Every list you ve probably ever seen arranges these award winners by year of award, or perhaps by author. Not this one. The completely biased, non-scientific Newbery Book Discussion Group meets monthly to digest a randomly selected past Newbery book and an equally random pot luck dinner. Group members are mostly ACPL employees. All like to read childrens and young adults' books.
None can pass up a Dove Bar while arguing the merits of the book under discussion.
For over three years, this Group has read, debated, and eaten its way to creating a list of Newbery winners in rank order of what we liked best. So far, the Group has digested about three dozen Newberys. The following list, then, is a work in progress. It changes each month, as the latest discussed book is added to the list. The annotations, like the ranking itself, reflect the flavor of the Group s discussion.