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 | ||
| 2009 | Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book |
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| 2000s Newbery Medal Winners | ||
| 2008 | Laura Amy Schlitz. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village |
Juv PS3619.C43 C55 2007 |
| 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.
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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
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| 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
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| 1990 | Lois Lowry. Number the Stars. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.L9673 Nu 1989
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| 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
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| 1987 | Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy. Greenwillow Books. | Juv PZ7.F5992 Wh 1986
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| 1986 | Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Harper & Row. | Juv PZ7.M2225 Sar 1985
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| 1985 | Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown. Greenwillow Books. | Juv PZ7.M1988 He 1984
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| 1984 | Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Morrow. | Juv PZ7.C5792 De 1983
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| 1983 | Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song. Atheneum. | Juv PZ7.V874 Di 1982
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| 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
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| 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
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| 1978 | Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia. Crowell. |
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| 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
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| 1974 | Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer. Bradbury Press. | Juv PZ7.F838 Sl
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| 1973 | Jean Craighead George. Julie of the Wolves. Harper. | Juv PZ7.G2933 Ju
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| 1972 | Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Atheneum. | Juv PZ10.3.O19 Mi
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| 1971 | Betsy Byars. Summer of the Swans. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.B98396 Su
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| 1970 | William H. Armstrong. Sounder. Harper & Row. | Juv PZ7.A73394 So
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| 1960s Newbery Medal Winners | ||
| 1969 | Lloyd Alexander. The High King. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. | Juv PZ7.A3774 Hi
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| 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
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| 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
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| 1962 | Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.S7376 Br
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| 1961 | Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ3 .O236 Is
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| 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
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| 1952 | Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye. illus. by the author. Harcourt, Brace. | Juv PZ7.E749 Gi
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| 1951 | Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man. illus. by Nora S. Unwin. Aladdin Books. | Juv E185.97.F73 Y3
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| 1950 | Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall. illus. by the author. Doubleday. | Juv PZ7.D35 Do
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| 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
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| 1944 | Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain. illus. by Lynd Ward. Houghton Mifflin. |
Juv PZ7.F749 Jo
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| 1943 | Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road. illus. by Robert Lawson. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.V746 Ad
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |