The Newbery Medal was established in 1922 for excellence in American children’s books. The award is named after English publisher John Newbery (1713–1767), a pioneer in the field of children’s books.
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Year |
Author/Title |
|---|---|
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1922 |
Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind |
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1923 |
Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle |
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1924 |
Charles Hawes, The Dark Frigate |
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1925 |
Charles Finger, Tales from Silver Lands |
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1926 |
Arthur Bowie Chrisman, Shen of the Sea |
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1927 |
Will James, Smoky, the Cowhorse |
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1928 |
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon |
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1929 |
Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow |
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1930 |
Rachel Field, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years |
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1931 |
Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went to Heaven |
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1932 |
Laura Adams Armer, Waterless Mountain |
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1933 |
Elizabeth Lewis, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze |
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1934 |
Cornelia Meigs, Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women |
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1935 |
Monica Shannon, Dobry |
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1936 |
Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn |
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1937 |
Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates |
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1938 |
Kate Seredy, The White Stag |
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1939 |
Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer |
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1940 |
James Daughtery, Daniel Boone |
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1941 |
Armstrong Sperry, Call It Courage |
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1942 |
Walter Edmonds, The Matchlock Gun |
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1943 |
Elizabeth Janet Gray, Adam of the Road |
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1944 |
Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremaine |
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1945 |
Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill |
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1946 |
Lois Lenski, Strawberry Girl |
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1947 |
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Miss Hickory |
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1948 |
William Pène de Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons |
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1949 |
Marguerite Henry, King of the Wind |
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1950 |
Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall |
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1951 |
Elizabeth Yates, Amos Fortune, Free Man |
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1952 |
Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye |
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1953 |
Ann Nolan Clark, Secret of the Andes |
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1954 |
Joseph Krumgold, And Now Miguel |
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1955 |
Meindert DeJong, The Wheel on the School |
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1956 |
Jean Lee Latham, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
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1957 |
Virginia Sorenson, Miracles on Maple Hill |
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1958 |
Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie |
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1959 |
Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
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1960 |
Joseph Krumgold, Onion John |
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1961 |
Scott O’Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins |
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1962 |
Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow |
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1963 |
Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time |
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1964 |
Emily Neville, It’s Like This, Cat |
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1965 |
Maia Wojciechowska, Shadow of a Bull |
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1966 |
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, I, Juan de Pareja |
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1967 |
Irene Hunt, Up a Road Slowly |
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1968 |
E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
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1969 |
Lloyd Alexander, The High King |
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1970 |
William H. Armstrong, Sounder |
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1971 |
Betsy Byars, Summer of the Swans |
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1972 |
Robert C. O’Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
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1973 |
Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves, |
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1974 |
Paula Fox, The Slave Dancer |
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1975 |
Virginia Hamilton, M. C. Higgins, the Great |
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1976 |
Susan Cooper, The Grey King |
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1977 |
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
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1978 |
Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia |
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1979 |
Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game |
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1980 |
Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 |
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1981 |
Katherine Paterson, Jacob I Have Loved |
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1982 |
Nancy Willard, A Visit to Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers |
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1983 |
Cynthia Voigt, Dicey’s Song |
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1984 |
Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw |
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1985 |
Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown |
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1986 |
Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall |
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1987 |
Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy |
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1988 |
Russell Freedman, Lincoln: A Photobiograpy |
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1989 |
Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices |
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1990 |
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars |
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1991 |
Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee |
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1992 |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh |
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1993 |
Cynthia Rylant, Missing May |
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1994 |
Lois Lowry, The Giver |
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1995 |
Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons |
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1996 |
Karen Cushman, The Midwife’s Apprentice |
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1997 |
E. L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday |
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1998 |
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust |
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1999 |
Louis Sachar, Holes |
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2000 |
Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy |
American Library Association. “The Newbery Medal Homepage,” www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
American Library Association. The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.
