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newbery_medal.gif (16081 bytes) In 1921, Frederic G. Melcher had the Newbery Medal designed by René Paul Chambellan. The bronze medal has the winner's name and the date engraved on the back. The ALA Executive Board in 1922 delegated to the Children's Librarians' Section the responsibility for selecting the book to receive the Newbery Medal.

The inscription on the Newbery Medal still reads "Children's Librarians' Section," although the section has changed its name four times and its membership now includes both school and public library children's librarians in contrast to the years 1922-58, when the section, under three different names, included only public library children's librarians.

Origin of the Newbery Medal
Each year the Newbery Medal is awarded by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's books published the previous year. On June 21, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed to the American Library Association meeting of the children's Librarians' Section that a medal be given for the most distinguished children's book of the year.

He suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English book- seller John Newbery. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by the children's librarians, and Melcher's official proposal was approved by the ALA Executive Board in 1922. In Melcher's formal agreement with the board, the purpose of the Newbery Medal was stated as follow: "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, and opportunity to encourage good writing in this field." The Newbery Award thus became the first children's book award in the world. Its terms, as well as its long history, continue to make it the best known and most discussed children's book award in this country.

2004

Winner

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread  Kate DiCamillo

Honor Books

Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Jim Murphy

2003

Winner

Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi

Honor Books

The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff
Hoot Carl Hiassen
A Corner of the Universe Ann M. Martin
Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie S. Tolan

2002

Winner

Single Shard Linda Sue Park

Honor Books

Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath
Carver: A Life in Poems Marilyn Nelson

2001

Winner

Year Down Yonder Richard Peck

Honor Books

Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Hope Was Here Joan Bauer
Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos
The Wanderer Sharon Creech

2000

Winner

Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis

Honor Books

Getting Near To Baby Audrey Couloumbis
26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola
Our Only May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm

1999

Winner

Holes Louis Sachar

Honor Book

A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck

1998

Winner

Out of the Dust Karen Hesse

Honor Books

Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
Lily's Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff
Wringer Jerry Spinelli

1997

Winner

The View From Saturday E.L. Konigsburg

Honor Books

A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer
Moorchild Eloise McGraw
The Thief Megan Whalen Turner
Belle Prater's Boy Ruth White

1996

Winner

The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman

Honor Books

What Jamie Saw Carolyn Coman
The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis
Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner
The Great Fire Jim Murphy

1995

Winner

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech

Honor Books

Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Nancy Farmer

1994

Winner

The Giver Lois Lowry

Honor Books

Crazy Lady Jane Leslie Conly
Dragon's Gate Laurence Yep
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Russell Freedman

1993

Winner

Missing May Cynthia Rylant

Honor Books

What Hearts Bruce Brooks
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Patricia McKissack
Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers

1992

Winner

Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Honor Books

Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel Avi
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Russell Freedman

1991

Winner

Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli

Honor Book

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi

1990

Winner

Number the Stars Lois Lowry

Honor Books

Afternoon of the Elves Janet Taylor Lisle
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher Staples
The Winter Room Gary Paulsen

1989

Winner

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman

Honor Books

In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Virginia Hamilton
Scorpions Walter Dean Myers

1988

Winner

Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman

Honor Books

After The Rain Norma Fox Mazer
Hatchet Gary Paulsen

1987

Winner

The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman

Honor Books

A Fine White Dust Cynthia Rylant
On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens Patricia Lauber

1986

Winner

Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan

Honor Books

Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun Rhoda Blumberg
Dogsong Gary Paulsen

1985

Winner

The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley

Honor Books

Like Jake and Me Mavis Jukes
The Moves Make the Man Bruce Brooks
One-Eyed Cat Paula Fox

1984

Winner

Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary

Honor Books

The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
A Solitary Blue Cynthia Voight
Sugaring Time Kathryn Lasky
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree Bill Brittain

1983

Winner

Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt

Honor Books

The Blue Sword Robin McKinley
Doctor De Soto William Steig
Graven Images Paul Fleischman
Homesick: My Own Story Jean Fritz
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Virginia Hamilton

1982

Winner

A Visit To William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Nancy Willard

Honor Books

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 Aranka Siegal

1981

Winner

Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson

Honor Books

The Fledgling Jane Langton
A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L'Engle

1980

Winner

A Gathering Of Days: A New England Girl's Journal 1830-32 Joan Blos

Honor Books

The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl David Kherdian

1979

Winner

The Westing Game Ellen Raskin

Honor Book

The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson

1978

Winner

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson

Honor Books

Ramona and Her Father Beverly Cleary
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey Jamake Highwater

1977

Winner

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor

Honor Books

Abel's Island William Steig
A String in the Harp Nancy Bond

1976

Winner

The Grey King Susan Cooper

Honor Books

The Hundred Penny Box Sharon Bell Mathis
Dragonwings Laurence Yep

1975

Winner

M.C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton

Honor Books

Figgs & Phantoms Ellen Raskin
My Brother Sam is Dead James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
The Perilous Gard Elizabeth Marie Pope
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Bette Greene

1974

Winner

The Slave Dancer Paula Fox

Honor Book

The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper

1973

Winner

Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George

Honor Books

Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel
The Upstairs Room Johanna Reiss
The Witches of Worm Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1972

Winner

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien

Honor Books

Incident At Hawk's Hill Allan W. Eckert
The Planet of Junior Brown Virginia Hamilton
The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. LeGuin
Annie and the Old One Miska Miles
The Headless Cupid Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1971

Winner

Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars

Honor Books

Knee Knock Rise Natalie Babbitt
Enchantress From the Stars Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Sing Down the Moon Scott O'Dell

1970

Winner

Sounder William H. Armstrong

Honor Books

Our Eddie Sulamith Ish-Kishor
The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art Janet Gaylord Moore
Journey Outside Mary Q. Steele

1969

Winner

The High King Lloyd Alexander

Honor Books

To Be a Slave Julius Lester
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer

1968

Winner

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg

Honor Books

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth E. L. Konigsburg
The Black Pearl Scott O'Dell
The Fearsome Inn Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1967

Winner

Up a Road Slowly Irene Hunt

Honor Books

The King's Fifth Scott O'Dell
Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Jazz Man Mary Hays Weik

1966

Winner

I, Juan de Pareja Elizabeth Borten de Trevino

Honor Books

The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander
The Animal Family Randall Jarrell
The Noonday Friends Mary Stolz

1965

Winner

Shadow of a Bull Maia Wojciechowska

Honor Book

Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt

1964

Winner

It's Like This, Cat Emily Cheney Neville

Honor Books

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era Sterling North
The Loner Ester Wier

1963

Winner

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle

Honor Books

Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. (Leclaire Alger)
Men of Athens Olivia Coolidge

1962

Winner

The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare

Honor Books

Frontier Living Edwin Tunis
The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Belling the Tiger Mary Stolz

1961

Winner

Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell

Honor Books

America Moves Forward: A History for Peter Gerald W. Johnson
Old Ramon Jack Schaefer
The Cricket In Times Square George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson)

 1960

Winner

Onion John Joseph Krumgold

Honor Books

My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
America Is Born: A History for Peter Gerald W. Johnson
The Gammage Cup Carol Kendall

1959

Winner

The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare

Honor Books

The Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Carlson
Along Came a Dog Meindert Dejong
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Francis Kalnay
The Perilous Road William O. Steele

1958

Winner

Rifles for Watie Harold Keith

Honor Books

The Horsecatcher Mari Sandoz
Gone-Away Lake Elizabeth Enright
The Great Wheel Robert Lawson
Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle Leo Gurko

1957

Winner

Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorenson

Honor Books

Old Yeller Fred Gipson
The House of Sixty Fathers Meindert DeJong
Mr. Justice Holmes Clara Ingram Judson
The Corn Grows Ripe Dorothy Rhoads
Black Fox of Lorne Marguerite de Angeli

1956

Winner

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham

Honor Books

The Secret River Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Golden Name Day Jennie Lindquist
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Katherine Shippen

1955

Winner

The Wheel on the School Meindert Dejong

Honor Books

Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh
Banner in the Sky James Ullman

1954

Winner

And Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold

Honor Books

All Alone Claire Huchet Bishop
Shadrach Meindert Dejong
Hurry Home, Candy Meindert Dejong
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Clara Ingram Judson
Magic Maize Mary & Conrad Buff

1953

Winner

Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark

Honor Books

Charlotte's Web E. B. White
Moccasin Trail Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Red Sails to Capri Ann Weil
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Alice Dalgliesh
Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 Genevieve Foster

1952

Winner

Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes

Honor Books

Americans Before Columbus Elizabeth Baity
Minn of the Mississippi Holling C. Holling
The Defender Nicholas Kalashnikoff
The Light at Tern Rock Julia Sauer
The Apple and the Arrow Mary & Conrad Buff

1951

Winner

Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates

Honor Books

Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Mabel Leigh Hunt
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Jeanette Eaton
Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People Clara Ingram Judson
The Story of Appleby Capple Anne Parrish

1950

Winner

The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli

Honor Books

Tree of Freedom Rebecca Caudill
The Blue Cat of Castle Town Catherine Coblentz
Kildee House Rutherford Montgomery
George Washington Genevieve Foster
Sound of the Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin Walter & Marion Havighurst

1949

Winner

King of the Wind Marguerite Henry

Honor Books

Seabird Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the Mountain Louise Rankin
My Father's Dragon Ruth S. Gannett
Story of the Negro Arna Bontemps

1948

Winner

The Twenty-One Balloons William Pčne du Bois

Honor Books

Pancakes-Paris Claire Huchet Bishop
Li Lun, Lad of Courage Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories Harold Courlander
Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry

1947

Winner

Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Honor Books

Wonderful Year Nancy Barnes
Big Tree Mary & Conrad Buff
The Heavenly Tenants William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew Cyrus Fisher, pseud. (Darwin L. Teilhet)
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston Eleanor Jewett

1946

Winner

Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski

Honor Books

Justin Morgan Had a Horse Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers Florence Crannell Means
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear Christine Weston
New Found World Katherine Shippen

1945

Winner

Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson

Honor Books

The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil Alice Dalgliesh
Abraham Lincoln's World Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams Jeanetter Eaton

1944

Winner

Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes

Honor Books

These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic Julia Sauer
Rufus M. Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born Elizabeth Yates

 1943

Winner

Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray

Honor Books

The Middle Moffat Eleanor Estes
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Mabel Leigh Hunt

1942

Winner

The Matchlock Gun Walter D. Edmonds

Honor Books

Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington's World Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water Eva Roe Gaggin

1941

Winner

Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry

Honor Books

Blue Willow Doris Gates
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver Mary Jane Carr
The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen Anna Gertrude Hall

1940

Winner

Daniel Boone James Daugherty

Honor Books

The Singing Tree Kate Seredy
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder
Boy with a Pack Stephen W. Meader

1939

Winner

Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright

Honor Books

Nino Valenti Angelo
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater
Hello the Boat! Phyllis Crawford
Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot Jeanette Eaton
Penn Elizabeth Janet Gray

1938

Winner

The White Stag Kate Seredy

Honor Books

Pecos Bill James Cloyd Bowman
Bright Island Mabel Robinson
On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder

1937

Winner

Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer

Honor Books

Phoebe Fairchild: Her Book Lois Lenski
Whistler's Van Idwal Jones
The Golden Basket Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound Margery Bianco
The Codfish Musket Agnes Hewes
Audubon Constance Rourke

1936

Winner

Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink

Honor Books

Honk, the Moose Phil Stong
The Good Master Kate Seredy
Young Walter Scott Elizabeth Janet Gray
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud Armstrong Sperry

1935

Winner

Dobry Monica Shannon

Honor Books

Pageant of Chinese History Elizabeth Seeger
Davy Crockett Constance Rourke
Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic Hilda Von Stockum

1934

Winner

Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women Cornelia Meigs

Honor Books

The Forgotten Daughter Caroline Snedeker
Swords of Steel Elsie Singmaster
ABC Bunny Wanda Gág
Winged Girl of Knossos Erik Berry, pseud. (Allena Best)
New Land Sarah Schmidt
Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside Padraic Colum
Glory of the Seas Agnes Hewes
Apprentice of Florence Ann Kyle

1933

Winner

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Honor Books

Swift Rivers Cornelia Meigs
The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War Hildegarde Swift
Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia Nora Burglon

1932

Winner

Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer

Honor Books

The Fairy Circus Dorothy P. Lathrop
Calico Bush Rachel Field
Boy of the South Seas Eunice Tietjens
Out of the Flame Eloise Lownsbery
Jane's Island Marjorie Allee
Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy Mary Gould Davis

1931

Winner

The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth

Honor Books

Floating Island Anne Parrish
The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of a Pagan Princess Alida Malkus
Queer Person Ralph Hubbard
Mountains are Free Julie Davis Adams
Spice and the Devil's Cave Agnes Hewes
Meggy MacIntosh Elizabeth Janet Gray
Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes Herbert Best
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen

1930

Winner

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Rachel Field

Honor Books

A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland Jeanette Eaton
Pran of Albania Elizabeth Miller
Jumping-Off Place Marion Hurd McNeely
The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales Ella Young
Vaino Julia Davis Adams
Little Blacknose Hildegarde Swift

1929

Winner

The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly

Honor Books

Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo John Bennett
Millions of Cats Wanda Gág
The Boy Who Was Grace Hallock
Clearing Weather Cornelia Meigs
Runaway Papoose Grace Moon
Tod of the Fens Elinor Whitney

1928

Winner

Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Honor Books

The Wonder Smith and His Son Ella Young
Downright Dencey Caroline Snedeker

1927

Winner

Smoky the Cowhorse Will James

 1926

Winner

Shen of the Sea Arthur Bowie Chrisman

Honor Book

The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery Padraic Colum

 1925

Winner

Tales From the Silver Lands Charles Finger

Honor Books

Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story Annie Carroll Moore
The Dream Coach Anne Parrish

1924

Winner

The Dark Frigate Charles Boardman Hawes

 1923

Winner

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting

 1922

Winner

The Story of Mankind Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Honor Books

The Great Quest Charles Hawes
Cedric the Forester Bernard Marshall
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure William Bowen
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum
The Windy Hill Cornelia Meigs

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