Newbery Medal Books

The following page lists the Newbery Medal Books to date, with call number locations in the Lila D. Bunch Library. This award is presented annually by the Association for Library Service for Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Note: All materials are housed on the third floor in the Curriculum area. They are marked with a Newbery sticker that looks like this:
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Current Newbery Medal Winner
2008

Laura Amy Schlitz. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Candlewick.
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  Juv PS3619.C43 C55 2007

2000s Newbery Medal Winners
2007 Susan Patron. The Higher Power of Lucky.
Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson.
Juv PZ7.P27565 Hig 2006
2006 Lynne Rae Perkins. Criss Cross.
Greenwillow Books.
Juv PZ7.P4313 Cr 2005
2005 Cynthia Kadohata. Kira-Kira.
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster.
Juv PZ7.K1166 Ki 2004
2004 Kate Dicamillo. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread. Candlewick Press.
Juv PZ8.D525 Tal 2003
2003 Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Hyperion Books.
Juv PZ7.A953 Cr 2002
2002 Linda Sue Park. A Single Shard. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion.
Juv PZ7.P22115 Si 2001
2001 Richard Peck. A Year Down Yonder. Dial Books.
Juv PZ7.P338 Yh 2000
2000 Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte Press.
Juv PZ7.C94137 Bu 1999

1990s Newbery Medal Winners
1999 Louis Sachar. Holes. Farrar Straus and Giroux.
Juv PZ7.S1185 Ho 1998
1998 Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust. Scholastic Press.
Juv PZ7.H4364 Ou 1997
1997 E.L. Konigsburg. The View from Saturday. Jean Karl/Atheneum.
Lost - will reorder 3/06
1996 Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice. Clarion Books, N.Y.
Juv PZ7.C962 Mi 1995
1995 Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons. Harper-Collins.
Juv PZ7.C8615 Wal 2004
1994 Lois Lowry. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin.
Juv PZ7.L9673 Gi 1993
1993 Cynthia Rylant. Missing May. Orchard Books. Juv PZ7.R982 Mj 1992

1992 Phyllis R. Naylor. Shiloh. Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group. Lost - will reorder 3/06

1991 Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee. Little, Brown. Juv PZ7.S75663 Man 1990

1990 Lois Lowry. Number the Stars. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ7.L9673 Nu 1989

1980s Newbery Medal Winners
1989 Paul Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. Harper & Row. Juv PS3556.L42268 J69 1988
1988 Russell Freedman. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Clarion. Juv E457.905 .F73 1987

1987 Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy. Greenwillow Books. Juv PZ7.F5992 Wh 1986

1986 Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Harper & Row. Juv PZ7.M2225 Sar 1985

1985 Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown. Greenwillow Books. Juv PZ7.M1988 He 1984

1984 Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Morrow. Juv PZ7.C5792 De 1983

1983 Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song. Atheneum. Juv PZ7.V874 Di 1982

1982 Nancy Willard. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent & Experienced Travelers. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Juv PS3573.I444 V5 1981
1981 Katherine Paterson. Jacob Have I Loved. Crowell. Juv PZ7.P273 Jac 1980

1980 Joan W. Blos. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32. Scribner. Juv PZ7.B6237 Gat

1970s Newbery Medal Winners
1979 Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game. Dutton. Juv PZ7.R1817 We 1978

1978 Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia. Crowell.
  • Juv PZ7.P273 Br
  • VC 1512 (Videorecording)

1977 Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Dial Press. Juv PZ7.T21723 Ro
1976 Susan Cooper. The Grey King. illus. by Michael Heslop. Atheneum (A Margaret K. McElderry Book). Juv PZ7.C7878 Gt
1975 Virginia Hamilton. M. C. Higgins the Great. Macmillan. Juv PZ7.H1828 Mac

1974 Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer. Bradbury Press. Juv PZ7.F838 Sl

1973 Jean Craighead George. Julie of the Wolves. Harper. Juv PZ7.G2933 Ju

1972 Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Atheneum. Juv PZ10.3.O19 Mi

1971 Betsy Byars. Summer of the Swans. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.B98396 Su

1970 William H. Armstrong. Sounder. Harper & Row. Juv PZ7.A73394 So

1960s Newbery Medal Winners
1969 Lloyd Alexander. The High King. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Juv PZ7.A3774 Hi

1968 E. L. Konigsburg. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. illus. by the author. Atheneum. Juv PZ7.K8352 Fr
1967 Irene Hunt. Up a Road Slowly. Follett. Juv PZ7.H9156 Up

1966 Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. I, Juan de Pareja. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Juv PZ7.T7327 I
1965 Maia Wojciechowska. Shadow of a Bull. illus. by Alvin Smith. Atheneum. Juv PZ7.R617 Sh
1964 Emily Neville. It's Like This, Cat. illus. by Emil Weiss. Harper & Row. Juv PZ7.N462 It
1963 Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time. Farrar, Straus. Juv PZ7.L5385 Wr

1962 Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ7.S7376 Br

1961 Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ3 .O236 Is

1960 Joseph Krumgold. Onion John. illus. by Symeon Shimin. Thomas Y. Crowell. Juv PZ7.K946 On

1950s Newbery Medal Winners
1959 Elizabeth George Speare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ7.S7376 Wi
1958 Harold Keith. Rifles for Watie. illus. by Peter Burchard. Thomas Y. Crowell. Juv PZ7.K255 Ri
1957 Virginia Sorenson. Miracles on Maple Hill. illus. by Beth & Joe Krush. Harcourt, Brace. Juv PZ7.S72 Mi
1956 Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. illus. by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ7.L348 Car
1955 Meindert DeJong. The Wheel on the School. illus. by Maurice Sendak. Harper. Juv PZ7.D3675 Wg
1954 Joseph Krumgold. ...And Now Miguel. illus. by Jean Charlot. Thomas Y. Crowell. Juv PZ7.K946 An
1953 Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes. illus. by Jean Charlot. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.C5296 Se

1952 Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye. illus. by the author. Harcourt, Brace. Juv PZ7.E749 Gi

1951 Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man. illus. by Nora S. Unwin. Aladdin Books. Juv E185.97.F73 Y3

1950 Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall. illus. by the author. Doubleday. Juv PZ7.D35 Do

1940s Newbery Medal Winners
1949 Marguerite Henry. King of the Wind. illus. by Wesley Dennis. Rand McNally. Juv PZ10.3.H43 Ki
1948 William Pene du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons. illus. by the author. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.D8527 Tw
1947 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Miss Hickory. illus. by Ruth Gannett. Viking Press. Juv PZ8.9.B16 Mi
1946 Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl illus. by the author. Lippincott-Stokes. Juv PZ7.L54 St
1945 Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill. illus. by the author. Viking Press. Juv PZ10.3.L39 Rab

1944 Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain. illus. by Lynd Ward. Houghton Mifflin. Juv PZ7.F749 Jo

1943 Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road. illus. by Robert Lawson. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.V746 Ad

1942 Walter Dumaux Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun. illus. by Paul Lantz. Dodd, Mead. Juv PZ9.E515 Mat
1941 Armstrong Sperry. Call It Courage. illus. by the author. Macmillan. Juv PZ8.1.S75 Cal
1940 James Daugherty. Daniel Boone illus. by the author. Viking Press. Juv F454 .B733

1930s Newbery Medal Winners
1939 Elizabeth Enright. Thimble Summer. illus. by the author. Farrar & Rinehart. Juv PZ7.E724 Th

1938 Kate Seredy. The White Stag. illus. by the author. Viking Press. Juv PZ8.1.S457 Wh
1937 Ruth Sawyer. Roller Skates. illus. by Valenti Angelo. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.S269 Ro
1936 Carol Ryrie Brink. Caddie Woodlawn. illus. by Kate Seredy. Macmillan. Juv PZ7.B78 Cad
1935 Monica Shannon. Dobry. illus. by Atanas Katchamokoff. Viking Press. Juv PZ7.S529 Do
1934 Cornelia Lynde Meigs. Story of the Author of "Little Women"; Invincible Louisa. Little, Brown. Juv PS1018 .M4
1933 Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. Young Fu of The Upper Yangtze. illus. by Kurt Wiese. John C. Winston. Juv PZ7.L5849 Yo
1932 Laura Adams Armer. Waterless Mountain. illus. by Sidney Armer and the author. Longmans, Green. Juv PZ7.A715 Wat
1931 Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven. illus. by Lynd Ward. Macmillan. Juv PZ10.3.C629 Cat5

1930 Rachel Lyman Field. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. illus. by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Macmillan. Juv PS3511.I25 H5 1959

1920s Newbery Medal Winners

1929 Eric P. Kelly. Trumpeter of Krakow. illus. by Angela Pruszynska. Macmillan. Juv PZ3.K2953 Tr
1928 Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Gay-Neck. illus. by Boris Artzybasheff. E. P. Dutton. Juv QL795.B57 M8
1927 Will James. Smoky, the Cowhorse. illus. by the author. Charles Scribner's Sons. Juv QL795.H7 J3 1926
1926 Arthur Bowie Chrisman. Shen of the Sea. illus. by Else Hasselriis. E. P. Dutton. Juv PZ7.C45 Sh
1925 Charles Joseph Finger. Tales from Silver Lands. illus. by Paul Honore. Doubleday, Doran. Juv PZ8.F494 Ta
1924 Charles Boardman Hawes. The Dark Frigate. Little, Brown. Juv PZ7.H312 Da7

1923 Hugh Lofting. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. illus. by the author. Frederick A. Stokes. Juv PZ7.L827 Vo
1922 Willem Van Loon Hendrik. The Story of Mankind. illus. by the author. Liveright. Juv D21 .V3 1951

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