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Newbery Medal Winners

1922 - Present

1922- The Story of Mankind- Hendrik Willem van Loon 1967- Up a Road Slowly- Irene Hunt
1923- The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle- Hugh Lofting 1968- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler- E.L. Konigsburg
1924- The Dark Frigate- Charles Hawes 1969- The High King- Lloyd Alexander
1925- Tales from Silver Lands- Charles Finger 1970- Sounder- William H. Armstrong
1926- Shen of the Sea- Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1971- Summer of the Swans- Betsy Byars
1927- Smoky, the Cowhorse- Will James 1972- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH- Robert C. O'Brien
1928- Gay NEck, the Story of a Pigeon- Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1973- Julie of the Wolves- Jean Craighead George
1929- The Trumpeter of Krakow- Eric P. Kelly 1974- The Slave Dancer- Paula Fox
1930- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years- Rachel Field 1975- M.C. Higgins, the Great- Virginia Hamilton
1931- The Cat Who Went to Heaven- Elizabeth Coatsworth 1976- The Grey King- Susan Cooper
1932- Waterless Mountain- Laura Adams Armer 1977- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry- Mildred D. Taylor
1933- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze- Elizabeth Lewis 1978- Bridge to Terabithia- Katherine Paterson
1934- Invincible Louisa- Cornelia Meigs 1979- The Westing Game- Ellen Raskin
1935- Dobry- Monica Shannon 1980- A Gathering of Days- Joan W. Blos
1936- Caddie Woodlawn- Carol Ryrie Brink 1981- Jacob Have I Loved- Katherine Paterson
1937- Roller Skates- Ruth Sawyer 1982- A Visit to William Blake's Inn- Nancy Willard
1938- The White Stag- Kate Seredy 1983- Dicey's Song- Cynthia Voigt
1939- Thimble Summer- Elizabeth Enright 1984- Dear Mr. Henshaw- Beverly Cleary
1940- Daniel Boone- James Daugherty 1985- The Hero and the Crown- Robin McKinley
1941- Call It Courage- Armstrong Sperry 1986- Sarah, Plain and Tall- Patricia MacLachlan
1942- The Matchlock Gun- Walter Edmonds 1987- The Whipping Boy- Sid Fleischman
1943- Adam of the Road- Elizabeth Janet Gray 1988- Lincoln: A Photobiography- Russell Freedman
1944- Johnny Tremain- Esther Forbes 1989- Joyful Noise- Paul Fleischman
1945- Rabbit Hill- Robert Lawson 1990- Number the Stars- Lois Lowry
1946- Strawberry Girl- Lois Lenski 1991- Maniac Magee- Jerry Spinelli
1947- Miss Hickory- Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1992- Shiloh- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1948- The Twenty-One Balloons- William Pene du Bois 1993- Missing May- Cynthia Rylant
1949- King of the Wind- Marguerite Henry 1994- The Giver- Lois Lowry
1950- The Door in the Wall- Marguerite de Angeli 1995- Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech
1951- Amos Fortune, Free Man- Elizabeth Yates 1996- The Midwife's Apprentice- Karen Cushman
1952- Ginger Pye- Eleanor Estes 1997- The View from Saturday- E. L. Konigsburg
1953- Secret of the Andes- Ann Nolan Clark 1998- Out of the Dust- Karen Hesse
1954- ...And Now Miguel- Joseph Krumgold 1999- Holes- Louis Sachar
1955- The Wheel on the School- Meindert DeJong 2000- Bud, Not Buddy- Christopher Paul Curtis
1956- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch- Jean Lee Latham 2001- A Year Down Yonder- Richard Peck
1957- Miracles on Maple Hill- Virginia Sorenson 2002- A Single Shard- Linda Sue Park
1958- Rifles for Watie- Harold Keith 2003- Crispin: The Cross of Lead- Avi
1959- The Witch of Blackbird Pond- Elizabeth George Speare 2004- The Tale of Desperaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread - Kate DiCamillo
1960- Onion John- Joseph Krumgold 2005- Kira-Kira- Cynthia Kadohata
1961- Island of the Blue Dolphin- Scott O'Dell 2006- The Hellow, Goodbye Window- Norton Juster
1962- The Bronze Bow- Elizabeth George Speare
1963- A Wrinkle in Time- Madeline L'Engle
1964- It's Like This, Cat- Emily Neville
1965- Shadow of a Bull- Maia Wojciechowska
1966- I, Juan de Pareja- Elizabeth Borton de Trevino