Newbery Award Winners

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. For more information check out ALA's Official Newbery Medal Home Page.

(Note: Call numbers given are all in the Curriculum Center of the Foley Center Library.)
2006Perkins, Lynne RaeCriss CrossPZ4.P47 C75 2005
2005Kadohata, CynthiaKira-KiraPZ4.K33 K57 2004
2004DiCamillo, KateThe Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of ThreadPZ3.D53T35 2003
2003AviCrispin: the Cross of LeadPZ4.A94C75 2002
2002Park, Linda SueA Single ShardPZ3.P3726S56 2001
2001Peck, RichardA Year Down YonderPZ4.P42Y43 2000
2000Curtis, Christopher PaulBud, Not BuddyPZ4.C87B83 1999
1999Sachar, LouiseHolesPZ3.S214H65
1998Hesse, KarenOut of the DustPZ4.H47O9
1997Konigsburg, E.L.The View from SaturdayPZ3.K66V5
1996Cushman , KarenThe Midwife's ApprenticePZ3.C873M5
1995Creech, SharonWalk Two MoonsPZ3.C735W3
1994Lowry, LoisThe GiverPZ4.L68G5
1993Rylant, CynthiaMissing MayPZ3.R94M5
1992Naylor, Phillis ReynoldsShilohPZ3.N33S4
1991Spinelli, JerryManiac MageePZ3.S6944.M36
1990Lowry, LoisNumber the StarsPZ3.L688N85
1989Fleischman, PaulJoyful Noise: Poems for Two VoicesPS3556.L42268J69
1988Freedman, RusselLincoln, A PhotobiographyE457.905.F73
1987Fleischman, SidThe Whipping BoyPZ3.F556W5
1986MacLachain, PatriciaSarah, Plain and TallPZ3.M328S37
1985McKinley, RobinThe Hero and the CrownPZ4.M395H4
1984Cleary, BeverlyDear Mr. HenshawPZ3.C54D42
1983Voigt, CynthiaDicey's SongPZ3.V64D5
1982WillardA Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems
for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
PS573.I444V5
1981Paterson, KatherineJacob I Have LovedPZ3.P379J3
1980Blos, Joan W.A Gathering of Days:
A New England Girl's Journal
PZ3.B5763G3
1979Raskin, EllenThe Westing GamePZ4.R375W4
1978Paterson, KatherineBridge to TerabithiaPZ3.P379B74
1977Taylor, MildredRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryPZ3.T395R65
1976Cooper, SusanThe Grey KingPZ3.C686G73
1975Hamilton, VirginiaM.C. Higgins the GreatPZ3.H35M2
1974Fox, PaulaThe Slave DancerPZ3.F69S59
1973George, Jean CraigheadJulie of the WolvesPZ3.G46J85
1972O'Brien, Robert C.Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHPZ3.027M7
1971Byars, BetsySummer of the SwansPZ3.B92S95
1970Armstrong, William H.SounderPZ3.A753S68
1969Alexander, LloydThe High KingPZ8.A37H5
1968Konigsburg, E.L.From the Mixed-Up Files
of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
PZ3.K66F76
1967Hunt, IreneUp a Road SlowlyPZ3.H894U6
1966de Trevino, Elizabeth B.I, Juan de ParejaPZ3.T73I2
1965Wojciechowska, MaiaShadow of a BullPZ3.W623S52
1964Neville, Emily CheneIt's Like This, CatPZ3.N485I87
1963L'Engle, MadeleineA Wrinkle in TimePZ3.L46W74
1962Speare, ElizabethThe Bronze BowPZ3.S693B76
1961O'Dell, ScottIsland of the Blue DolphinsPZ3.O33I85
1960Krumgold, JosephOnion JohnPZ3.K78O54
1959Speare, Elizabeth G.The Witch of Blackbird PondPZ3.S693W5
1958Keith, HaroldRifles for WatiePZ3.K443R5
1957Sorensen, Virginia E.Miracles on Maple HillPZ3.S687M57
1956Latham, Jean LeeCarry On, Mr. BowditchPZ3.L379C37
1955de Jong, MeindertThe Wheel on the SchoolPZ3.D42W5
1954Krumgold, JosephAnd Now MiguelPZ3.K78A52
1953Clark, Ann NolanSecret of the AndesPZ3.C52S428
1952Estes, EleanorGinger PyePZ3.E879G5
1951Yates, ElizabethAmos Fortune, Free ManE185.97.F73Y3
1950de Angeli, MargueriteThe Door in the WallPZ3.D419D66
1949Henry, MargueriteKing of the WindPZ3.H46K56
1948du Bois, William PeneThe Twenty-One BalloonsPZ4.D824T89
1947Bailey, Carolyn S.Miss HickoryPZ3.B34M5
1946Lenski, LoisStrawberry GirlPZ3.L467S7
1945Lawson, RobertRabbit HillPZ3.L44R3
1944Forbes, EstherJohnny TremainPZ3.F67J6
1943Gray, Elizabeth JanetAdam of the RoadPZ3.V56A3
1942Edmonds, Walter D.The Matchlock GunPZ3.E35M3
1941Sperry, ArmstrongCall it CouragePZ8.1.S75C3
1940Daugherty, JamesDaniel Boonenot available in Foley
1939Enright, ElizabethThimble SummerPZ3.E57T49
1938Seredy, KateThe White StagPZ8.1.S457W5
1937Sawyer, RuthRoller SkatesPZ3.S287R6
1936Brink, Carol R.Caddie WoodlawnPZ3.B74C32
1935Shannon, MonicaDobrynot available in Foley
1934Meigs, CorneliaInvincible LouisaPS1018.M4
1933Lewis, Elizabeth
Foreman
Young Fu of the Upper YangtzePZ3.L489Y6
1932Armer, Laura AdamsWaterless MountainPZ3.A75W3
1931Coatsworth, ElizabethThe Cat Who Went to HeavenPZ3.C627C3
1930Field, RachaelHitty, Her First Hundred YearsPZ3.F49H5
1929Kelly, Eric P.The Trumpeter of KrakowPZ3.K4498T7
1928Mukerji, Dhan GopalGay-Neck, the Story of a PigeonQL795.B57M8
1927James, WillSmoky the CowhorseQL795.H7J3
1926Chrisman, Arthur B.Shen of the SeaPZ3.C495S5
1925Finger, Charles J.Tales from Silver LandsPZ8.F49T3
1924Charles B. HawesThe Dark FrigatePZ3.H385D3
1923Hugh LoftingThe Story of Dr. DolittlePZ3.L633S765
1922van Loon, Hendrik
Willem
The Story of MankindD21.V3