Newbery Medal Award Winners | Books Tell You Why

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

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Year	Winner (Title)	Winner (Author)	Available Books
2016	Last Stop On Market Street Available Books	Matt De La Peña Illus. Christian Robinson	click here
2015	The Crossover Available Books	Kwame Alexander	n/a
2014	Flora & Ulysses Available Books	Kate DiCamillo	click here
2013	The One and Only Ivan Available Books	Katherine Applegate	n/a
2012	Dead End in Norvelt Available Books	Jack Gantos	click here
2011	Moon over Manifest Available Books	Clare Vanderpool	click here
2010	When You Reach Me Available Books	Rebecca Stead	click here
2009	The Graveyard Book Available Books	Neil Gaiman	n/a
2008	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Available Books	Laura Amy Schlitz	click here
2007	The Higher Power of Lucky Available Books	Patron, Susan	n/a
2006	Criss Cross Available Books	Perkins, Lynne Rae	click here
2005	Kira-Kira Available Books	Kadohata, Cynthia	click here
2004	The Tale of Despereaux Available Books	DiCamillo, Kate	n/a
2003	Crispin: The Cross of Lead Available Books	Avi	click here
2002	A Single Shard Available Books	Linda Sue Park	click here
2001	A Year Down Yonder Available Books	Richard Peck	click here
2000	Bud, Not Buddy Available Books	Christopher Paul Curtis	click here
1999	Holes Available Books	Louis Sachar	n/a
1998	Out of the Dust Available Books	Karen Hesse	n/a
1997	The View from Saturday Available Books	E.L. Konigsburg	click here
1996	The Midwife's Apprentice Available Books	Karen Cushman	n/a
1995	Walk Two Moons Available Books	Sharon Creech	n/a
1994	The Giver Available Books	Lois Lowry	n/a
1993	Missing May Available Books	Cynthia Rylant	click here
1992	Shiloh Available Books	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	n/a
1991	Maniac Magee Available Books	Jerry Spinelli	n/a
1990	Number the Stars Available Books	Lois Lowry	n/a
1989	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Available Books	Paul Fleischman Illus. Eric Beddows	n/a
1988	Lincoln: A Photobiography Available Books	Russell Freedman	n/a
1987	The Whipping Boy Available Books	Sid Fleischman Illus. Peter Sis	n/a
1986	Sarah, Plain and Tall Available Books	Patricia MacLachlan	n/a
1985	The Hero and the Crown Available Books	Robin McKinley	n/a
1984	Dear Mr. Henshaw Available Books	Beverly Cleary	n/a
1983	Dicey's Song Available Books	Cynthia Voigt	n/a
1982	A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Available Books	Nancy Willard Illus. Alice and Martin Provensen	n/a
1981	Jacob Have I Loved Available Books	Katherine Paterson	n/a
1980	A Gathering of Days Available Books	Joan W. Blos	n/a
1979	The Westing Game Available Books	Ellen Raskin	n/a
1978	Bridge to Terabithia Available Books	Katherine Paterson Illus. Donna Diamond	n/a
1977	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Available Books	Mildred D. Taylor Illus. Jerry Pinkney	n/a
1976	The Grey King Available Books	Susan Cooper Illus. Michael Heslop	click here
1975	M. C. Higgins, the Great Available Books	Virginia Hamilton	click here
1974	The Slave Dancer Available Books	Paula Fox Illus. Eros Keith	n/a
1973	Julie of the Wolves Available Books	Jean Craighead George Illus. John Schoenherr	n/a
1972	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Available Books	Robert C. O'Brien Illus. Zena Bernstein	n/a
1971	The Summer of the Swans Available Books	Betsy Byars Illus. Ted CoConis	n/a
1970	Sounder Available Books	William H. Armstrong Illus. James Barkley	n/a
1969	The High King Available Books	Lloyd Alexander	n/a
1968	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Available Books	E.L. Konigsburg	n/a
1967	Up a Road Slowly Available Books	Irene Hunt	n/a
1966	I, Juan de Pareja Available Books	Elizabeth Borton de Trevino	n/a
1965	Shadow of a Bull Available Books	Maia Wojciechowska Illus. Alvin Smith	n/a
1964	It's Like This, Cat Available Books	Emily Cheney Neville Illus. Emil Weiss	n/a
1963	A Wrinkle in Time Available Books	Madeleine L'Engle	n/a
1962	The Bronze Bow Available Books	Elizabeth George Speare	n/a
1961	Island of the Blue Dolphins Available Books	Scott O'Dell	n/a
1960	Onion John Available Books	Joseph Krumgold Illus. Symeon Shimin	n/a
1959	The Witch of Blackbird Pond Available Books	Elizabeth George Speare	n/a
1958	Rifles for Watie Available Books	Harold Keith Illus. Peter Burchard	n/a
1957	Miracles on Maple Hill Available Books	Virginia Sorensen Illus. Beth and Joe Krush	n/a
1956	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Available Books	Jean Lee Latham Illus. J.O. Cosgrove	n/a
1955	The Wheel on the School Available Books	Meindert DeJong Illus. Maurice Sendak	n/a
1954	…And Now Miguel Available Books	Joseph Krumgold Illus. Jean Charlot	n/a
1953	Secret of the Andes Available Books	Ann Nolan Clark Illus. Jean Charlot	n/a
1952	Ginger Pye Available Books	Eleanor Estes	n/a
1951	Amos Fortune, Free Man Available Books	Elizabeth Yates Illus. Nora S. Unwin	n/a
1950	The Door in the Wall: Story of Medieval London Available Books	Marguerite De Angeli	n/a
1949	King of the Wind Available Books	Marguerite Henry Illus. Wesley Dennis	n/a
1948	The Twenty-One Balloons Available Books	William Pierre Du Bois	n/a
1947	Miss Hickory Available Books	Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Illus. Ruth Chrisman Gannett	n/a
1946	Strawberry Girl Available Books	Lois Lenski	n/a
1945	Rabbit Hill Available Books	Robert Lawson	n/a
1944	Johnny Tremain Available Books	Esther Forbes Illus. Lynd Ward	n/a
1943	Adam of the Road Available Books	Elizabeth Janet Gray Illus. Robert Lawson	n/a
1942	The Matchlock Gun Available Books	Walter D. Edmonds Illus. Paul Lantz	n/a
1941	Call It Courage Available Books	Armstrong Sperry	n/a
1940	Daniel Boone Available Books	James Daugherty	n/a
1939	Thimble Summer Available Books	Elizabeth Enright	n/a
1938	The White Stag Available Books	Kate Seredy	n/a
1937	Roller Skates Available Books	Ruth Sawyer Illus. Valenti Angelo	n/a
1936	Caddie Woodlawn Available Books	Carol Ryrie Brink Illus. Kate Seredy	n/a
1935	Dobry Available Books	Monica Shannon Illus. Atanas Katchamakoff	n/a
1934	Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women Available Books	Cornelia L. Meigs	n/a
1933	Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Available Books	Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Illus. Kurt Wiese	n/a
1932	Waterless Mountain Available Books	Laura Adams Armer Illus. Sydney and Adams Armer, Laura Armer	n/a
1931	The Cat Who Went to Heaven Available Books	Elizabeth Coatsworth Illus. Lynd Ward	n/a
1930	Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Available Books	Rachel Field Illus. Dorothy P. Lathrop	n/a
1929	The Trumpeter of Krakow Available Books	Eric P. Kelly Illus. Angela Pruszynska	n/a
1928	Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon Available Books	Dhan Gopal Mukerji Illus. Boris Artzybasheff	n/a
1927	Smoky, the Cowhorse Available Books	Will James	n/a
1926	Shen of the Sea Available Books	Arthur Bowie Chrisman Illus. Else Hasselriis	n/a
1925	Tales from Silver Lands Available Books	Charles Joseph Finger Illus. Paul Honore	n/a
1924	The Dark Frigate Available Books	Charles Boardman Hawes Illus. A.L. Ripley	n/a
1923	The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Available Books	Hugh Lofting	n/a
1922	The Story of Mankind Available Books	Henrik Willem Van Loon	n/a