Search - Newbery Medal Award Winning Books

The Newbery Medal Award was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. The Newberry Medal is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The medal is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is announced in January and has been given annually since 1922.

2010	When You Reach Me Author: Rebecca Stead Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  61 The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: $15.99 Buy New: $12.79 (save 20%) or Become a PBS member and pay $8.89+1 PBS book credit (save 44%)
2009	The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  78
2008	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Author: Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  14
2007	The Higher Power of Lucky Author: Susan Patron Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  27
2006	Criss Cross Author: Lynne Rae Perkins Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.3/5 Stars.  31
2005	Kira-Kira (Newbery Medal Book) Author: Cynthia Kadohata, Julia Kuskin Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  43
2004	The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread Author: Kate Dicamillo Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  129
2003	Crispin: The Cross of Lead Author: Avi Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  42
2002	A Single Shard Author: Linda Sue Park Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  39
2001	A Year Down Yonder (Grandma Dowdel, Bk 2) Author: Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.5/5 Stars.  24
2000	Bud, Not Buddy (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  50
1999	Holes Author: Louis Sachar Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  178
1998	Out Of The Dust Author: Karen Hesse Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  201
1997	The View From Saturday Author: E. L. Konigsburg Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  36 The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: $17.99 Buy New: $13.79 (save 23%) or Become a PBS member and pay $9.89+1 PBS book credit (save 45%)
1996	The Midwife's Apprentice Author: Karen Cushman Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  175
1995	Walk Two Moons Author: Sharon Creech Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  237
1994	The Giver (Giver, Bk 1) Author: Lois Lowry Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  577
1993	Missing May Author: Cynthia Rylant Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  40
1992	Shiloh (Shiloh, Bk 1) Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  46
1991	Maniac Magee Author: Jerry Spinelli Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  152
1990	Number the Stars Author: Lois Lowry Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  425
1989	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Author: Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows ()llustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  20
1988	Lincoln : A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies) Author: Russell Freedman Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  24
1987	The Whipping Boy Author: Sid Fleischman, Peter Sis (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  118
1986	Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, Bk 1) Author: Patricia MacLachlan Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.2/5 Stars.  250
1985	The Hero and the Crown (Damar, Bk 2) Author: Robin McKinley Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy Currently 4.4/5 Stars.  173
1984	Dear Mr. Henshaw Author: Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  109
1983	Dicey's Song (Tillerman, Bk 2) Author: Cynthia Voigt Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  101
1982	A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Author: Nancy Willard, Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.3/5 Stars.  15
1981	Jacob Have I Loved Author: Katherine Paterson Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  145
1980	A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 Author: Joan W. Blos Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.3/5 Stars.  34
1979	The Westing Game Author: Ellen Raskin Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  174
1978	Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  691
1977	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, Bk 4) Author: Mildred D. Taylor Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  140
1976	The Grey King (Dark is Rising, Bk 4) Author: Susan Cooper Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  113
1975	M. C. Higgins, the Great Author: Virginia Hamilton Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.4/5 Stars.  9
1974	The Slave Dancer Author: Paula Fox Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  18
1973	Julie of the Wolves (Julie, Bk 1) Author: Jean Craighead George Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  174
1972	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) Author: Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  211 PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
1971	The Summer of the Swans Author: Betsy Byars, Ted CoConis (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  68
1970	Sounder Author: William H. Armstrong Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  51
1969	The High King (Chronicles of Prydain, Bk 5) Author: Lloyd Alexander Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  90
1968	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Author: E. L. Konigsburg Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  148
1967	Up a Road Slowly Author: Irene Hunt Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  10
1966	I, Juan de Pareja (Sunburst Book) Author: Elizabeth Borton De Trevino Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  23
1965	Shadow of a Bull Author: Maia Wojciechowska Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.4/5 Stars.  12
1964	It's Like This, Cat Author: Emily Cheney Neville, Emil Weiss (Illustrator) Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  18
1963	A Wrinkle in Time (Time, Bk 1) Author: Madeleine L'Engle Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  903
1962	The Bronze Bow Author: Elizabeth George Speare Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.2/5 Stars.  100
1961	Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O'Dell Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4/5 Stars.  714
1960	Onion John Author: Joseph Krumgold, Symeon Shimin (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  17
1959	The Witch of Blackbird Pond Author: Elizabeth George Speare Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  280
1958	Rifles for Watie Author: Harold Keith Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  39
1957	Miracles on Maple Hill Author: Virginia Sorensen, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  13
1956	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Author: Jean Lee Latham, John O'Hara Cosgrave II (Illustrator) Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.3/5 Stars.  22
1955	The Wheel on the School Author: Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  50
1954	...And Now Miguel Author: Joseph Krumgold Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  14
1953	Secret of the Andes Author: Ann Nolan Clark, Jean Charlot (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  24 PBS Market Price: $7.09 or $3.19+1 credit
1952	Ginger Pye Author: Eleanor Estes Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.5/5 Stars.  21
1951	Amos Fortune, Free Man Author: Elizabeth Yates, Nora S. Unwin (Illustrator) Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  41
1950	The Door in the Wall (Yearling Newbery) Author: Marguerite De Angeli Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  73
1949	King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian Author: Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.2/5 Stars.  82
1948	The Twenty-One Balloons Author: William Pene du Bois Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  61 PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit
1947	Miss Hickory Author: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Ruth Gannett (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.4/5 Stars.  12
1946	Strawberry Girl Author: Lois Lenski Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  65
1945	Rabbit Hill Author: Robert Lawson Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  32
1944	Johnny Tremain Author: Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  163
1943	Adam of the Road Author: Elizabeth Janet Gray, Robert Lawson (Illustrator) Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 4.1/5 Stars.  51
1942	The Matchlock Gun Author: Walter D. Edmonds, Paul Lantz (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  28
1941	Call It Courage Author: Armstrong Sperry Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  35
1940	Daniel Boone Author: James Daugherty Genre: Children's Books Currently 1/5 Stars.  1
1939	Thimble Summer Author: Elizabeth Enright Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  28
1938	The White Stag (Newbery Library) Author: Kate Seredy Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  17
1937	Roller Skates Author: Ruth Sawyer, Valenti Angelo (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.5/5 Stars.  10
1936	Caddie Woodlawn Author: Carol Ryrie Brink Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.2/5 Stars.  124
1935	Dobry (Newbery Library) Author: Monica Shannon, Atanas Katchamakoff (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 2/5 Stars.  2
1934	Invincible Louisa Author: Cornelia Meigs Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  31
1933	Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Author: Elizabeth Lewis, Ed Young (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  16
1932	Waterless Mountain Author: Laura Adams Armer, Sidney Armer Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.5/5 Stars.  3
1931	The Cat Who Went to Heaven Author: Elizabeth Coatsworth, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  28
1930	Hitty: Her First Hundred Years Author: Rachel Field, Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.6/5 Stars.  14
1929	The Trumpeter of Krakow Author: Eric P. Kelly Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.7/5 Stars.  29
1928	Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon Author: Dhan Gopal Mukerji Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.8/5 Stars.  9
1927	Smoky The Cow Horse Author: Will James Genre: Children's Books Currently 4.2/5 Stars.  18
1926	Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children Author: Arthur Bowie Chrisman, Else Hasselriis Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.1/5 Stars.  8
1925	Tales from Silver Lands Author: Charles J. Finger, Paul Honore (Illustrator) Genre: Children's Books Currently 2.3/5 Stars.  4
1924	The Dark Frigate Author: Charles Boardman Hawes Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult Currently 3.5/5 Stars.  12
1923	The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Yearling Newbery) Author: Hugh Lofting Genre: Children's Books Currently 4/5 Stars.  44
1922	The Story of Mankind Author: Hendrik Willem Van Loon Genre: Children's Books Currently 3.9/5 Stars.  12