickory Miss Hickory Miss Hickory is a 1946 novel by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1947.-Plot introduction:...	Winner
1947		Wonderful Year Wonderful Year Wonderful Year is a children's novel by Nancy Barnes. It describes a year in the life of the Martin family, including 11-year-old Ellen, who move from Kansas to a fruit ranch in Colorado. The novel was first published in 1946 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1947....	Honor
1947		Big Tree Big Tree (novel) Big Tree is a children's novel written and illustrated by Mary and Conrad Buff. In the book a personified 5,000-year-old giant sequoia tells its life story. The novel was first published in 1946 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1947....	Honor
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1948		Pancakes-Paris Pancakes-Paris Pancakes-Paris is a children's novel by Claire Huchet Bishop. Set in Paris a few months after the end of World War II, it follows Charles's quest to makes crepes for his little sister for Mardi Gras. The novel, illustrated by Georges Schreiber, was first published in 1947 and was a Newbery Honor...	Honor
1948		Li Lun, Lad of Courage Li Lun, Lad of Courage Li Lun, Lad of Courage is a children's novel by Carolyn Treffinger. Set in China, it tells the story of a boy who tries to survive and grow rice on a barren mountain after being banished from his village. The novel, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, was first published in 1947 and was a Newbery Honor...	Honor
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1948		Misty of Chincoteague Misty of Chincoteague Misty of Chincoteague is a 1947 book by American author Marguerite Henry, inspired by a real Chincoteague Pony named Misty. Set on the coastal island of Chincoteague, Virginia, the book tells the story of the Beebe family and their efforts to raise a filly born to a wild horse. The book won the...	Honor
1949		King of the Wind King of the Wind King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a 1990 movie.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1949		Seabird Seabird (novel) Seabird is a children's book written and illustrated by Holling C. Holling. It contains several stories about a seafaring family linked by the family mascot, a carved Ivory Gull. First published in 1948, Seabird was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1949....	Honor
1949		Daughter of the Mountains	Honor
1949		My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon. Both a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, it is the first book of a trilogy whose other titles are Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons...	Honor
1949		Story of the Negro Story of the Negro Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps is a children's history book which was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1949. The non-fiction book begins with a history of major African civilizations such as the Ghana and Mandingo Empires...	Honor
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1950		Tree of Freedom Tree of Freedom Tree of Freedom is a children's historical novel by Rebecca Caudill. It is a pioneer story set in Kentucky at the time of the American Revolutionary War...	Honor
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1950		Kildee House Kildee House Kildee House is a children's novel by Rutherford George Montgomery. It tells the story of a house in a redwood forest which becomes a refuge for wildlife. The novel was first published in 1949 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1950. It is illustrated by Barbara Cooney....	Honor
1950		George Washington	Honor
1950		Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin Song of the Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin is a children's historical novel by Walter Havighurst and Marion Havighurst. Part of the Land of the Free series, it celebrates the contribution of Norwegian immigrants to the Wisconsin logging industry through the story of 15-year-old...	Honor
1951		Amos Fortune, Free Man Amos Fortune, Free Man Amos Fortune, Free Man is a biographical novel by Elizabeth Yates that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1951. It is about a young African prince, who when people come and attack his tribe, is captured and taken to America as a slave...	Winner
1951		Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Better Known as Johnny Appleseed is a children's book by Mabel Leigh Hunt. It presents the life and legend of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, in nine stories, each named for a variety of apple such as those Johnny planted in the Midwest river valleys. Each story takes him westward...	Honor
1951		Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword is a biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi written for children by Jeanette Eaton. It is illustrated by Ralph Ray. The biography was first published in 1950 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1951....	Honor
1951		Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People by Clara Ingram Judson is a children's book which was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1951....	Honor
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1952		Ginger Pye Ginger Pye Ginger Pye is a book by Eleanor Estes, originally published in 1951. Ginger Pye won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1952		Americans Before Columbus Americans Before Columbus Americans Before Columbus by Elizabeth Baity is a children's book about the history of pre-Columbian cultures in America. It was published in 1951 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1952....	Honor
1952		Minn of the Mississippi Minn of the Mississippi Minn of the Mississippi is an illustrated children's book by Holling C. Holling. First published in 1951, it received the Newbery Honor award the next year.The book tells the story of a snapping turtle that hatches along the Mississippi River...	Honor
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1953		Secret of the Andes Secret of the Andes Secret of the Andes is a children's novel by Ann Nolan Clark. It won the 1953 Newbery Medal.-Plot summary:Cusi is a 20th century Incan boy who lives in a high mountain valley with an old llama herder named Chuto. Chuto raised Cusi in a traditional Incan fashion, although the Spanish culture was...	Winner
1953		Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web is an award-winning children's novel by acclaimed American author E. B. White, about a pig named Wilbur who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte. The book was first published in 1952, with illustrations by Garth Williams.The novel tells the story...	Honor
1953		Moccasin Trail	Honor
1953		Red Sails to Capri Red Sails to Capri Red Sails to Capri is a children's historical novel by Ann Weil. It tells the story of the rediscovery of Capri's Blue Grotto in 1826. The novel, illustrated by C. B. Falls, was first published in 1952 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1953....	Honor
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1953		Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 Birthdays of Freedom is a children's history book written and illustrated by Genevieve Foster. The book was originally published in two volumes, Book One being first published in 1952, Book Two in 1957. Book One was was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1953....	Honor
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1954		All Alone All Alone (novel) All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop is a children's book, illustrated by Feodor Rojanovsky. It was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1954.-Plot:...	Honor
1954		Shadrach Shadrach (novel) Shadrach by Meindert De Jong is a children's novel about a small boy and his pet rabbit. The novel, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, was first published in 1953 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1954....	Honor
1954		Hurry Home, Candy Hurry Home, Candy Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert DeJong is a children's novel about a dog. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, the book was first published in 1953 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1954.-Plot summary:...	Honor
1954		Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot by Clara Ingram Judson is a biography of Theodore Roosevelt written for children, one of the author's series on American presidents. It was first published in 1953 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1954....	Honor
1954		Magic Maize Magic Maize Magic Maize is a short children's novel written and illustrated by Mary and Conrad Buff. Set in contemporary Guatemala, it describes the life and adventures of a boy from a traditional Mayan Indian family. First published in 1953, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1954....	Honor
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1955		Banner in the Sky	Honor
1956		Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Carry On, Mr. Bowditch is a novel by Jean Lee Latham that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1956.The book is a children's biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, a sailor and mathematician who published the mammoth and comprehensive reference work for seamen: The American Practical Navigator...	Winner
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1956		Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Men, Microscopes, and Living Things is a children's book written by the American author Katherine Shippen and illustrated by Anthony Ravielli. The book was first published in 1955 and is a 1956 Newbery Honor recipient.-Overview:...	Honor
1957		Miracles on Maple Hill Miracles on Maple Hill Miracles on Maple Hill is a 1956 novel by Virginia Sorenson that won the 1957 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature.-Plot:...	Winner
1957		Old Yeller Old Yeller Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel by Fred Gipson, which received a Newbery Honor in 1957. It was illustrated by Carl Burger. The title is taken from the name of the big yellow dog who is the center of the book's story...	Honor
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1957		Mr. Justice Holmes	Honor
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1957		Black Fox of Lorne Black Fox of Lorne Black Fox of Lorne is a 1956 children's historical novel written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli. This Newbery Honor Book is about tenth-century Viking twins who shipwreck on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father...	Honor
1958		Rifles for Watie Rifles for Watie Rifles for Watie is an American children's novel by Harold Keith. It was first published in 1957, and received the Newbery Medal the following year. Commonly shortened "Rifles", Rifles for Watie is written at an 8th grade advanced - 9th grade level....	Winner
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1958		Gone-Away Lake Gone-Away Lake Gone-Away Lake is a 1957 children's book by Elizabeth Enright, set in that time period. In Return to Gone-Away, a sequel published in 1961, the Blake family buys a house in Gone-Away.-Plot:...	Honor
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1958		Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle	Honor
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1959		Along Came A Dog	Honor
1959		Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa is a Newbery Honor -winning novel by Francis Kalnay. Although a work of fiction, it contains factual information about gauchos on the pampas of South America and their way of life, including details about their work, what they wear and eat, and how they entertain...	Honor
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1960		Onion John Onion John Onion John is a novel written by Joseph Krumgold and published in 1959. It was the winner of the 1960 Newbery Medal. The story is set in 1950s New Jersey, and tells the story of 12-year-old Andy Rusch and his friendship with an eccentric hermit who lives on the outskirts of the small town of...	Winner
1960		My Side of the Mountain My Side of the Mountain My Side of the Mountain is a 1959 children's novel by Jean Craighead George about a boy who learns about nature and himself. The book won the Newbery Honor Award in 1960 and was loosely adapted into a movie in 1969....	Honor
1960		America Is Born: A History for Peter	Honor
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1961		Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 American children's novel written by Scott O'Dell. The story of a young girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast, it is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Indian left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island in the 19th...	Winner
1961		America Moves Forward: A History for Peter	Honor
1961		Old Ramon	Honor
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1962		Frontier Living	Honor
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1962		Belling The Tiger	Honor
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1963		Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland	Honor
1963		Men of Athens	Honor
1964		It's Like This, Cat It's Like This, Cat It's Like This, Cat is a novel written by Emily Cheney Neville that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1964.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1964		Rascal Rascal (book) Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era, often referred to as Rascal, is a 1963 children's book by Sterling North about his childhood in Wisconsin.-Publication:Rascal was published in 1963...	Honor
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1965		Shadow of a Bull Shadow of a Bull Shadow of a Bull is a novel by Maia Wojciechowska that was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1965.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1965		Across Five Aprils Across Five Aprils Across Five Aprils is a novel by Irene Hunt, set in the Civil War era. Jethro Creighton, the main character, was Irene Hunt's real grandfather. He told her the stories, and she incorporated them into Across Five Aprils.-Plot summary:...	Honor
1966		I, Juan de Pareja I, Juan de Pareja I, Juan de Pareja is a novel by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1966....	Winner
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1967		Up a Road Slowly Up a Road Slowly Up a Road Slowly is a coming-of-age novel by Irene Hunt that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1967. The story takes place in the United States during the mid 20th century.-Plot summary:...	Winner
1967			Honor
1967		Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories	Honor
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1968		From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a novel by E. L. Konigsburg. It was published by Atheneum Books in 1967, the second published from two manuscripts the new writer had submitted to editor Jean E...	Winner
1968		Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, or Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth and Me in some editions, is a children's novel by E. L. Konigsburg. It was her first book published, in 1967, the same year as her second book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler...	Honor
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1969		To Be a Slave To Be a Slave To Be A Slave is a children's novel by Julius Lester, illustrated by Tom Feelings. The book received the Newbery Honor medal in 1969. It explores what it was like to be a slave. The book includes many personal accounts of ex-slaves....	Honor
1969		When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories	Honor
1970		Sounder	Winner
1970		Our Eddie	Honor
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1970		Journey Outside	Honor
1971		Summer of the Swans Summer of the Swans Summer of the Swans is a novel by Betsy Byars that won the Newbery Medal in 1971 about fourteen-year-old Sara Godfrey's search for her missing, mentally challenged brother Charlie....	Winner
1971		Knee-Knock Rise Knee-Knock Rise KneeKnock Rise is a children's book written by Natalie Babbitt and published in 1970. It was awarded the Newbery Honor in 1971. Although the story is intended for children, some of the underlying themes deal with subjects such as the need for invented religion. -Plot synopsis:The story is set in...	Honor
1971		Enchantress From the Stars Enchantress from the Stars Enchantress from the Stars is a young adult science-fiction novel by Sylvia Engdahl. It is a 1971 Newbery Honor book, and it was given a 1990 Phoenix Award by the Children's Literature Association "from the perspective of time". It was a Finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Award in...	Honor
1971		Sing Down the Moon	Honor
1972		Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a 1971 children's book by Robert C. O'Brien. Illustrated by Zena Bernstein, it won the 1972 Newbery Medal. A film adaptation, The Secret of NIMH, was released in 1982....	Winner
1972		Incident At Hawk's Hill	Honor
1972		The Planet of Junior Brown	Honor
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1972		Annie and the Old One	Honor
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1973		Julie of the Wolves Julie of the Wolves Julie of the Wolves is a children's novel by Jean Craighead George, published in 1972, about a young Yupik girl experiencing the changes forced upon her culture from outside. There are two sequels, Julie and Julie's Wolf Pack...	Winner
1973		Frog and Toad Together Frog and Toad Together Frog and Toad Together is the second book in the Frog and Toad series published in 1972. It won the 1973 Newbery Honor.-Summary:Best friends Frog and Toad are always together. This book has five stories about flowers, cookies, bravery, dreams, and, most of all, friendship...	Honor
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1975		M. C. Higgins, the Great M. C. Higgins, the Great M. C. Higgins, the Great is a book by Virginia Hamilton that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1975. It also won the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the only book to do that. It is a coming of age novel; it covers three eventful...	Winner
1975		Figgs & Phantoms Figgs & Phantoms Figgs & Phantoms is a 1974 young adult novel written by Ellen Raskin. It won the Newbery Honor award.-Plot:The story centers on Mona Lisa Figg Newton, a teenage girl living in the fictional town of Pineapple with her eccentric family, including: her tap dancing mother, Sister Figg Newton; her...	Honor
1975		My Brother Sam Is Dead My Brother Sam Is Dead My Brother Sam Is Dead is a young adult historical fiction novel by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. The book realistically depicts what happened in the American Revolution...	Honor
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1975		Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe is a children's novel written by Bette Greene that was awarded a Newbery Honor in 1975. The book was published in 1974 by Puffin Books. It is the first of three novels to feature protagonist Beth Lambert and her friend Philip Hall...	Honor
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1976		Dragonwings Dragonwings Dragonwings is an award-winning children's novel written by Laurence Yep. The book won the IRA Children's Book Award and is a 1976 Newbery Honor Book...	Honor
1977		Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1976 children's novel by Mildred D. Taylor. The novel won the 1977 Newbery Medal. Its sequel, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, was released in 1981. It also has a prequel in 1975, Song of the Trees...	Winner
1977		Abel's Island Abel's Island Abel's Island is a children's novel written and illustrated by William Steig. It won a Newbery Honor. It was published by Collin Publishers, Toronto, Canada in 1976...	Honor
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1978		Bridge to Terabithia	Winner
1978		Ramona and Her Father Ramona and Her Father Ramona and Her Father is a 1977 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of Cleary's Ramona Quimby series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen...	Honor
1978		Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey	Honor
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1981		Jacob Have I Loved Jacob Have I Loved Jacob Have I Loved is a novel by Katherine Paterson that won the 1981 Newbery Medal. The title refers to the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau in the Jewish and Christian Bible, and comes directly from Romans 9:13: As it is written, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."The novel...	Winner
1981			Honor
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1982		Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth installment in the Ramona Quimby series. It was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1981. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is a 1982 Newbery Honor award winner...	Honor
1982		Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944	Honor
1983		Dicey's Song Dicey's Song Dicey's Song is a novel by Cynthia Voigt. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1983.-Plot:Picking up where Homecoming left off, Dicey Tillerman and her three siblings, James, Maybeth, and Sammy, are now living with their widowed grandmother Abigail Tillerman,...	Winner
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1983		Doctor De Soto	Honor
1983		Graven Images Graven Images (book) Graven Images is a children's book written by Paul Fleischman that was awarded the Newbery Honor in 1983.The book is not a novel. Rather, it is a collection of three supernatural-themed stories that all revolve around statues. In the first, titled "Binnacle Boy," a statue of a sailor boy on the...	Honor
1983		Homesick: My Own Story	Honor
1983		Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush	Honor
1984		Dear Mr. Henshaw Dear Mr. Henshaw Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary which was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984.-Plot summary:Dear Mr. Henshaw begins with the book's main character, Leigh Botts, writing a letter, as part of a second grade classroom assignment, to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. Mr...	Winner
1984			Honor
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1984		Sugaring Time	Honor
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1985		Like Jake and Me	Honor
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1985		One-Eyed Cat	Honor
1986		Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah, Plain and Tall is a children's book written by Patricia MacLachlan, and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal and the 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. It explores themes of loneliness, abandonment, and coping with change....	Winner
1986		Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun	Honor
1986		Dogsong Dogsong Dogsong is a 1985 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen and is a Newbery Honor Book. It is about a 14-year-old Eskimo, Russel Susskit and his dogs, who is searching for answers about his life that he cannot find. His father could not tell him the answers—but a blind old man named Oogruk, sets him in...	Honor
1987			Winner
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1987		On My Honor On My Honor On My Honor is a short Newbery Honor-winning novel by Marion Dane Bauer, first published in 1986. It is about two boys, Joel and Tony, who are friends despite their very different characters. Tony, who is adventurous, challenges Joel, who is more responsible and cautious, to climb a large and...	Honor
1987		Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens	Honor
1988		Lincoln: A Photobiography Lincoln: A Photobiography Lincoln: A Photobiography is an illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln written by Russell Freedman, and published in 1987. The book won the Newbery Medal in 1988....	Winner
1988		After the Rain	Honor
1988		Hatchet Hatchet (novel) Hatchet is a 1987 three-time Newbery Honor-winning wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel in the Hatchet series and is followed by four sequels....	Honor
1989		Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices is Paul Fleischman's Newbery Medal-winning book for the year 1989.The book is a collection of fourteen children's poems about insects such as mayflies, lice, and honeybees. The concept is unusual in that the poems are intended to be read aloud by two people...	Winner
1989		In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World	Honor
1989		Scorpions	Honor
1990		Number the Stars Number the Stars Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction about the Holocaust of the Second World War by award-winning author Lois Lowry. The story centers around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1943 and was caught up in the events surrounding the rescue of the Danish...	Winner
1990		Afternoon of the Elves	Honor
1990		Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind	Honor
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1991		Maniac Magee Maniac Magee Maniac Magee is a young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills...	Winner
1991	Avi		Honor
1992		Shiloh Shiloh (book) Shiloh is a Newbery Medal-winning children's novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991. The 65th book by Naylor, it is the first in a trilogy about a young boy and the title character, an abused dog...	Winner
1992	Avi	Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel Nothing But the Truth (book) Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel is a 1991 book written by Avi. The book is a young adult novel in a modified epistolary style through diary entries, personal letters, school memos and transcripts of dialogue...	Honor
1992			Honor
1993		Missing May Missing May Missing May is a children's book, the recipient of the 1993 Newbery Medal. It was written by Cynthia Rylant, who has written over 60 children's books such as The Islander.-Plot:...	Winner
1993		What Hearts	Honor
1993			Honor
1993		Somewhere in the Darkness	Honor
1994			Winner
1994		Crazy Lady Crazy Lady Crazy Lady! is a children's novel by Jane Leslie Conly. It was published in 1993 and was one of the Newbery Honor books of 1994.-Setting & Plot:...	Honor
1994		Dragon's Gate	Honor
1994		Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery	Honor
1995		Walk Two Moons Walk Two Moons Walk Two Moons is a novel written by Sharon Creech and published in 1994. It won the 1995 Newbery Medal. It was originally intended as a follow-up to Creech's previous novel Absolutely Normal Chaos, however, the idea was changed after Creech began writing.-Plot summary:The novel is narrated by a 13...	Winner
1995		Catherine, Called Birdy Catherine, Called Birdy Catherine, Called Birdy is the first children's novel written by Karen Cushman. It is an historical novel in diary format, set in thirteenth century England. It was published in 1994, and won the Newbery Honor in 1995.-Plot summary:...	Honor
1995			Honor
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1996		What Jamie Saw What Jamie Saw What Jamie Saw is a 1995 novel by Carolyn Coman.Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend, Van, tried to throw his baby sister, Nin, against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie Beauville finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.He will do anything...	Honor
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1996		Yolonda's Genius	Honor
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1997		Belle Prater's Boy	Honor
1998		Out of the Dust Out of the Dust Out of the Dust is a verse novel written by Karen Hesse. It was the winner of the Newbery Medal in 1998, Scott O'Dell Award, an ALA Notable Children's Book, an ALA "Best book", a School Library Journal "best book of the year", a Booklist "Editors' Choice" award, a Book Links "Lasting Connection", a...	Winner
1998		Ella Enchanted Ella Enchanted Ella Enchanted is a Newbery Honor book written by Gail Carson Levine and published in 1997. The story is a retelling of Cinderella featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants...	Honor
1998		Lily's Crossing	Honor
1998		Wringer Wringer (novel) Wringer is a Newbery Honor-winning 1997 young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli.-Plot introduction:When Palmer LaRue turns nine , it is traditional to wring wounded pigeons shot at the annual Family Fest Pigeon Shooting Day. One day, a pigeon taps at Palmer's window. He names the pigeon Nipper, but...	Honor
1999		Holes Holes (novel) Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...	Winner
1999			Honor
2000		Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy is a 1999 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.-Plot summary:Bud,...	Winner
2000		Getting Near to Baby Getting Near to Baby Getting Near to Baby is a children's novel written by Audrey Couloumbis that was awarded a Newbery Honor in 2000.In the novel, the characters Willa Jo and Little Sister are dealing with their grief after the death of their baby sister after she was given carnie water...	Honor
2000		Our Only May Amelia	Honor
2000		26 Fairmount Avenue 26 Fairmount Avenue 26 Fairmount Avenue is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola that won a Newbery Honor.-Plot:The book deals with the early life of Tomie dePaola. He has just moved to a new house in Connecticut and the 1938 hurricane has just hit...	Honor
2001			Winner
2001		Hope Was Here Hope Was Here Hope Was Here is a 2000 novel by Joan Bauer. It was declared a Newbery Honor Book in 2001.-Synopsis:A teenager named Hope Yancey lives with her aunt, Addie, in Brooklyn, where Addie works as a chef and Hope works as a waitress at "The Blue Box Diner." Hope lives with her aunt because her mother,...	Honor
2001		Because of Winn-Dixie Because of Winn-Dixie Because of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award, and 2003 Mark Twain Award...	Honor
2001		Joey Pigza Loses Control	Honor
2001			Honor
2002			Winner
2002		Everything on a Waffle Everything on a Waffle Everything on a Waffle is a 2001 bestselling children's novel, written by Polly Horvath and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book was critically acclaimed and won a variety of awards, including the 2002 Newbery Honor.-Plot summary:...	Honor
2002		Carver: A Life In Poems	Honor
2003		Crispin: The Cross of Lead Crispin: The Cross of Lead Crispin: The Cross of Lead is a 2002 children's novel written by Avi. It was the winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Its sequel, Crispin: At the Edge of the World, was released in 2006...	Winner
2003			Honor
2003		Pictures of Hollis Woods Pictures of Hollis Woods Pictures of Hollis Woods is a television film that debuted on the CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film on December 2, 2007. The film is directed by Tony Bill and is based on the Newbery Honor winning novel of the same name by Patricia Reilly Giff...	Honor
2003		Hoot Hoot (novel) Hoot is a young-adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. The story takes place in Coconut Cove, Florida, where Roy and his two new friends try to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site...	Honor
2003			Honor
2003		Surviving the Applewhites Surviving the Applewhites Surviving the Applewhites is a book from 2002 by Stephanie S. Tolan. The book received a Newbery Honor award in 2003.- Summary :Jake Semple is a boy who is sent to attend the Applewhite family's Creative Academy after being kicked out of every school in the state of Rhode Island. He got in...	Honor
2004			Winner
2004		Olive's Ocean Olive's Ocean Olive's Ocean is a 2003 book by Kevin Henkes that won the 2004 Newbery Honor. The story's idea was taken from Kevin Henkes' question, "What was it like for authors growing up?"-Plot:...	Honor
2004			Honor
2005		Kira-Kira Kira-Kira Kira-Kira is a young adult novel by Cynthia Kadohata. It won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2005. The book's plot is about a Japanese-American family living in Georgia...	Winner
2005		Al Capone Does My Shirts Al Capone Does My Shirts Al Capone Does My Shirts is a 2004 young adult novel written by Southern California-based author Gennifer Choldenko. The book was named as a Newbery Honor selection and in 2007 it received the California Young Reader Medal.-Plot summary:...	Honor
2005			Honor
2005		Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, published by Clarion Books, is a 2004 historical fiction book by Gary D. Schmidt. The book received the Newbery Honor in 2005 and was selected as a Michael L. Printz Honor that same year. The book was based on a real event...	Honor
2006		Criss Cross Criss Cross (novel) Criss Cross is a novel by Lynne Rae Perkins that won the 2006 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature. It followed the character Debbie from her previous novel All Alone in the Universe, but introduced several new characters, primarily her neighborhood friends Hector, Lenny and...	Winner
2006		Whittington	Honor
2006		Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow is a non-fiction children's book written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and published in 2005. It received the Newbery Honor medal in 2006....	Honor
2006		Princess Academy Princess Academy Princess Academy is a fantasy novel exploring themes of families, relationships and education by Shannon Hale published on June 16, 2005 by Bloomsbury. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Miri who attends a princess academy which will determine who wins the hand of the prince...	Honor
2006		Show Way	Honor
2007			Winner
2007		Penny from Heaven Penny from Heaven Penny from Heaven is a children's novel that was named a Newbery Honor book in 2007. It was written by Jennifer L. Holm, the author of another Newbery Honor book, Our Only May Amelia and first published by Random House.-Plot introduction:...	Honor
2007		Hattie Big Sky Hattie Big Sky Hattie Big Sky is a novel written by Kirby Larson. In 2007 the book was named a Newbery Honor book and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Hattie Big Sky was also an Illinois Rebecca Caudill nominee....	Honor
2007		Rules Rules (novel) Rules is the debut novel by author Cynthia Lord. Released by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, it was a Newbery Honor book in 2007. It is also a Sunshine State Young Readers book for 2008–2009 and won the Schneider Family Book Award.-Synopsis:...	Honor
2008		Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village is a 2007 children's book written by Laura Amy Schlitz. The book was awarded the 2008 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature.- Overview :...	Winner
2008		Elijah of Buxton Elijah of Buxton Elijah of Buxton is a 2007 novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. It is his fourth book. It won the 00001Coretta Scott King Award, the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association-Jacket...	Honor
2008			Honor
2008			Honor
2009			Winner
2009			Honor
2009			Honor
2009			Honor
2009		After Tupac & D Foster	Honor
2010		When You Reach Me When You Reach Me When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place in the Upper West Side in New York City during 1979 and follows the protagonist, Miranda. She receives a strange note asking her to record future events and write down...	Winner
2010		Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice	Honor
2010			Honor
2010		Where the Mountain Meets the Moon	Honor
2010			Honor
2011		Moon Over Manifest Moon Over Manifest Moon Over Manifest is a 2010 children's book written by American author Clare Vanderpool. The book was awarded the 2011 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature. The story follows a young and adventurous girl named Abilene who is sent to Manifest, Kansas by her father in the summer of...	Winner
2011		Turtle in Paradise Turtle in Paradise Turtle in Paradise is a 2010 Newbery Honor Book by Jennifer L. Holm. The main character, Turtle, is eleven years old and lives in Key West, Florida during the Great Depression....	Honor
2011		Heart of a Samurai	Honor
2011		Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night	Honor
2011		One Crazy Summer	Honor

Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor winners

These authors have won both the Newbery Medal and the Newbery Honor:

• Lloyd Alexander
  Lloyd Alexander
  Lloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books...
  
  
• Avi
• Beverly Cleary
  Beverly Cleary
  Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
  
  
• Susan Cooper
  Susan Cooper
  Susan Mary Cooper is an English author best known for The Dark Is Rising, an award-winning five-volume saga set in and around England and Wales. The books incorporate traditional British mythology, such as Arthurian and other Welsh elements with original material ; these books were adapted into a...
  
  
• Sharon Creech
  Sharon Creech
  Sharon Creech is an American novelist of children's fiction.-Biography:Sharon Creech was born in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, where she grew up with her parents , one sister , and three brothers...
  
  
• Christopher Paul Curtis
  Christopher Paul Curtis
  Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's author and a Newbery Medal winner who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 and the critically acclaimed Bud, Not Buddy. Bud, Not Buddy is the first novel to receive both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal...
  
  
• Karen Cushman
  Karen Cushman
  Karen Cushman is an American writer of historical fiction. Her 1995 novel The Midwife's Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel Catherine, Called Birdy won a Newbery Honor...
  
  
• Marguerite de Angeli
  Marguerite de Angeli
  Marguerite de Angeli was a bestselling author and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book The Door in the Wall...
  
  
• Meindert DeJong
  Meindert DeJong
  Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.-Life:...
  
  
• Kate DiCamillo
  Kate DiCamillo
  Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American children's author. She is known for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Tale of Despereaux, the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, and the Mercy Watson series, plus numerous other award-winning and honored books.-Early life:Born in...
  
  
• Eleanor Estes
  Eleanor Estes
  Eleanor Estes was an American children's author.She was born in West Haven, Connecticut as Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield.She worked as a children's librarian in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York....
  
  
• Elizabeth Enright
  Elizabeth Enright
  Elizabeth Enright was an American children's author and illustrator. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois.-Life:Her father, Walter J...
  
  
• Rachel Field
  Rachel Field
  Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929. She won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award twice...
  
  
• Paul Fleischman
  Paul Fleischman
  Paul Fleischman is an American author of children's books. Both he and his father, children's author Sid Fleischman, have won the Newbery Medal. Paul is the 2012 US author nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award.-Early life:...
  
  
• Paula Fox
  Paula Fox
  Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.Her...
  
  
• Jean Craighead George
  Jean Craighead George
  Jean Craighead George is an American author. She currently lives in Chappaqua, New York.Jean Craighead George has written over one hundred popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side...
  
  
• Virginia Hamilton
  Virginia Hamilton
  Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
  
  
• Charles Hawes
  Charles Hawes
  Charles Boardman Hawes was an American author. He was posthumously awarded the 1924 Newbery Medal for The Dark Frigate . Additionally, The Great Quest was a 1922 Newbery Honor book. The Dark Frigate won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962.-External links:...
  
  
• Marguerite Henry
  Marguerite Henry
  Marguerite Henry was an American writer. Henry inspired children all over the world with her love of animals, especially horses. The author of fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals, her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults and won...
  
  
• Irene Hunt
  Irene Hunt
  Irene Hunt was born to Franklin P. and Sarah Land Hunt on May 18, 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois. The family soon moved to Newton, Illinois, but Franklin died when Hunt was only seven, and the family moved again to be close to Hunt's grandparents...
  
  
• E. L. Konigsburg
  E. L. Konigsburg
  Elaine Lobl Konigsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of five authors to win two Newbery Medals, awarded annually for one contribution to American children's literature.Her first two manuscripts were submitted to editor Jean E...
  
  
• Robert Lawson
  Robert Lawson (author)
  Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator of children's books. During World War I, he also served as a camouflage artist.-Background:Born in New York City, Lawson spent his early life in Montclair, New Jersey...
  
  
• Madeleine L'Engle
  Madeleine L'Engle
  Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer best known for her young-adult fiction, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time...
  
  
• Lois Lenski
  Lois Lenski
  Lois Lenski was a popular and prolific American writer of children's and young adult fiction.One of her projects was a collection of regional novels about children across the United States...
  
  
• Robin McKinley
  Robin McKinley
  Robin McKinley is a distinguished author of fantasy and children's books who has written sixteen books to date. Her latest book Pegasus was published in 2010...
  
  
• Cornelia Meigs
  Cornelia Meigs
  Cornelia Lynde Meigs was an American children's author, and educator.-Life:...
  
  
• Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell was an American children's author who wrote 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books...
  
  
• Katherine Paterson
  Katherine Paterson
  Katherine Paterson is an American author of children's novels. She wrote Bridge to Terabithia and has received several of the major international awards for children's literature.- Early life:...
  
  
• Richard Peck
• Ellen Raskin
  Ellen Raskin
  Ellen Ermingard Raskin was an American writer, illustrator and fashion designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up during the Great Depression. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
  
  
• Cynthia Rylant
  Cynthia Rylant
  Cynthia Rylant is an American author. She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish. With the divorce of her parents when she was four and living without running water and electricity she became an author including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...
  
  
• Kate Seredy
  Kate Seredy
  Kate Seredy was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children's books, written in the English language.-Life:...
  
  
• Elizabeth George Speare
  Elizabeth George Speare
  Elizabeth George Speare was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels, including two Newbery Medals. She has been called one of America’s 100 most popular children’s authors and much of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the...
  
  
• Armstrong Sperry
  Armstrong Sperry
  Armstrong Wells Sperry was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical fiction and biography, often set on sailing ships, and stories of boys from Polynesia, Asia and indigenous American cultures...
  
  
• Jerry Spinelli
  Jerry Spinelli
  Jerry Spinelli is an author of children's novels on adolescence and early adulthood. He is best known for the novels Maniac Magee and Wringer....
  
  
• Cynthia Voigt
  Cynthia Voigt
  Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming, was nominated for several international prizes and made into a 1996 film...
  
  
• Elizabeth Yates

Newbery Medal winners

Only five authors have won multiple Newbery Medals:

• E.L. Konigsburg
• Joseph Krumgold
  Joseph Krumgold
  Joseph Quincy Krumgold was a United States author and scriptwriter. He was the first author to receive the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature twice. Lois Lowry, Elizabeth George Speare, Katherine Paterson, and E. L. Konigsburg have also achieved this honor...
  
  
• Lois Lowry
  Lois Lowry
  Lois Lowry is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s...
  
  
• Katherine Paterson
  Katherine Paterson
  Katherine Paterson is an American author of children's novels. She wrote Bridge to Terabithia and has received several of the major international awards for children's literature.- Early life:...
  
  
• Elizabeth George Speare
  Elizabeth George Speare
  Elizabeth George Speare was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels, including two Newbery Medals. She has been called one of America’s 100 most popular children’s authors and much of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the...
  
  

They have all won two each.

Two-time winners

• Julia Davis Adams
• Avi
• Claire Huchet Bishop
  Claire Huchet Bishop
  Claire Huchet Bishop was a children's novelist and librarian, winner of the Newbery Honor for Pancakes-Paris and All Alone and the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten...
  
  
• Bruce Brooks
  Bruce Brooks
  Bruce Brooks is an American author of young adult and children's literature. - Background :Brooks, born in Richmond, Virginia, lived most of his young life in North Carolina as a result of parental divorce. Brooks credits moving around multiple times between the two locations with making him a...
  
  
• Beverly Cleary
  Beverly Cleary
  Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
  
  
• Christopher Paul Curtis
  Christopher Paul Curtis
  Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's author and a Newbery Medal winner who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 and the critically acclaimed Bud, Not Buddy. Bud, Not Buddy is the first novel to receive both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal...
  
  
• Wanda Gág
  Wanda Gág
  Wanda Hazel Gág was an American author and illustrator. She was born on March 11, 1893, in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her mother and father were of Bohemian descent. Both parents were artists who had met in Germany. They had seven children, who all acquired some level of artistic talent...
  
  
• Patricia Reilly Giff
  Patricia Reilly Giff
  Patricia Reilly Giff was born on April 26, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. She is an author and teacher. She was educated at Marymount College, where she was awarded a B.A. degree, and St. John's University, where she earned an M.A. and Hofstra University, where she was awarded a Professional Diploma...
  
  
• Marguerite Henry
  Marguerite Henry
  Marguerite Henry was an American writer. Henry inspired children all over the world with her love of animals, especially horses. The author of fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals, her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults and won...
  
  
• Holling C. Holling
  Holling C. Holling
  Holling Clancy Holling was an American author and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. Paddle to the Sea won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962...
  
  
• Mabel Leigh Hunt
  Mabel Leigh Hunt
  Mabel Leigh Hunt was an American writer.She was born in Coatesville, Indiana. She was raised in Greencastle by Quaker parents there, and from age 10 in Plainfield , until her physician father died...
  
  
• Gerald W. Johnson
  Gerald W. Johnson
  Gerald White Johnson was a journalist, editor, essayist, historian, biographer, and novelist. Over his nearly 75 year career he was known for being "one of the most eloquent spokespersons for America’s adversary culture."...
  
  
• Lois Lenski
  Lois Lenski
  Lois Lenski was a popular and prolific American writer of children's and young adult fiction.One of her projects was a collection of regional novels about children across the United States...
  
  
• Jim Murphy
  Jim Murphy (author)
  Jim Murphy is an American award-winning author of more than 30 fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults, most of which have an historical focus. His most recent books are "A Savage Thunder" and "Truce"...
  
  
• Walter Dean Myers
  Walter Dean Myers
  Walter Dean Myers is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times...
  
  
• Mabel Robinson
  Mabel Robinson
  Mabel Louise Robinson was an American children's author. Robinson was a two-time Newberry Honor recipient.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• Constance Rourke
  Constance Rourke
  Constance Mayfield Rourke was an American author and educator. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Sorbonne and Vassar College. She taught at Vassar from 1910 to 1915. She died in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1941....
  
  
• Julia Sauer
• Gary D. Schmidt
  Gary D. Schmidt
  Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books and one Printz Honor award. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan, with his wife and six children. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.The American Library...
  
  
• Kate Seredy
  Kate Seredy
  Kate Seredy was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children's books, written in the English language.-Life:...
  
  
• Katherine Shippen
• Caroline Snedeker
• William Steig
  William Steig
  William Steig was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular children's literature...
  
  
• Mary Stolz
  Mary Stolz
  Mary Stolz was an American writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her works received Newbery Honors in 1962 and 1966 and her entire body of work was awarded the George G. Stone Recognition of Merit in 1982.Her literary works range from picture books to young-adult novels...
  
  
• Hildegarde Swift
• Laurence Yep
  Laurence Yep
  -Background:Chinese-American, Yep was born in San Francisco, California to Yep Gim Lew and Franche. His older brother, Thomas named him after studying a particular saint in a multicultural neighborhood that consisted of mostly African Americans. Growing up, he often felt torn between both...
  
  
• Ella Young
  Ella Young
  Ella Young was an Irish poet and Celtic mythologist active in the Gaelic and Celtic Revival literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in Ireland, Young was an author of poetry and children's books. She emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1925 as a temporary...
  
  

Three-time winners

• Mary & Conrad Buff
• Padraic Colum
  Padraic Colum
  Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival.-Early life:...
  
  
• Alice Dalgliesh
  Alice Dalgliesh
  Alice Dalgliesh was an American author and book editor who wrote over 40 children's books, mostly illustrated by Katherine Milhous...
  
  
• Eleanor Estes
  Eleanor Estes
  Eleanor Estes was an American children's author.She was born in West Haven, Connecticut as Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield.She worked as a children's librarian in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York....
  
  
• Nancy Farmer
  Nancy Farmer (author)
  Nancy Farmer is a prominent children's book author from the United States.Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her B.A. at Reed College and later studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley...
  
  
• Russell Freedman
  Russell Freedman
  Russell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
  
  
• Elizabeth Janet Gray
• Virginia Hamilton
  Virginia Hamilton
  Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
  
  
• Agnes Hewes
  Agnes Hewes
  Agnes Danforth Hewes was an American writer of children's literature and a 3-time winner of the Newbery Honor...
  
  
• Jennifer L. Holm
  Jennifer L. Holm
  - Biography :Holm was raised in Audubon, Pennsylvania with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write...
  
  
• Clara Ingram Judson
  Clara Ingram Judson
  Clara Ingram Judson was an American author who wrote over 70 books for children. She was born on May 4, 1879, in Logansport, Indiana, and married James McIntosh Judson in 1901. Her first children's book was Flower Fairies, published in 1915. Probably her most famous books were the Mary Jane...
  
  
• Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• Cornelia Meigs
  Cornelia Meigs
  Cornelia Lynde Meigs was an American children's author, and educator.-Life:...
  
  
• Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell was an American children's author who wrote 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books...
  
  
• Anne Parrish
  Anne Parrish
  Anne Parrish was an American novelist and author of children's literature. She was a three-time winner of the Newbery Honor....
  
  
• Gary Paulsen
  Gary Paulsen
  Gary James Paulsen is an American writer who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books , 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for young adults and teens.-Biography:Gary Paulsen was born in...
  
  
• Isaac Bashevis Singer
  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  Isaac Bashevis Singer – July 24, 1991) was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978...
  
  
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  Zilpha Keatley Snyder is an acclaimed author of books for children and young adults. Snyder was awarded three Newbery Honor Book awards for The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. Since 1964, Snyder has completed 43 books...
  
  
• Jacqueline Woodson
  Jacqueline Woodson
  Jacqueline Woodson is an American author who writes books targeted at children and adolescents. She is best known for 'Miracle's Boys' which won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 and her Newbery Honor titles 'After Tupac & D Foster', 'Feathers' and 'Show Way'...
  
  

Five-time winners

• Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
  
  

The only person to win both a Newbery Medal and a Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...

 is Robert Lawson

Robert Lawson (author)

Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator of children's books. During World War I, he also served as a camouflage artist.-Background:Born in New York City, Lawson spent his early life in Montclair, New Jersey...

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See also

• Caldecott Medal
  Caldecott Medal
  The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
  
   for outstanding American picture books
• Carnegie Medal in Literature for outstanding children's books published in the United Kingdom
• Coretta Scott King Award
  Coretta Scott King Award
  The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association...
  
   for outstanding children's books related to the African-American experience
• Guardian Award
  Guardian Award
  The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a prominent award for works of children's literature by British or Commonwealth authors, published in the United Kingdom during the preceding year. The award has been given annually since 1967, and is decided by a panel of authors and the...
  
   for works of children's literature written by British or Commonwealth authors
• Kate Greenaway Medal
  Kate Greenaway Medal
  The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the United Kingdom in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
  
   for outstanding works of illustration in children's literaure from the United Kingdom
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
  Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
  The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is a prize awarded by the American Library Association to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have over a period of years made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature...
  
   for outstanding lifetime contribution to children's literature
• Margaret Edwards Award
  Margaret Edwards Award
  The Margaret A. Edwards Award is awarded annually to an author for a specific body of his or her work, which has made a significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about...
  
  
• Mark Twain Readers Award
• Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
  Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
  The Nestlé Children's Book Prize, also known as the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, was an annual award given to children's books written in the previous year by a UK citizen or resident. The prize was administered by Booktrust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading, and sponsored by...
  
  
• Sequoyah Book Award
  Sequoyah Book Award
  The Sequoyah Children's Book Award is given each year to the book that is selected by Oklahoma students in 3rd-5th grades as their favorite. The Sequoyah Young Adult Award , which is voted for by Oklahoma students in 6th-8th grades, was created in 1988...
  
  

External links

• Newbery Medal Home Page, American Library Association
  American Library Association
  The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
  
  
• The Newbery Video (Part 2), written by Mona Kerby and funded by the International Reading Association highlights favorite Newbery Award books and authors.
• Choices Booklists: Children’s Choices

• Interview with Newbery Judge, on Beyond the Margins