1922–2007 Newbery Medal Winners

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff


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 Pène 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 Treviño
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, Kate DiCamillo
2005
Kira-Kira, Cynthia Kadohata
2006
Criss Cross, Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books)
2007
The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson)

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