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The John Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal is presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children published in the preceding year.

2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. Candlewick.
2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. Illus. by Phelan, Matt. Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson.
2006 Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. Greenwillow.
2005 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata. Athenum Books for Young Readers.
2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press.
2003 Crispin: the Cross of Lead by Avi. Pub. Hyperion Books for Children.
2002 A Single Shard by Park Linda Sue. Pub. Clarion Books
2001 A Year Down Yonder by Peck, Richard. Pub. Dial Books for Young Readers.
2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Curits, Christopher Paul. Pub. Delacorte.
1999 Holes by Sachar, Louis. Pub. Farrar Straus Giroux.
1998 Out of the Dust by Hesse, Karen. Pub. Scholastic Press.
1997 The View from Saturday by Konigsburg, E. L. Pub. Jean Karl/Atheneum
1996 Midwife's Apprentice by Crushman, Karen. Pub. Clarion.
1995 Walk Two Moons by Creech, Sharon. Pub. HarperCollins.
1994 The Giver by Lowry, Lois. Pub. Houghton Mifflin.
1993 Missing May by Rylant, Cynthia. Pub. Dell.
1992 Shiloh by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Pub. Dell.
1991 Maniac Magee by Spinelli, Jerri. Pub. HarperCollins.
1990 Number the Stars by Lowry, Lois. Pub. Dell.
1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Fleischman, Paul. Illus. Beddows, Eric. Pub. HarperCollins.
1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography by Freedman, Russell. Pub. Houghton Mifflin.
1987 Whipping Boy by Fleischman, Sid. Illus. Sis, Peter. Pub. Troll Associates.
1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan, Patricia. Illus. Sewall, Marcia. Pub. HarperCollins.
1985 Hero and the Crown by McKinley, Robin. Pub. Ace Books.
1984 Dear Mr Henshaw by Cleary, Beverly. Illus. Zelinsky, Paul O. Pub. Dell.
1983 Dicey's Song by Voigt, Cynthia. Illus Shefeik, James. Pub. Ballantine Books.
1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Willard, Nancy. Illus. Provensen, Alice & Martin. Pub. Harcourt brace.
1981 Jacob Have I Loved by Paterson, Katherine. Pub. HarperCollins.
1980 A Gathering of Days by Blos, Joan. Pub. Atheneum.
1979 The Westing Game by Raskin, Ellen. Pub. Puffin Books.
1978 bridge To Terabithia by Paterson, Katherine. Pub. HarperCollins.
1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor, Mildred D. Pub. Puffin Books.
1976 The Grey King by Cooper, Susan. Pub. Macmillan.
1975 MC Higgins, The Great by Hamilton, Virginia. Pub. Macmillan.
1974 The Slave Dancer by Fox, Paula. Illus. Keith, Eros. Pub. Dell.
1973 Julie of the Wolves by George, Jean Craighead. Illus. Schoenherr, John. Pub. HarperCollins.
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by O'brien, Robert C. Illus. Bernstein, Zena. Pub. Macmillan.
1971 The Summer of the Swans by Byars, Betsy. Illus. CoConis, Ted. Pub Puffin Books.
1970 Sounder by Armstrong, William H. Illus. Barkley, James. Pub. HarperCollins.
1969 The High King by Alexander, Lloyd. Illus. Ness, Evaline. Pub. Dell.
1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg, EL. Pub. Macmillan.
1967 Up a Road Slowly by Hunt, Irene. Pub Berkley Books.
1966 I, Juan de Pareja by Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de. Pub. Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
1965 Shadow of a Bull by Wojciechowska, Maia. Illus. Smith, Alvin. Pub. Macmillan.
1964 It's Like This Cat by Neville, Emily. Illus. Weiss, Emil. Pub. HarperCollins.
1963 A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle, Madeleine. Pub. Dell.
1962 The bronze Bow by Speare, Elizabeth George. Pub. Houghton Mifflin.
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins by O'Dell, Scott. Pub. Dell.
1960 Onion John by Krumgold, Joseph. Illus. Shimin, Symeon. Pub. HarperCollins.
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Speare, Elizabeth George. Pub. Dell.
1958 Rifles for Watie by Keith, Harold. Pub. HarperCollins.
1957 Miracles on Maple Hill by Sorenson, Virginia. Illus. Krush, Beth, & Joe. Pub. Harcourt brace.
1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Latham, Jean Lee. Illus. Cosgrave II, John O' Hara. Pub. Houghton Mifflin.
1955 The Wheel on the School by De Jong, Meindert. Illus. Sendak, Maurice. Pub.HarperCollins.
1954 And Now Miguel by Krumgold, Joseph. Illus. Charlot, Jean. Pub. HarperCollins.
1953 Secret of the Andes by Clark, Ann Nolan. Illus. Charlot, Jean. Pub. Puffin Books.
1952 Ginger Pye by Estes, Elanor. Pub. Harcourt brace.
1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Yates, Elizabeth. Illus. Unvin, Nora S. Pub. Puffin Books.
1950 The Door in the Wall by de Angeli, Marguerite. Pub. Dell.
1949 King of the Wind by Henry, Marguerite. Illus. Dennis, Wesley. Pub. Checkerboard Press.
1948 Twenty-One Balloons by Du Bois, William Pene. Pub. Puffin Books.
1947 Miss Hickory by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin. Illus. Gannett, Ruth. Pub. Puffin Books.
1946 Strawberry Girl by Lenski, Lois. Pub. Dell.
1945 Rabbit Hill by Lawson, Robert. Pub. Puffin Books.
1944 Johnny Tremain by Forbes, Esther. Illus. Ward, Lynd. Pub. Dell.
1943 Adam of the Road by Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Illus. Lawson, Robert. Pub. Puffin Books.
1942 The Matchlock Gun by Edmonds, Walter. Illus. Lantz, Paul. Pub. Dell.
1941 Call it Courage by Sperry, Armstrong. Pub. Macmillan.
1939 Thimble Summer by Enright, Elizabeth. Pub. Dell.
1938 The White Stag by Seredy, Kate. Pub. Puffin Books.
1937 Roller Skates by Sawyer, Ruth. Illus. Angelo, Valenti. Pub. Puffin Books.
1936 Caddie Woodlawn by brink, Carol Ryrie. Illus. Seredy, Kate. Pub. Macmillan.
1935 Dobry by Shannon, Monica. Illus. Katchamakoff, Atanas. Pub. Puffin Books.
1934 Invincible Louisa by Meigs, Cornelia. Pub. Scholastic.
1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman. Illus. Wiese, Kurt. Pub. Dell
1932 Waterless Mountain by Armer, Laura Adams. Illus. Armer, Sidney, & Laura. Pub. Random House.
1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Illus. Ward, Lynd. Pub. Macmillan.
1930 Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Field, Rachel. Illus. Lathrop, Dorothy P. Pub. Dell.
1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow by Kelly, Eric. Illus. Prusynska, Angela. Pub. Macmillan.
1928 Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal. Illus. Arizybasheff, Boris. Pub. Dutton.
1927 Smoky, the Cow Horse by James, Will. Pub. Chas Scribner's Sons.
1926 Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Chrisman, Arthur Bowie. Illus. Hasselriss, Else. Pub. Dutton.
1925 Tales From Silver Lands by Finger, Charles J. Illus. Honore, Paul. Pub. Scholastic.
1924 The Dark Frigate by Hawes, Charles B. Illus. Fischer, Anton O. Pub. Little, brown & Co.
1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh. Pub. Dell.
1922 The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. Pub. W.W. Norton.

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