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Newbery Award Winners

The Newbery Medal, first awarded in 1922, is the best known and most discussed children's book award in the country.

Proposed by Fredric G. Melcher and named after the eighteenth century English bookseller John Newbery, the medal is awarded to "the author of the 'most distinguished contributions to American literature for children'." The Newbery Medal continues to be awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children and the American Library Association. For more information, please refer to the Newbery Medal Home Page.

1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000

1920

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The Story of Mankind
by Hendrik Van Loon
J 909 VAN



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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
JF LOF



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Dark Frigate
by Charles Hawes
JF HAW



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Tales From Silver Lands
by Charles Finger
J 398.209 LAT FIN



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Shen of the Sea
by Arthur Chrisman
JF SS CHR



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Smoky, the Cowhorse
by Will James
JF JAM



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Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon
by Dhan Mukerji
JF MUK



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The Trumpeter of Krakow
by Eric Kelly
JF KEL



1930

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Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
by Rosemary Wells
JF FIE



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The Cat Who Went to Heaven
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
JF COA



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Waterless Mountain
by Laura Armer
JF ARM



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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Lewis
JF LEW



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Invincible Louisa
by Cornelia Meigs
J B ALC



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Dobry
by Monica Shannon
JF SHA



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Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink
JF BRI



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Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
JF SAW



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The White Stag
by Kate Seredy
JF SER



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Thimble Summer
by Elizabeth Enright
JF ENR



1940

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Daniel Boone
by James Daugherty
J B BOO



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Call It Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
JF SPE



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The Matchlock Gun
by Walter Edmonds
J 973.26 EDM



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Adam of the Road
by Elizabeth Vining
JF VIN



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Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
JF FOR



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Rabbit Hill
by Robert Lawson
JF LAW



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Strawberry Girl
by Lois Lenski
JF LEN



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Miss Hickory
by Carolyn Bailey
JF BAI



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The Twenty One Balloons
by William Du Bois
JF DUB



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King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry
JF HEN


1950

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The Door in the Wall
by Arthur De Angeli
JF DEA



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Amos Fortune, Free Man
by Elizabeth Yates
J B FOR



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Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
JF EST



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Secret of the Andes
by Ann Nolan Clark
JF CLA



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...And Now Miguel
by Joseph Krumgold
JF KRU



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The Wheel on the School
by Meindert De Jong
JF DEJ



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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
J B BOW



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Miracles on Maple Hill
by Virginia Sorensen
JF SOR



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Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
JF KEI



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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth Speare
JF SPE



1960

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Onion John
by Joseph Krumgold
JF KRU



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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
JF ODE



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The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
JF SPE



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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
JF SF LEN



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It's Like This, Cat
by Emily Neville
JF NEV



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Shadow of a Bull
by Maia Wojciechowska
JF WOJ



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I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth de Treviño
JF TRE



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Up a Road Slowly
by Irene Hunt
JF HUN



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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
JF KON



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The High King
by Lloyd Alexander
JF ALE



1970

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Sounder
by William Armstrong
JF ARM



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The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byers
JF BYA



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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert O'Brien
JF OBR



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Julie of the Wolves
by Jean George
JF GEO



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The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
JF FOX



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M.C. Higgins, the Great
by Virginia Hamilton
JF HAM



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Grey King
by Susan Cooper
JF COO



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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor
JF TAY



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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
JF PAT



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The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
JF RAS



1980

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A Gathering of Days: a New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
by Joan Blos
JF BLO



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Jacob Have I loved
by Katherine Paterson
JF PAT



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A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
by Nancy Willard
J 811 WIL



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Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
JF VOI, YA VOI



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Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
JF CLE



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The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
JF MCK, YA MCK



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Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
JF MAC



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The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
JF FLE



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Lincoln: a Photobiography
by Russell Freedman
J B LIN



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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
J 811.54 FLE



1990

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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
JF LOW



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Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
JF SPI



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Shiloh
by Phyllis Naylor
JF NAY



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Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant
JF RYL, YA RYL



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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
JF SF LOW, YA SF LOW



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Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
JF CRE



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The Midwife's Apprentice
by Karen Cushman
JF CUS, YA CUS



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The View From Saturday
by E.L. Konigsburg
JF KON



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Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
JF HES



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Holes
by Louis Sachar
JF SAC



2000

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Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Curtis
JF CUR



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A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
JF PEC



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A Single Shard
by Linda Park
JF PAR



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Crispin: the Cross of Lead
by Avi
JF AVI



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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo
JF DIC



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Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
YA KAD



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Criss Cross
by Lynne Perkins
JF PER



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The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron
JF PAT


 


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