Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award of the American Library Association (ALA).

The medal is given to writers of books for children.

History
The Newbery Medal has been given since 1922.  It was the first children's literary award in the world.  It is named for John Newbery, an 18th century English publisher of books for children."How The Newbery Medal Came To Be" ; retrieved 20121-2-25.

Since 1971, there has also been the "Newbery Honor". Each year, one or more books are named "Newbery Honor books". Some books from before 1971 were also named Newbery Honor books.

Recipients

Books with a yellow background won the Newbery Medal. Books with a white background are Newbery Honor Books.

 alt=van Loon is sitting with his head resting on the thumbs of his clasped hands.|thumb|Hendrik Willem van Loon won the first Newbery Medal in 1922 for his book The Story of Mankind.

alt=Portrait of Dhan Gopal Mukerji printed in April 1916 issue of The Hindusthanee Student.|thumb|Dhan Gopal Mukerji was the first Indian American to with the Newbery Medal.

alt=A sepia portrait of Wilder from circa 1885|thumb|Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote five books named a Newbery Honor between 1938 and 1944.alt=Crown Prince Akihito and Elizabeth Gray Vining|thumb|Elizabeth Gray Vining (right) won the Newbery Medal in 1943 for Adam of the Road, which was illustrated by Robert Lawson, who won the Newbery Medal himself in 1945.

alt=High school graduation photo of Lenski|thumb|Lois Lenski, who won two Newbery Honors and one Newbery Medal, wrote series that were connected by themes rather than characters.

alt=EB White and his dog Minnie|thumb|E. B. White won a Newbery Honor for Charlotte's Web for which he also recorded an unabridged audiobook.

alt=Jean Craighead George in Barrow, AK, 1994|thumb|Jean Craighead George won both a Newbery Medal and Honor.


alt=Headshot of Fleischman in 2014|thumb|Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal in 1989, two years after his father Sid Fleischman won it.

alt=Lowry at the 2016 Texas Book Festival|thumb|Lois Lowry won two Newbery Medals four years apart.

alt=Spinelli signing one of his books|thumb|Jerry Spinelli is one of many authors to have been awarded both the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor.alt=Author Karen Cushman at the 2016 Texas Book Festival.|thumb|Karen Cushman followed her 1995 Newbery Honor with a 1996 Newbery Medal.

alt=Sharon Creech standing at a lectern giving a speech.|thumb|Sharon Creech has been both a winner and Honor recipient.

alt=Sachar shown from the waist up, smiling, and holding a small box.|thumb|Louis Sachar won in 1999 for Holes.

alt=Kate DiCamillo at the 2018 U.S. National Book Festival smiling at the camera holding a pen with red glasses resting on top of her head.|thumb|Kate DiCamillo is one of six authors to have been a Newbery winner multiple times.

alt=Smiling picture of Woodson.|thumb|Jacqueline Woodson has been a Newbery Honor recipient four times.

alt=Curtis sitting and smiling.|thumb|Christopher Paul Curtis won a Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal for the first two books he published, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 and Bud, Not Buddy.

Winners and Honor BooksYearAuthorBookAward1922  Cedric the Forester    1923 1924 1925Tales from Silver Lands Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story  1926Shen of the Sea  1927Smoky the Cow Horse 1928Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon  Downright Dencey 1929  Millions of Cats  Clearing Weather Runaway Papoose Tod of the Fens 1930Hitty, Her First Hundred Years  Pran of Albania   Vaino, A Boy of New Finland Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer 1931 Floating Island  Queer Person Mountains are Free Spice and the Devil's Cave Meggy MacIntosh Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes  and Margaret Alison JohansenOod-Le-Uk the Wanderer 1932Waterless Mountain  Calico Bush Boy of the South Seas Out of the Flame Jane's Island Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy 1933Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Swift Rivers  Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia 1934Invincible Louisa  Swords of Steel ABC Bunny Winged Girl of Knossos New Land"New land, a novel for boys and girls". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-12-14.  Glory of the Seas Apprentice of Florence 1935Dobry Pageant of Chinese History Davy Crockett  1936Caddie Woodlawn Honk, the Moose  Young Walter Scott All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud 1937Roller Skates Phoebe Fairchild: Her Book Whistler's Van  Winterbound   1938 Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time Bright Island On the Banks of Plum Creek 1939Thimble Summer Nino Mr. Popper's Penguins Hello the Boat! Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot Penn 1940Daniel Boone  Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz By the Shores of Silver Lake Boy with a Pack 1941Call It Courage Blue Willow Young Mac of Fort Vancouver  Nansen 1942 Little Town on the Prairie George Washington's World Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Down Ryton Water 1943Adam of the Road  Have You Seen Tom Thumb? 1944Johnny Tremain These Happy Golden Years Fog Magic Rufus M. Mountain Born 1945Rabbit Hill   Abraham Lincoln's World Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams 1946Strawberry Girl Justin Morgan Had a Horse  Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear New Found World 1947Miss Hickory  Big Tree    1948 Pancakes-Paris Li Lun, Lad of Courage   Misty of Chincoteague 1949King of the Wind Seabird Daughter of the Mountains My Father's Dragon Story of the Negro 1950 Tree of Freedom  Kildee House George Washington Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin 1951Amos Fortune, Free Man Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People  1952Ginger Pye Americans Before Columbus Minn of the Mississippi    1953Secret of the Andes Charlotte's Web Moccasin Trail Red Sails to Capri  Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 1954 All Alone Shadrach Hurry Home, Candy Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Magic Maize 1955  Banner in the Sky 1956Carry On, Mr. Bowditch   Men, Microscopes, and Living Things 1957Miracles on Maple Hill Old Yeller  Mr. Justice Holmes  Black Fox of Lorne 1958Rifles for Watie  Gone-Away Lake  Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle 1959  Along Came a Dog Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa  1960Onion John My Side of the Mountain America Is Born: A History for Peter  1961Island of the Blue Dolphins America Moves Forward: A History for Peter Old Ramon  1962 Frontier Living  Belling The Tiger 1963 Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland Men of Athens 1964It's Like This, Cat Rascal  1965Shadow of a Bull Across Five Aprils 1966I, Juan de Pareja    1967Up a Road Slowly  Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories  1968From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth    1969 To Be a Slave When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories 1970Sounder Our Eddie  Journey Outside 1971Summer of the Swans Knee-Knock Rise Enchantress from the Stars Sing Down the Moon 1972Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Incident at Hawk's Hill   Annie and the Old One  1973Julie of the Wolves Frog and Toad Together   1974  1975M. C. Higgins, the Great Figgs & Phantoms My Brother Sam Is Dead  Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe 1976  Dragonwings 1977Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Abel's Island  1978Bridge to Terabithia Ramona and Her Father Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey 1979  1980  1981Jacob Have I Loved   1982 Ramona Quimby, Age 8  1983Dicey's Song  Doctor De Soto Graven Images Homesick: My Own Story Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush 1984Dear Mr. Henshaw   Sugaring Time  1985 Like Jake and Me  One-Eyed Cat 1986Sarah, Plain and Tall Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun Dogsong 1987  On My Honor Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens 1988Lincoln: A Photobiography After the Rain Hatchet 1989Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Scorpions 1990Number the Stars Afternoon of the Elves Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind  1991Maniac Magee Avi 1992Shiloh AviNothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel  1993Missing May What Hearts  Somewhere in the Darkness 1994 Crazy Lady! Dragon's Gate Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery 1995Walk Two Moons Catherine, Called Birdy  1996 What Jamie Saw  Yolonda's Genius  1997    Belle Prater's Boy 1998Out of the Dust Ella Enchanted Lily's Crossing Wringer 1999Holes  2000Bud, Not Buddy Getting Near to Baby Our Only May Amelia 26 Fairmount Avenue 2001 Hope Was Here Because of Winn-Dixie Joey Pigza Loses Control  2002 Everything on a Waffle Carver: A Life in Poems 2003Crispin: The Cross of Lead  Pictures of Hollis Woods Hoot  Surviving the Applewhites 2004 Olive's Ocean  2005Kira-Kira Al Capone Does My Shirts  Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2006Criss Cross Whittington Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Princess Academy Show Way 2007 Penny from Heaven Hattie Big Sky Rules 2008Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Elijah of Buxton   2009    After Tupac and D Foster 2010When You Reach Me Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon  2011Moon Over Manifest Turtle in Paradise Heart of a Samurai Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night One Crazy Summer 2012Dead End in Norvelt Inside Out & Back Again Breaking Stalin's Nose 2013 Splendors and Glooms Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Three Times Lucky 2014Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Doll Bones  One Came Home  Paperboy 2015 El Deafo Brown Girl Dreaming 2016Last Stop on Market Street  Roller Girl Echo 2017 Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan  Wolf Hollow 2018Hello, Universe Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Long Way Down Piecing Me Together 2019Merci Suárez Changes Gears The Night Diary  2020New Kid      2021When You Trap a Tiger Fighting Words We Dream of Space  All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team  Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom 2022 Red, White, and Whole   Too Bright to See Watercress 2023Freewater Iveliz Explains It All   Maizy Chen's Last Chance 2024 Elf Dog and Owl Head Simon Sort of Says Eagle Drums  MexiKid: A Graphic Memoir  2025 Across So Many Seas One Big Open Sky Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All   2026  A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story   

Related pages
 Kate Greenaway Medal

References

Other websites
 Newbery Medal Home Page, American Library Association
 Interview with Newbery Judge, on Beyond the Margins 

Category:Literary awards
Category:Children's literature
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