Newbery Medal Winners

  • 2019: MERCI SUÁREZ CHANGES GEARS- MEG MEDINA
  • 2018: HELLO UNIVERSE- ERIN ENTRADA KELLY
  • 2017: THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON- KELLY BARNHILL
  • 2016: LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET- MATT DE LA PEÑA
  • 2015: THE CROSSOVER- KWAME ALEXANDER
  • 2014: FLORA & ULYSSES: THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES- KATE DICAMILLO
  • 2013: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN- KATHERINE APPLEGATE
  • 2012: DEAD END IN NORVELT- JACK GANTOS
  • 2011: MOON OVER MANIFEST- CLARE VANDERPOOL
  • 2010: WHEN YOU REACH ME- REBECCA STEAD
  • 2009: THE GRAVEYARD BOOK- NEIL GAIMAN
  • 2008: GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES! VOICES FROM A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE- LAURA AMY SCHLITZ
  • 2007: THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY- SUSAN PATRON
  • 2006: CRISS CROSS- LYNNE RAE PERKINS
  • 2005: KIRA-KIRA- CYNTHIA KADOHATA
  • 2004: THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX- KATE DICAMILLO
  • 2003: CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD- AVI
  • 2002: A SINGLE SHARD- LINDA SUE PARK
  • 2001: A YEAR DOWN YONDER- RICHARD PECK
  • 2000: BUD, NOT BUDDY- CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
  • 1999: HOLES- LOUIS SACHAR
  • 1998: OUT OF THE DUST- KAREN HESSE
  • 1997: THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY- E. L. KONIGSBURG
  • 1996: THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE- KAREN CUSHMAN
  • 1995: WALK TWO MOONS- SHARON CREECH
  • 1994: THE GIVER- LOIS LOWRY
  • 1993: MISSING MAY- CYNTHIA RYLANT
  • 1992: SHILOH- PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR
  • 1991: MANIAC MAGEE- JERRY SPINELLI
  • 1990: NUMBER THE STARS- LOIS LOWRY
  • 1989: JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES- PAUL FLEISCHMAN
  • 1988: LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPH- RUSSELL FREEDMAN
  • 1987: THE WHIPPING BOY- SID FLEISCHMAN
  • 1986: SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL- PATRICIA MACLACHLAN
  • 1985: THE HERO AND THE CROWN- ROBIN MCKINLEY
  • 1984: DEAR MR. HENSHAW- BEVERLY CLEARY
  • 1983: DICEY’S SONG- CYNTHIA VOIGT
  • 1982: A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKE’S INN- NANCY WILLARD
  • 1981: JACOB HAVE I LOVED- KATHERINE PATERSON
  • 1980: GATHERING OF DAYS- JOAN BLOS
  • 1979: THE WESTING GAME- ELLEN RASKIN
  • 1978: BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA- KATHERINE PATERSON
  • 1977: ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY- MILDRED TAYLOR
  • 1976: THE GREY KING- SUSAN COOPER
  • 1975: M. C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT- VIRGINIA HAMILTON
  • 1974: THE SLAVE DANCER- PAULA FOX
  • 1973: JULIE OF THE WOLVES- JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE
  • 1972: MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH- ROBERT C. O’BRIEN
  • 1971: SUMMER OF THE SWANS- BETSY BYARS
  • 1970: SOUNDER- WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG
  • 1969: THE HIGH KING- LLOYD ALEXANDER
  • 1968: FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER- E.L. KONIGSBURG
  • 1967: UP A ROAD SLOWLY- IRENE HUNT
  • 1966: I, JUAN DE PAREJA- ELIZABETH BORTON DE TREVIÑO
  • 1965: SHADOW OF A BULL- MAIA WOJCIECHOWSKA
  • 1964: IT’S LIKE THIS, CAT- EMILY CHENEY NEVILLE
  • 1963: A WRINKLE IN TIME- MADELEINE L’ENGLE
  • 1962: THE BRONZE BOW- ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE
  • 1961: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS- SCOTT O’DELL
  • 1960: ONION JOHN- JOSEPH KRUMGOLD
  • 1959: THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND- ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE
  • 1958: RIFLES FOR WATIE- HAROLD KEITH
  • 1957: MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL- VIRGINIA SORENSEN
  • 1956: CARRY ON, MR. BOWDITCH- JEAN LEE LATHAM
  • 1955: THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL- MEINDERT DEJONG
  • 1954: …AND NOW MIGUEL- JOSEPH KRUMGOLD
  • 1953: SECRET OF THE ANDES- ANN NOLAN CLARK
  • 1952: GINGER PYE- ELEANOR ESTES
  • 1951: AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN- ELIZABETH YATES
  • 1950: THE DOOR IN THE WALL- MARGUERITE DE ANGELI
  • 1949: KING OF THE WIND- MARGUERITE HENRY
  • 1948: THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS- WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS
  • 1947: MISS HICKORY- CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
  • 1946: STRAWBERRY GIRL- LOIS LENSKI
  • 1945: RABBIT HILL- ROBERT LAWSON
  • 1944: JOHNNY TREMAIN- ESTHER FORBES
  • 1943: ADAM OF THE ROAD- ELIZABETH GRAY VINING
  • 1942: THE MATCHLOCK GUN- WALTER D. EDMONDS
  • 1941: CALL IT COURAGE- ARMSTRONG SPERRY
  • 1940: DANIEL BOONE- JAMES DAUGHERTY
  • 1939: THIMBLE SUMMER- ELIZABETH ENRIGHT
  • 1938: THE WHITE STAG- KATE SEREDY
  • 1937: ROLLER SKATES- RUTH SAWYER
  • 1936: CADDIE WOODLAWN- CAROL RYRIE BRINK
  • 1935: DOBRY- MONICA SHANNON
  • 1934: INVINCIBLE LOUISA- CORNELIA MEIGS
  • 1933: YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE- ELIZABETH FOREMAN LEWIS
  • 1932: WATERLESS MOUNTAIN- LAURA ADAMS ARMER
  • 1931: THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN- ELIZABETH COATSWORTH
  • 1930: HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS- RACHEL FIELD
  • 1929: THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW- ERIC P. KELLY
  • 1928: GAY NECK, THE STORY OF A PIGEON- DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI
  • 1927: SMOKY THE COW HORSE- WILL JAMES
  • 1926: SHEN OF THE SEA- ARTHUR BOWIE CHRISMAN
  • 1925: TALES FROM SILVER LANDS- CHARLES FINGER
  • 1924: THE DARK FRIGATE- CHARLES HAWES
  • 1923: THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE- HUGH LOFTING
  • 1922: THE STORY OF MANKIND- HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON