The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association. It was established in 1922 as an incentive for better quality in children’s books and gets its name from John Newbery, a famous 18 th century publisher and seller of children’s books. The medal, which is now donated by the Melcher family, is presented to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States in the preceding year.

All books are located in the Juvenile section unless otherwise indicated.

2004 Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread  PS3604.I23 T35 2003

2003 Avi—Crispin: The Cross of Lead Available through the Circuit

2002 Linda Sue Park—A Single Shard PZ7 P22115 SI 2001

2001 Richard Peck—A Year Down Yonder PZ7 P338 YH 2000

2000 Christopher Paul Curtis—Bud, Not Buddy PZ7 C94137 BU 1999 CSBS FIC CUR

1999 Louis Sachar—Holes PZ7 S1185 HO 1998 CSBS FIC SAC

1998 Karen Hesse—Out of the Dust PZ7 H4364 OU 1997 CSBS FIC HES

1997 E. L. Konigsburg—The View from Saturday CSBS KON

1996 Karen Cushman—The Midwife’s Apprentice PZ7 C962 MI 1995 CSBS CUS

1995 Sharon Creech—Walk Two Moons PS3553 R3373 W35 1994 CSBS FIC CRE

1994 Lois Lowry—The Giver PZ7 L9673 GI 1993 CSBS FIC LOW

1993 Cynthia Rylant—Missing May PZ7 R982 MJ 1992

1992 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor— ShilohPZ7 N24 SG 1991 CSBS FIC NAY

1991 Jerry Spinelli—Maniac Magee PZ7 S75663 MAN 1990

1990 Lois Lowry—Number the Stars Available through the Circuit CSBS FIC LOW

1989 Paul Fleishman—Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Available through the Circuit

1988 Russell Freedman— Lincoln: A Photobiography E457.905 F73 1987

1987 Sid Fleishman—The Whipping Boy Available through the Circuit

1986 Patricia MacLachlan—Sarah, Plain and Tall PZ7 M2225 SAR 1985 CSBS FIC MAG

1985 Robin McKinley—The Hero and the Crown PZ7 M1998 HE 1984

1984 Beverly Cleary—Dear Mr. Henshaw Available through the Circuit CSBS FIC CLE

1983 Cynthia Voigt—Dicey’s Song PZ7 V874 DI

1982 Nancy Willard—A Visit to William Blake’s Inn PS3573 I444 V5

1981 Katherine Paterson—Jacob Have I Loved PS3566 A779 J33 1980

1980 Joan W. Blos—A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 PZ7 B6237 GAT

1979 Ellen Raskin—The Westing Game PZ7 R1817 WE

1978 Katherine Paterson—Bridge to Terabithia PS3566 A779 B75 1977 MEDIA PN1997 B8518 1991 CSBS FIC PAT

1977 Mildred D. Taylor—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry PZ7 T21723 RO CSBS FIC TAY

1976 Susan Cooper—The Grey King PZ7 C7878 GT CSBS FIC COO

1975 Virginia Hamilton—M. C. Higgins, the Great PZ7 H1828 MAC

1974 Paula Fox—The Slave Dancer PZ7 F838SL CSBS FIC FOX

1973 Jean Craighead George—Julie of the Wolves PZ7 G2933 JU CSBS GEO

1972 Robert C. O’Brien—Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Available through the Circuit CSBS FIC OBR

1971 Betsy Byars—Summer of the Swans PZ7 B98396 SU 1974, PZ B98396 1970 CSBS FIC BYA

1970 William H. Armstrong—Sounder PZ7 A73394 SO CSBS FIC ARM

1969 Lloyd Alexander—The High King PZ7 C7878 HI

1968 E. L. Knoigsburg—From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler PZ7 K8352 FR

1967 Irene Hunt—Up a Road Slowly PZ7 H9156 UP

1966 Elizabeth Borton de Trevino—I, Juan de Pareja Available through the Circuit CSBS FIC TRE

1965 Maia Wojciechowska—Shadow of a Bull PZ7 R617SH

1964 Emily Neville—It’s Like This, Cat PZ7 N462 IT

1963 Madeleine L’Engle—A Wrinkle in Time PZ7 L5835 WR CSBS FIC LEN

1962 Elizabeth George Speare—The Bronze Bow PS3569 P396 B76 1961

1961 Scott O’Dell—Island of the Blue Dolphins Available through the Circuit CSBS FIC ODE

1960 Joseph Krumgold—Onion John PZ7 K946 ON

1959 Elizabeth George Speare—The Witch of Blackbird Pond PS3569 P396 W58 1958 CSBS FIC SPE

1958 Harold Keith—Rifles for Watie PZ7 K255 RI

1957 Virginia Sorenson—Miracles on Maple Hill Available through the Circuit

1956 Jean Lee Latham—Carry on, Mr. Bowditch PZ7 L348 CAR

1955 Meindert DeJong—The Wheel on the School PS3507 E398 W44 1954 CSBS FIC DEJ

1954 Joseph Krumgold-- …And Now Miguel PZ7 K946 AN CSBS FIC KRU

1953 Ann Nolan Clark—Secret of the Andes PZ7 C5296 SE

1952 Eleanor Estes—Ginger Pye PZ7 E749 GI

1951 Elizabeth Yates—Amos Fortune, Free Man E185.97 F73 Y3

1950 Marguerite de Angeli—The Door in the Wall PZ7 D35 DO CSBS FIC DEA

1949 Marguerite Henry—King of the Wind PZ10.3 H43 KI

1948 William P ene du Bois—The Twenty-One Balloons PZ7 D8527 TW

1947 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey—Miss Hickory PZ8.6 B16 MI

1946 Lois Lenski—Strawberry Girl PZ7 L54 ST

1945 Robert Lawson—Rabbit Hill PZ7 L4384 RAB

1944 Esther Forbes—Johnny Tremain PZ7 F749 JO 1943

1943 Elizabeth Janet Gray—Adam of the Road PZ7 G777 AD

1942 Walter Edmonds—The Matchlock Gun Available through the Circuit

1941 Armstrong Sperry—Call It Courage PZ8.1 S75 CAL CSBS 398.220996 S751

1940 James Daugherty—Daniel Boone Available through the Circuit CSBS B BOONE

1939 Elizabeth Enright—Thimble Summer PZ7 E724 TH 1966

1938 Kate Seredy—The White Stag PZ8.1 S457 WH

1937 Ruth Sawyer—Roller Skates PZ7 S269 RO 1986

1936 Carol Ryrie Brink—Caddie Woodlawn PZ7 B78 CAD

1935 Monica Shannon—Dobry Available through the Circuit

1934 Cornelia Meigs—Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women PS1018 M4 1968 5th Floor Stacks

1933 Elizabeth Lewis—Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze PZ7 L5849 YO

1932 Laura Adams Armer—Waterless Mountain PZ7 A715 WAT

1931 Elizabeth Coatsworthh—The Cat Who Went to Heaven PZ10.3 C629 CAT CSBS FIC COA

1930 Rachel Field—Hitty, Her First Hundred Years PZ8.9 F442 HI

1929 Eric P. Kelly—The Trumpeter of KrakowPZ7 K294 TS4 1966

1928 Dhan Gopal Mukerji—Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon QL795 B57 M8

1927 Will James—Smoky, the Cowhorse Available through the Circuit

1926 Arthur Bowie Chrisman—Shen of the Sea PZ7 C45 SH

1925 Charles Finger—Tales from Silver Lands PZ8 F494

1924 Charles Hawes—The Dark Frigate PZ7 H312 DA

1923 Hugh Lofting—The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle WWW Version CSBS FIC FOF

1922 Hendrik Willem van Loon—The Story of Mankind D21.V3 WWW Version