Newbery Award Winners

1922

The Story of Mankind, Hendrick Willem Van Loon

1923

The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, Hugh A. Lofting

1924

The Dark Frigate, Charles Boardman Hawes

1925

Tales from Silver Lands, Charles Joseph Finger

1926

Shen of the Sea, Arthur Bowie Chrisman

1927

Smoky, the Cow Horse, Will James

1928

Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, Dhan Gopal Mukerji

1929

The Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric P. Kelly

1930

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field

1931

The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

1932

Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer

1933

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

1934

Invincible Louisa, Cornelia Meigs

1935

Dobry, Monica Shannon

1936

Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink

1937

Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer

1938

The White Stag, Kate Seredy

1939

Thimble Summer, Elizabeth Enright

1940

Daniel Boone, James Henry Daugherty

1941

Call it Courage, Armstrong Sperry

1942

The Matchlock Gun, Walter Dumax Edmonds

1943

Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Janet Gray

1944

Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes

1945

Rabbit Hill, Robert Lawson

1946

Strawberry Girl, Lois Lenski

1947

Miss Hickory, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

1948

The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois

1949

King of the Wind, Marguerite Henry

1950

The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli

1951

Amos Fortune, Free Man, Elizabeth Yates

1952

Ginger Pye, Eleanor Estes

1953

Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark

1954

. . . And Now Miguel, Joseph Krumgold

1955

The Wheel on the School, Meindert DeJong

1956

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham

1957

Miracles on Maple Hill, Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen

1958

Rifles for Watie, Harold Keith

1959

The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare

1960

Onion John, Joseph Krumgold

1961

Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell

1962

The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare

1963

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle

1964

It's Like This, Cat, Emily Cheney Neville

1965

Shadow of a Bull, Maia Wojciechowska

1966

I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

1967

Up a Road Slowly, Irene Hunt

1968

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

1969

The High King, Lloyd Alexander

1970

Sounder, William H. Armstrong

1971

Summer of the Swans, Betsy Cromer Byars

1972

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

1973

Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George

1974

The Slave Dancer, Paula Fox

1975

M. C. Higgins, the Great, Virginia Hamilton

1976

The Grey King, Susan Cooper

1977

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

1978

Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson

1979

The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin

1980

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–32, Joan W. Blos

1981

Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson

1982

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

1983

Dicey's Song, Cynthia Voigt

1984

Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary

1985

The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley

1986

Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan

1987

The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman

1988

Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman

1989

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, Paul Fleischman

1990

Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

1991

Maniac Magee: a Novel, Jerry Spinelli

1992

Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993

Missing May, Cynthia Rylant

1994

The Giver, Lois Lowry

1995

Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech

1996

The Midwife's Apprentice, Karen Cushman

1997

The View from Saturday, E. L. Konigsburg

1998

Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse

1999

Holes, Louis Sachar

2000

Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis

2001

A Year Down Yonder, Richard Peck

2002

A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park

2003

Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Avi

2004

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

2005

Kira-Kira, Cynthia Kadohata

2006

Criss Cross, Lynne Rae Perkins

2006

The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron