Newbery Award Winners
Given to the author of the most
distinguished contribution to American children's
literature published the preceding year.
1922 Von Loon, Hendrick
The Story of Mankind j 900 V328s
1937 Sawyer, Ruth
Roller Skates j F
1923 Lofting, Hugh
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle j F
1938 Seredy, Kate
The White Stag j 398.2 Se66
1924 Hawes, Charles
The Dark Frigate YA
1939 Enright, Elizabeth
Thimble Summer j F
1925 Finger, Charles
Tales from Silver Lands j 398.3 F4945
1940 Daughtery, James
Daniel Boone j B B64d
1926 Chrisman, Arthur Bowie
Shen of the Sea j F
1941 Sperry, Armstrong
Call It Courage j F
1927 James, Will
Smoky, the Cowhorse j F
1942 Edmonds, Walter
The Matchlock Gun j F
1928 Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
Gay-Neck j F
1943 Gray, Elizabeth Janet
Adam of the Road j F
1929 Kelly, Eric P.
The Trumpeter of Krakow j F
1944 Forbes, Esther
Johnny Tremain YA/j F
1930 Field, Rachel
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years j F
1945 Lawson, Robert
Rabbit Hill j F
1931 Coatsworth, Elizabeth
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1946 Lenski, Lois
Strawberry Girl j F
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1932 Armer, Laura
Waterless Mountain j F
1947 Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
Miss Hickory j F
1933 Lewis, Elizabeth
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze j F
1948 Dubois, William Pene
The Twenty-One BalloonsYA/j F
1934 Meigs, Cornelia
Invincible Louisa j B Al lm
1949 Henry, Marguerite
King of the Wind j F
1935 Shannon, Monica
Dobry j F
1950 deAngeli, Marguerite
The Door in the Wall j F
1936 Brink, Carol Ryrie
Caddie Woodlawn j F
1951 Yates, Elizabeth
Amos Fortune, Free Man j B F779y
1952 Estes, Eleanor
Ginger Pye j F
1953 Clark, Ann Nolan
Secret of the Andes j F
1954 Krumgold, Joseph
...And Now Miguel j F
1955 DeJong, Meindert
The Wheel on the School j F
1956 Latham, Jean Lee
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch j F
1957 Sorensen, Virginia
Miracles On Maple Hill j F
1958 Keith, Harold
Rifles for Watie YA
1959 Speare, Elizabeth George
The Witch of Blackbird Pond YA/j F
1960 Krumgold, Joseph
Onion John j F
1961 O’Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins j F
1968 Konigsburg, E. L.
From the Mixed-Up Files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler j F
1969 Alexander, Lloyd
The High King j F
1970 Armstrong, William H.
Sounder j F
1971 Byars, Betsy
Summer of the Swans j F
1972 O’Brien, Robert C.
Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of NIMH j F
1973 George, Jean Craighead
Julie of the Wolves j F
1974 Fox, Paula
The Slave Dancer j F
1975 Hamilton, Virginia
M.C. Higgins, the Great j F
1976 Cooper, Susan
The Grey King j F
1962 Speare, Elizabeth George
The Bronze Bow j F
1977 Taylor, Mildred D.
Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry j F
1963 L’Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time YA/j F
1978 Paterson, Katherine
Bridge to Terabithia j F
1964 Neville, Emily
It’s Like This, Cat YA/ jPB
1979 Raskin, Ellen
The Westing Game j F
1965 Wojciechowska, Maia
Shadow of a Bull j F
1980 Blos, Joan W.
A Gathering of Days j F
1966 Trevino, Elizabeth Bortonde
I, Juan de Pareja j F
1981 Paterson, Katherine
Jacob Have I Loved j F
1967 Hunt, Irene
Up a Road Slowly j F
1982
Willard, Nancy
A Visit to William Blake’s
Inn: Poems for Innocent and
Experienced Travelers
j 811.54 W6944v
1997 Konigsburg, E.L.
The View from Saturday j F
1998 Hesse, Karen
Out of the Dust j F
1983 Voigt, Cynthia
Dicey’s SongYA
1999 Sachar, Louis
Holes
jF
1984 Cleary, Beverly
Dear Mr. Henshaw j F
2000 Curtis, Christopher Paul
Bud, Not Buddy j F
1985 McKinley, Robin
The Hero & the Crown j F
2001 Peck, Richard
A Year Down Yonder j F
1986 MacLachlan, Patricia
Sarah, Plain and Tall j F
2002 Park, Linda Sue
A Single Shard j F
1987 Fleischman, Sid
The Whipping Boy j F
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead j F
1988 Freedman, Russell
Lincoln: A Photobiography j B L64fr
2004 DiCamillo, Kate
The Tale of Despereaux:
Being the Story of a Mouse j F
1989 Fleischman, Paul
Joyful Noises j 811.54 F596
1990 Lowry, Lois
Number the Stars j F
1991 Spinelli, Jerry
Maniac Magee j F
1992 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Shiloh j F
1993 Rylant, Cynthia
Missing May j F
1994 Lowry, Lois
The Giver j F
1995 Creech, Sharon
Walk Two Moons YA
1996 Cushman, Karen
The Midwife's Apprentice YA
2005 Kadohata, Cynthia
Kira, Kira j F
2006 Perkins, Lynne Rae
Criss Cross YA
2007 Patron, Susan
The Higher Power of Lucky
jF
2008 Schlitz, Laura Amy
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
812.6 Sch
2009 Gaiman, Neil
The Graveyard Book YA
2010 Stead, Rebecca
When You Reach Me YA
2011 Vanderpool, Clare
Moon Over Manifest j F
2012 Gantos, Jack
Dead End in Norvelt j F