1962 Newbery winner & honor books. Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker. Newbery Honor Books and Medal Winners: The Windy Hill: By Women 1922-1964: It's Like This, Cat: by Cornelia Meigs Newbery Honor Book, 1922 by Emily Neville Newbery Medal Winner, 1964 From the Fifties. Reading, Susan Reisner, Elizabeth M. Rosen, Mary R. Voors. ; Amy E. Sears, Teaneck (N.J.) Public Library; and Meg E. Smith, Cumberland County Public Library, Hope Mills, NC. The Newbery Medal. While the Newbery Medal goes to the ALA’s top children’s book, the committee that awards medal also recognizes great books in any genre (not just children’s) via the Newberry Honor Book award. The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the best book in children's literature published the previous year. If you haven’t added any Newbery award winning books for middle school to your tween’s reading list, now is the time. Putnam's Sons/Penguin)2015: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)2014: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick)2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (HarperCollins Children's Books)2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar Straus Giroux)2011: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. A book certainly doesn't need to be 'award-winning' to be a distinguished read for a child, but these Newbery Medal-awarded chapter books are some of the most recognized titles by educators and librarians, and worthy of a spot on your independent reader's book list. 1943 Medal Winner: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1943 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet G. Long Lillian H. Smith, Marian C. Young, Sonja Wennerblad, Clara Breed, Ruth Giles, Elsie S. MacDonald, Helen E. Kinsey, Madelyn Clish, Barbara Bent, Elizabeth L. Gilman, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Florence McLeod, Zada Taylor, Virginia Chase, Ann Murray Hough, Lois T. Place, Margaret G. Bice, Marjorie Fullwood, Georgiana Mear, Georgiana Mineau. Previously called “runner-ups,” the name was changed in 1971. 1947 Medal Winner: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1947 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth A Groves, Helen Fuller, Harriet Leaf, Elizabeth A. Groves, Isabel McLaughlin, Helen Bough, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Salome Betts, Margaret Clark, Helen E. Kinsey, Alice Lewis, Siri Andrews, Margaretta Smyth, Della McGregor, Irene Geltch, Ruth Hewitt, Marcella Klein, Josephine Lynch, Dorothy Lawson, Rheta A. Clark, Nancy Jane Day, Lois Fannin, Bessie McLean, Nellie Smith. 1980 Medal Winner: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (Scribner)Honor Book: Members of 1980 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; JoAnn Bell, Jane Botham, Kit Breckenridge, Mary Burns, Linda Carpino, Carolyn Croft, Patricia Feehan, Bonnie Fowler, Helen Gregory, Barbara Harrison, Mary Alice Hunt, Dorothea Hunter, Marcia Hupp, Marilyn Iarusso, barbara Immroth, Duane Johnson, Ginny M. Kruse, Rosa L. Presberry, Mary Ann Stevenson, Ruth Tarbox, Virginia Witucke. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. Briggs, Mildred Armstrong, Siddie Joe Johnson, Evelyn S. Littlefield. The Blue Cat of Castle Town: by Catherine Cate Coblentz Newbery Honor Book, 1950 They’re some of the best books for middle school. 1971 Medal Winner: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1971 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Sarah Innis Fenwick, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago; Dorothy Anderson, Frances Elrod, Virginia G. Farmer, Mrs. Irene Gulette, Ethel Heins, Florence M. Hensey, Carolyn Horovitz, Marianne Hough, Isabella Jinnette, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Elizabeth E. McCombs, Arlene Mosel, Patricia Moxom, Barbara Rollock, Grace Shakin, Louella M. Stanon, Cliare R. Strelzoff, Sandra J. Stroner, Della Thomas, Deborah Weilerstein, Mary Ann Wentroth. Following is a list of the Newbery Medal winners in the NLS collections. If you want to find a Newbery winning book that is funny or scary or mysterious or serious, click on the "Find a Good One" tab. 2020 Newbery Award Winner. About Travis Jonker. Members of 1999 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Virginia McKee, Betty B. Carter, Beryl D. Evans, Maralita L. Freeny, Marlene E. Gawron, Melinda Dale Greenblatt, Molly S. Kinney, Yapha Nussbaum Mason, Cathryn M. Mercier, Connie Pottle, Elizabeth M. Simmons, Roger Sutton, Margaret R. Tassia, Letitia A. Wilson, Teresa M. Young. 1985 Medal Winner: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (Greenwillow)Honor Books: Members of 1985 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Julia A. Cummins, Patricia A. Behler, Mary Biblo, Muriel W. Brown, Clare Canham-Eaton, Marsha L. Cutler, Judith F. Davie, Nancy Hackett, Karen H. Harris, W. Duane Johnson, Betty D. Miller, John E. Peters, G. Lois S. Ringquist, Frances V. Sedney, Lois Winkel. It is named for John Newbery, an 18th century English publisher of books for children. Members of the 2019 Newbery Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Ellen M. Riordan, D.C. Public Library, Washington, D.C.; Mary Dubbs, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minn.; Sondra Eklund, Fairfax (Va.) County Public Library; Robbin Ellis Friedman, Chappaqua (N.Y.) Library; Eric Gomez, Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Pamela Archer Hamlin, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Largo, Md. All titles are located on the 3rd floor in the Curriculum Lab of the Library. ; Sue Z. Rokos, Mohawk Valley Library System, Schenectady, N.Y.; and Terrell A. 1984 Medal Winner: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)Honor Books: Members of 1984 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth M. Greggs, Rebecca T. Bingham, Shirley A. Fitzgibbons, Margaret A. Grazier, Marilyn W. Greenberg, Elizabeth C. Hoke, Brenda V. Johnson, Mary D. Lankford, M.W. Members of the 2012 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Viki Ash, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, TX; Laura Amos, Cuffee Library Chesapeake PL, Yorktown, VA; Tim Capehart, Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, OH; Mary Clark, Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT; Stacy Dillon, Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin HS, New York, NY; Naphtali Faris, Missouri State Library, Jefferson City, MO; Peter Howard, Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, KY; Andy Howe, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM; Maeve Knoth, Atherton Library, San Mateo County Library System, San Carlos, CA; Angelique Kopa, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD; Renee McGrath, Nassau Library System, Bellmore, NY; Mary Michell, Skokie Publc Library, Wilmette, IL; Andrea Milanao, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR; Lynn Rutan, Booklist Reviewer, Holland, MI; Amanda Williams, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX. 2013 Medal Winner: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (HarperCollins Children's Books). avg. Members of the 2014 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth “Betsy” Orsburn, Drexel University, Philadelphia; Marilyn Ackerman, BookOps, Long Island City, N.Y.; Robert Bittner, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; Chelsea Couillard-Smith, Sacramento (Calif.) Public Library; Andrea Erickson, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Laurel, MD; Kathy Jarombek, Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich, CT; Laura M. Jenkins, Chicago Public Library Uptown Branch, Chicago, IL; Ada G. Kent, Worthington, OH; Amy E. Koester, St. Charles City-County Library District, Wentzville, MO; Debra Ann McLeod, Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS; Elizabeth A. Poe, Morgantown, WV; Susan H. Polos, Bedford (N.Y.) Central School District; John Schumacher, Butler School District, Oak Brook, IL. Members of 1977 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet B. Quimby, St. Johns University, Jamaica, NY; Betty H. Allen, Gladis Berry, Annette Blank, Dudley, B. Carlson, Gertrude Congdon, Mary K. Conwell, Thomas W. Downen, Mary V. Gaver, Peggy R. Holmes, Cosette Kies, Margaret Mary Kimmel, Ruthe McConnell, Helen M. Mullen, Winifred Ragsdale, Dee Ann Ray, Spencer Shaw, Judith Steepleton, Ellen Stepanian, Susan Wick, Raymond E. Williams. 1963 Medal Winner: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Farrar)Honor Books: Members of 1963 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: 1962 Medal Winner: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton)Honor Books: 1961 Medal Winner: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (Houghton)Honor Books: Members of 1961 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara S. Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; Zena Bailey, Dorothy M. Broderick, Phyllis F. Bryan, Elizabeth Burr, Laura E. Cathon, Mildred P. Frary, Virginia Haviland, Elizabeth D. Hodges, S. Margaret Hodges, Isabella Jinnette, Helen E. Kinsey, Katherine Love, Alice B. McGuire, Jean A. Merrill, Doris H. Moulton, Frances Rees, Thelma Reid, Margaret S. Skiff, Susan F. Taylor, Jean Thomson, Mary Ann Wentroth, Sara H. Wheeler. 1932 Medal Winner: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans) Honor Books: This book is an 2003 honor recipient. Members of the 2020 Newbery Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Krishna Grady, Darien Library, Darien, Conn; K.C. 1997 Medal Winner: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (Jean Karl/Atheneum) Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. It was the first children's literary award in the world. 2001 Medal Winner:   A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck (Dial)Honor Books: Members of 2001 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Caroline S. Parr, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Va.; Kathleen Baxter, Anoka County Library, Minn.; Kristi Beavin, Arlington County Central Library, Va.; Faith J. Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Ill.; Marian Drabkin, Richmond Public Library, Calif.; B. Allison Gray, South Country Library, Bellport, N.Y.; Christine Jenkins, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ill.; Arla Jones, Lawrence High School, Kan.; Amy Lilien-Harper, Ferguson Library, Stamford, Conn.; Kathleen H. McCabe, East Meadow Public Library, Rockville Centre, N.Y.; Susan Moore, Louisville Free Public Library, Ky.; Todd Morning, Schaumberg Township Library, Elgin, Ill.; Katherine O'Dell, Multnomah County Library Administration, Portland, Ore.; Hedra Peterman, Free Library of Philadelphia, Pa.; and Barbara C. Scotto, Michael Driscoll School; Brookline, Mass. 1990 Medal Winner: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Houghton)Honor Books: Members of 1990 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Caroline Ward, Viki L. Ash-Geisler, Jane Ellen Carstens, Margo H. Daniels, Laura E. Edwards, Carla D. Hayden, Kathleen T. Horning, Catherine Howard, Kathleen F. Odean, Selma k. Richardson, Sharyl G. Smith, Judith Volc, Letitia A. Wilson, Cynthia Woodruff, Leona C. Wright. 2018 Medal Winner: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow/HarperCollins), 2017 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers/Workman). Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. 1938 Medal Winner: The White Stag by Kate Seredy (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1938 Newbery Medal Selection Committee:  Chair Julie F. Carter, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Virginia Xhase, Alice L. Brunat, Jacqueline Overton, Annabel Porter, Louise S. Shepard, Vera J. Prout, Mary E. Foster. See more ideas about newbery medal, moon art, celestial art. Young, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The latest edition of the "Newbery and Caldecott Awards" guide covers the most distinguished American children's literature and illustration. Caldecott and Newbery Award Winners The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. 1952 Medal Winner: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt)Honor Books: Members of 1952 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Rosemary E. Livsey, Ruth L. Adams, Priscilla Bancroft, Alice B. Cushman, Ruth Gagliardo, Elizabeth H. Gross, A. Virginia Haviland, Marian Herr, Helen L. Keefe, Helen E. Kinsey, Maxine La Bounty, Winifred Ladley, Crystal Elaine McNally, Helen A. Masten, Elizabeth Millder, Effie Lee Morris, Mary Peters, Grace Shaki, Laura Mae Steese, Frances Anna Sullivan, Elinor Yungmeyer. 1954 Medal Winner: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold (Crowell)Honor Books: Members of 1954 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Dorothy G. Hairgrove, Evelyn R. Sickles, Mary I. Strang. 1951 Medal Winner: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (Dutton)Honor Books: Members of 1951 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth H. Gross, Enoch Pratt Free Library, MD; Mary Peters, Vernon Ives, Holiday House, Frances Whitehead, Jennie D. Lindquist, Natalie Edwin, Agatha Shea. 1964 Medal Winner: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville (Harper)Honor Books: Members of 1964 Newbery Medal Selection Committee:  Chair Helen R. Sattley, School Library Service, New York Board of Education; August Baker, Florence W. Butler, Laura E. Cathon, Sarah Dickinson, May H. Edmonds, Sara I. Fenwick, Ruth Gaglliardo, Christine Gilbert, Isabella Jinnette, Helen Kinsey, Frances Lee, Rosemary E. Livsey, Margaret McFate, Mariln Miller, Barbara S. Moody, Faith T. Murdoch, Joan Osowski, Margaret Poarch, Elsa Posell, Helen Renthal, Spencer G. Shaw, Arlene H. Thorp. Sattley, Spence G. Shaw, Nancy A. 2020s | 2010s | 2000s |  1990s |  1980s |  1970s |  1960s |  1950s |  1940s |  1930s |  1920s, Click here for Newbery Medal and Honor Books 1922-Present (PDF 200kb), List with downloads of Newbery, Caldecott and Legacy Award Winning Speeches, 2020 Medal Winner: New Kid, written and illustrated by Jerry Craft (HarperCollins). Members of the 2016 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Ernie J. Cox, Prairie Creek Intermediate School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Eric Barbus, San Francisco Public Library; Shawn S. Brommer, South Central Library System, Madison, Wis.; Allie Jane Bruce, Bank Street College of Education, New York; Ty R. Burns, University of Houston Clear Lake, Texas; Amber Emery, Fargo (N.D.) Public Library; Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.; Cheryl Lee, Santa Clara City (Calif.) Library; Karen R. Lemmons, Detroit School of Arts; Penny S. Markey, Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Christine E. Scheper, Queens (N.Y.) Library; Mary Schreiber, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, Ohio; John P. Scott, Friends School of Baltimore; Destinee Sutton, King County (Wash.) Library System; and Joanna Ward, County of Los Angeles Public Library. Winners of the Newbery Medal include Hugh Lofting , Madeleine L’Engle , William Pène du Bois , Beverly Cleary , and Kate DiCamillo . 1939 Medal Winner: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (Rinehart)Honor Books: Members of 1939 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Gladys English, Lesley Newton, Irene Smith, Alice Brunat, Jane A. Darrah, Marcella G. Klein, Florence B. Sloan, Elsa R. Berner. For more information on the Newbery Medal, ... We have picked our favorite Newbery Medal winning and honor titles. The Newbery is given to the "author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceeding year." Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo is a story about a girl who overcomes sadness with the help of a happy dog. This medal has been awarded annually by the American Library Association since 1922 "to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." 1972 Medal Winner: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (Atheneum)Honor Books: Members of 1972 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Anne R. Izard, White Plains, NY; Kit Breckenridge, Dudley H. Brown, Glenn E. Estes, Caroline Feller, Sara I. Fenwick, Ethel L. Heins, Mary Jo Howard, Charoltte S. Huck, Luree Jaquith, Margaret E. Johnston, Vivian T. Jones, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Charlotte C. Leonard, Isabel McCaul, Alice Brooks McGuire, Ruth I. Peaslee, Barbara Rollock, Frances A. Sullivan, Binne L. Tate, Mary Ann Wentroth, Elizabeth Wood. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is about two 12-year-old African American twin boys who are basketball stars, coached by their father, a former professional basketball player, and supported by their mother, the assistant-principal. This is a complete list of the books that have won the Newbery Award. A few thoughts on the illustrious Newbery Medal Winners, from 1922 til now. 1957 Medal Winner: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen (Harcourt)Honor Books: Members of 1957 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth Nesbitt, Carnegie Institue of Technology Library School, Pittsburgh; Elenora C. Alexander, Elizabeth Burr, Laura E. Cathon, Margaret M. Clark, Sarita I. Davis, Mary k. Eakin, Genevieve E. Fancher, Ruth Gagliardo, Virginia Haviland, Elizabeth D. Hodges, Elixabeth Johnson, Helen F. Kinsey, Elsie S. MacDonald, Helen A. Masten, Jean A. Merrill, Charlemae Rollins, Marian R. Schroether, Elizabeth G. Shooter, Ruth W. Stewart, Miriam A. Wessel, Sara Wheeler, Marian C. Young. These runners-up-usually between one and five in a given year-are honored as Newbery Honor Books. Strong, Diana D. Young. This book is the winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal. ; Eileen Makoff, PS 234 Independence School, New York; Dr. Petros Panaou, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; Deanna Romriell, Salt Lake City (Utah) Public Library; Karen Scott, Thompson Middle School Library, Alabaster, Ala.; Soraya Silverman-Montano, Las Vegas Clark County Library District; Mary R. Voors, Fort Wayne, Ind. Committee members are chosen to represent a wide variety of libraries, teachers and book reviewers. 2020 Newbery Honor. 1966 Medal Winner: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (Farrar)Honor Books: Members of 1966 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Winnifred Crossley, Michigan State Library; Ruth L. Adams, Helen T. Armstrong, Augusta Baker, Martha C. Bentley, Sarah Dickinson, Eleanor Dobson, Ruth Gagliardo, Jeanne B. Hardendorff, Sally Helfman, Elizabeth D. Hodges,Anne R. Izard, Helen Kinsey, Isabel McTavish, Jean L. Moore, Louane L. Newsome, Helen R. Sattley, Spencer G. Shaw, Helen E. Skahill, Ruth Hill Viguers, Lois B. Watt, Mary C. West, Sarah H. Wheeler. And here are more picture book-y 2019 releases from previous Newbery Medal/Honor winners: Filed Under: Articles. 1942 Medal Winner: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds (Dodd)Honor Books: Members of 1942 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet Dickson, Clara Breed, Esther Greene,  Jane Darrah, Irene Smith, ElizabethD. Young. 1953 Medal Winner: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark (Viking). 1929 Medal Winner: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (Macmillan)Honor Books: Members of 1929 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Carrie E Scott, Eva G. Leslie, Mary Frances Cox, Helen M. Reynolds, Elisabeth Knapp, Ruth Theobald, Mary Wilkinson. 1982 Medal Winner: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard (Harcourt)Honor Books: Members of 1982 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Ruth I. Gordon, Joyce E. Batchelder, Karen B. Breen, Donald A. Colberg, Julie A. Cummins, Lucy Cutler, Janet D. French, M. Jean Greenlaw, Dona J. Helmer, Cynthia King, Dorothy C. McKenzie, Mary C. Paulus, Hazel P. Rochman, Ryna H. Rothberg, Harry Uyehara. The Newbery Medal has been awarded annually since 1922. Newbery Medal The Highest Honor in Children's Literature. 1950 Medal Winner: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)Honor Books: Members of 1950 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Isabel McTavish, Adeline Corrigan, Mary E. 1934 Medal Winner: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown)Honor Books: Members of 1934 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Siri M. Andrews, Lillian H. Smith, Vera Winifred, Ruth Marie Hayes, Katherine Watson, Bernice W. Bell, May G. Quigley, Lucy M. Kinlock, Julia W. Plummer, Zella Spence, Ruth Theobald, Elizabeth D. Briggs. Click on the title to see if the book is available. Read 18 330 reviews from the world's largest community fo… 2004 Medal Winner:  The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, (Candlewick Press)Honor Books: Members of the 2004 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair-Eliza Dresang, Florida State University, School of Information Studies,Tallahassee, FL;Thomas L. Bush, Southwest Georgia Regional Library, Bainbridge, GA; Georgene DeFilippo, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Bethel Park, PA; Dorothy Evans, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL; Crystal W. Faris, Nassau Library System, Baldwin, NY; Anna R. Healy, Skokie Public Library, Chicago, IL;Sarah Howard, Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, MO; Nancy S. Kraus, Council Rock School,Pittsford, NY; Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, Oakland, CA;Kathy McLellan, Johnson County Public Library, Overland Park, KS; Sylvia Mora-Oña, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL; Diane G. Person, Brooklyn, NY; Martha Seif Simpson, Stratford Library Association, Hamden, CT; Virginia Walter, University of California at Los Angeles, Venice, CA; Carol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, Westfield, NJ. 2016 John Newbery Medal Winner. The American Library Association also typically names Newbery Medal Honor Books, which are considered to be noteworthy also. All digital audio titles are also available on the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) , which allows eligible patrons to download digital talking books and audio magazines. 1969 Medal Winner: The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Holt)Honor Books: Members of 1969 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Isabella Jinnette, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; Marguerite Bagshaw, Augusta Baker, Mabel Boyd Bell, Mae Benne, Charlotte Davis, Mae Durham, Lucia Engle, Virginia Heffernan, Paul Heins, Carolyn Horovitz, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Elizabeth h. Lockhart, Jean A. Merrill, Margaret H. Miller, Rosalind Mosier, Priscilla Moxom, Harriet Quimby, Zena Sutherland, Nancy Toy, Isabel Wilner, Children Services Division Staff Liason Ruth W. Tarbox. 1993 Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (Jackson/Orchard)Honor Books: Members of 1993 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Sara L. Miller, Joan L. Atkinson, Carol J. The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are considered the most prestigious American children's book awards. 1926 Medal Winner: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (Dutton)Honor Book: Members of 1926 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Nina C. Brotherton; Estella M. Slaven; Ruth Anne Overman; Helen F. Ingersoll, Public Library, Denver, CO; Jessie H. Millard, Library Association of Portland, OR; Gladys S. Case, Public Library, Los Angeles, CA. by Dave McKean (HarperCollins), 2008 Medal Winner: Good Masters! Newbery winners are announced at the Midwint… 1931 Medal Winner: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (Macmillan)Honor Books: Members of 1931 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Mary Gould Davis, Julia  F. Carter, Nora Beust, Ethel Wright, Eva Leslie, Frances Atchkinson Bacon. 1922 Medal Winner: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon (Liveright)Honor Books: Members of 1922 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Clara W. Hunt, E. Gertrude Avey, Effie Lenore Power. 1937 Medal Winner: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1937 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Muriel Gilbert, Evelyn Wainwright Turpin, Ruth Giles, Harriet Dickson, Mary Gould Davis, Esther Greene, Mary R. Lucas, Vera J. Prout. Steinmetz.*. 1968 Medal Winner: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Long, Lucy C. Marx, Crystal Elaine McNally, Elizabeth Overmyer, Hilda W. Parfrey, Patricia Saylor, Ellen M. Stepanian, Jane C. Terwillegar. 1973 Medal Winner: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (Harper)Honor Books: Members of 1973 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Priscilla L. Moulton, Mary P. Brine, Margaret Bush, Edythe O. Cawthorne, Patricia Cianciolo, Irene Cullinane, Helen Cyr, Sara I. Fenwick, Patricia Finley, Catheryne Franklin, Virginia P. Gremillion, Shirley Gunderson, Ethel L. Heins, Anne R. Izard, Ann L. Kalkhoff, Amy Kellman, Isabel McCaul, Helen Mae Mullen, Donald B. Reynolds, Jr., Barbara Rollock, Betsy Rush, Annette P. Shockey, Henrietta Mays Smith. Dec 11, 2019 - Explore Sarah Yeri's board "Newbery medal" on Pinterest. 2020: New Kid, written and illustrated by Jerry Craft (HarperCollins)2019: Merci Suárez Changes Gears, written by Meg Medina (Candlewick)2018: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)2017: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers/Workman)2016: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (G.P. 1945 Medal Winner: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1945 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Harriet Leaf, Frances Clarke Sayers, Harriet Long, Claire Nolte, Alice E. Brown, Julia Sauer, Ruth L Adams, Agnes Currie Cook, Gladys English, Helen E. Kinsey, Helen Dean Fish, Irene Smith, Grace E. Cartmell, Adeline T. Dock, Ethel Connett Wright, Irene Branham, Evelyn Sickels, C. Irene Hayner, Amanda Browning, Agnes Krarap, Fannie Schmitt, Grace Winston. 1936 Medal Winner: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Macmillan)Honor Books: Members of 1936 Newbery Selection Committee: Chair Jessie E. Tompkins, Mary Francis Cox, Sarah A. 1976 Medal Winner: The Grey King by Susan Cooper (McElderry/Atheneum)Honor Books: Members of 1976 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Zena Sutherland, Chicago, IL; Mary J. Baker, Raymond W. Barber, Mae Benne, Helen S. canfield, Marian R. Capozzi, Irenemare H. Cullinane, Marguerite A. Dodson, Dorothy English, Elizabeth R. Goebel, Ellin Greene, Irene F. Hansen, Mary E. Johnson, Mary Frances Johnson, Margaret E. Johnston, Karlotta M. Mathews, Margaret J. Miller, Nancy Orr, Pauline E. Robinson, Barbara T. Rollock, Gail Sage, Margaret R. Sheviak, Jacqueilne M. 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