Newbery Award Winners
The Newbery Award is named for John Newbery, the eighteenth-century English publisher and bookseller, and it has been awarded annually by the American Library Association since 1922. It is presented to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American children's literature published in the US during the preceding year.
The titles are housed in the Reading Resources Room, which is located on the second floor of the Central Library.
| 1922 |
The Story of Mankind |
Hendrik W Van Loon |
D 21 .V3 1932 |
| 1923 |
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle |
Hugh Lofting |
PZ 7 .L827 Vo5 |
| 1924 |
The Dark Frigate |
Charles Boardman Hawes |
PZ 7 .H312 Da18 |
| 1925 |
Tales From Silver Lands |
Charles J Finger |
PZ 8 .F494 Ta |
| 1926 |
Shen of the Sea |
Arthur Bowie Chrisman |
PZ 7 .C45 Sh4 |
| 1927 |
Smoky, the Cow Horse |
Will James |
QL 795 .H7 J3 1929 |
| 1928 |
Gay Neck: the Story of a Pigeon |
Dhan Gopal Mukerji |
QL 795 .B57 M8 1968 |
| 1929 |
The Trumpeter of Krakow |
Eric P Kelly |
PZ 7 .K294 Ts4 |
| 1930 |
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years |
Rachel Field |
PZ 8.9 .F442 Hi 1957 |
| 1931 |
The Cat Who Went to Heaven |
Elizabeth Coatsworth |
PZ 10.3 .C629 Cat5 |
| 1932 |
Waterless Mountain |
Laura Adams Armer |
PZ 7 .A715 Wat 1977 |
| 1933 |
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze |
Elizabeth F Lewis |
PZ 7 .L5849 Yo 1973 |
| 1934 |
Invincible Louisa |
Cornelia Meigs |
PS 1018 .M4 1968 |
| 1935 |
Dobry |
Monica Shannon |
PZ 7 .S529 Do |
| 1936 |
Caddie Woodlawn |
Carol Ryrie Brink |
PZ 7 .B78 Cad 1973 |
| 1937 |
Roller Skates |
Ruth Sawyer |
PZ 7 .S269 Ro 1980 |
| 1938 |
The White Stag |
Kate Seredy |
PZ 8.1 .S457 Wh 1965 |
| 1939 |
Thimble Summer |
Elizabeth Enright |
PZ 7 .E724 Th 1966 |
| 1940 |
Daniel Boone |
James Daugherty |
F 454 .B66 D28 1939 |
| 1941 |
Call It Courage |
Armstrong Sperry |
PZ 8.1 .S75 Cal |
| 1942 |
The Matchlock Gun |
Walter D Edmonds |
PZ 9 .E515 Mat |
| 1943 |
Adam of the Road |
Elizabeth G Vining |
PZ 7 .G777 Ad 1970 |
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| 1944 |
Johnny Tremain |
Esther Forbes |
PZ 7 .F749 Jo |
| 1945 |
Rabbit Hill |
Robert Lawson |
PZ 10.3 .L39 Rab 1972 |
| 1946 |
Strawberry Girl |
Lois Lenski |
PZ 7 .L54 St |
| 1947 |
Miss Hickory |
Carolyn S Bailey |
PZ 8.9 .B16 Mi 1946 |
| 1948 |
Twenty-One Balloons |
William Pene DuBois |
PZ 7 .D8527 Tw |
| 1949 |
King of the Wind |
Marguerite Henry |
PZ 10.3 H43 Ki8 |
| 1950 |
The Door in the Wall |
Marguerite de Angeli |
PZ 7.D35 Do |
| 1951 |
Amos Fortune, Free Man |
Elizabeth Yates |
E 185.97 .F73 Y3 1950 |
| 1952 |
Ginger Pye |
Eleanor Estes |
PZ 7 .E749 Gi |
| 1953 |
Secret of the Andes |
Ann Nolan Clark |
PZ 7 .C5296 Se |
| 1954 |
And Now Miguel |
Joseph Krumgold |
PZ 7 .K946 An |
| 1955 |
The Wheel on the School |
Meindert DeJong |
PZ 7 .D3675 Wg |
| 1956 |
Carry on, Mr Bowditch |
Jean Lee Latham |
PZ 7 .L348 Car |
| 1957 |
Miracles on Maple Hill |
Virginia Sorensen |
PZ 7 .S72 Mi |
| 1958 |
Rifles for Watie |
Harold Keith |
PZ 7 .K255 Ri |
| 1959 |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
Elizabeth G Speare |
PZ 7 .S7376 Wi |
| 1960 |
Onion John |
Joseph Krumgold |
PZ 7 .K946 On |
| 1961 |
Island of the Blue Dolphins |
Scott O'Dell |
PZ 7 .O237 Is |
| 1962 |
The Bronze Bow |
Elizabeth G Speare |
PZ 7 .S7376 Br |
| 1963 |
A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeline L'Engle |
PZ 7 .L5385 Wr 1977 |
| 1964 |
It's Like This, Cat |
Emily Neville |
PZ 7 .N462 It 1974 |
| 1965 |
Shadow of a Bull |
Maia Wojciechowska |
PZ 7 .W8182 Sh |
| 1966 |
I, Juan de Pareja |
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino |
PZ 7 .T7327 I |
| 1967 |
Up a Road Slowly |
Irene Hunt |
PZ 7 .H9156 Up 1966 |
| 1968 |
From the Mixed-Up Files of
Mrs Basil E Franweiller |
Elaine Konigsburg |
PZ 7 .K8352 Fr |
| 1969 |
The High King |
Lloyd Alexander |
PZ 7 .A3774 Hi |
| 1970 |
Sounder |
William Armstrong |
PZ 7 .A733394 So 1969 |
| 1971 |
The Summer of the Swans |
Betsy Byars |
PZ 7.B98396 Su |
| 1972 |
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
Robert C O'Brien |
PZ 7 .O135 M7 |
| 1973 |
Julie of the Wolves |
Jean George |
PZ 7 .G2933 Ju 1973 |
| 1974 |
The Slave Dancer |
Paula Fox |
PZ 7 .F838 Sl |
| 1975 |
M C Higgins, the Great |
Virginia Hamilton |
PZ 7 .H1828 Mac |
| 1976 |
The Grey King |
Susan Cooper |
PZ 7 .C7878 Gt |
| 1977 |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Mildred D Taylor |
PZ 7 .T21723 Ro |
| 1978 |
Bridge to Terabithia |
Katherine Paterson |
PZ 7 .P273 Br |
| 1979 |
The Westing Game |
Ellen Raskin |
PZ 7 .R1817 We 1978 |
| 1980 |
A Gathering of Days |
Joan Blos |
PZ 7 .B6237 Gat |
| 1981 |
Jacob Have I Loved |
Katherine Paterson |
PZ 7 .P273 Jac 1980 |
| 1982 |
A Visit to William Blake's Inn |
Nancy Willard |
PS 3573 .I444 V5 1981 |
| 1983 |
Dicey's Song |
Cynthia Voigt |
PZ 7 .V874 Di 1982 |
| 1984 |
Dear Mr Henshaw |
Beverly Cleary |
PZ 7 .C5792 De 1983 |
| 1985 |
The Hero and the Crown |
Robin McKinley |
PZ 7 .M1988 He 1984 |
| 1986 |
Sarah, Plain and Tall |
Patricia MacLachlan |
PZ 7 .M2225 Sar 1985 |
| 1987 |
Whipping Boy |
Sid Fleischman |
PZ 7 .S5992 Wh 1986 |
| 1988 |
Lincoln: a Photobiography |
Russell Freedman |
E 457.905 .F73 1987 |
| 1989 |
Joyful Noise: Poems for
Two Voices |
Paul Fleischman |
PS 3556 .L42268 J69 1988 |
| 1990 |
Number the Stars |
Lois Lowry |
PZ 7 .L9673 Nu 1989 |
| 1991 |
Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
PZ 7 .S75663 Man 1990 |
| 1992 |
Shiloh |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
PZ 7 .N24 Sg 1991 |
| 1993 |
Missing May |
Cynthia Rylant |
PZ 7 .R982 Mj 1992 |
| 1994 |
The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
PZ 7 .L9673 Gi 1993 |
| 1995 |
Walk Two Moons |
Sharon Creech |
PZ 7 .C8615 Wal 1994 |
| 1996 |
The Midwife's Apprentice |
Karen Cushman |
PZ 7 .C962 Mi 1995 |
| 1997 |
The View From Saturday |
E. L. Konigsburg |
PZ 7 .K8352 Vi 1996 |
| 1998 |
Out of the Dust |
Karen Hesse |
PZ 7 .H4364 Ou 1997 |
| 1999 |
Holes |
Louis Sacher |
PZ 7.S1185 Ho 1998 |
| 2000 |
Bud, Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
PZ 7 .C94137 BU 1999 |
| 2001 |
A Year Down Yonder |
Richard Peck |
PZ 7 .P338 Yh 2000 |
| 2002 |
A Single Shard |
Linda Sue Park |
PZ7 .P22115 Si 2001 |
| 2003 |
Crispin; The Cross of Lead |
Avi |
PZ 7 .A953 Cr 2002 |
| 2004 |
Tale of Despereaux |
Kate DiCamillo |
PZ 8 .D525 Tal 2003 |
| 2005 |
Kira-kira |
Cynthia Kadohata |
PZ 7 .K1166 Ki 2004 |
| 2006 |
Criss Cross |
Lynne Rae Perkins |
PZ 7 .P4313 Cr 2005 |
| 2007 |
The Higher Power of Lucky |
Susan Patron |
PZ7.P27565 Hig 2006 |
| 2008 |
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village |
Laura Amy Schlitz |
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