The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), which is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award honors the author of “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children”.
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2005 – ?
2004 – The Tale of Desperaux 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 Photobiography 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: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Nancy Willard
1981 – Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson
1980 – A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 Joan W. Blos
1979 – The Westing Game Ellen Raskin
1978 – Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
1977 – Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. 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 Trevino
1965 – Shadow of a Bull Maia Wojciechowska
1964 – It’s Like This, Cat Emily 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 Sorenson
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 Janet Gray
1942 – The Matchlock Gun Walter 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: The Story of the Author of Little Women Cornelia Meigs
1933 – Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth 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 Cowhorse 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
