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The John Newbery Medal

Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.
 
2003 Medal Winner

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

written by Avi
2003 Honor Books

House of Scorpion

written by Nancy Farmer
   

Pictures of Hollis Woods

written by Patricia Reilly Giff

 
   

Hoot

written by Carol Hiaasen
   

A Corner of the Universe

written by Ann M. Martin
   

Surviving the Applewhites

written by Stephanie S. Tolan
Past Newbery Medal Winners
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 R. Naylor
1991 MANIAC MAGEE Jerry Spinelli
1990 NUMBER THE STARS Lois Lowry
1989 JOYFUL NOISE Paul Fleischman
1988  LINCOLN  Russell Freedman
1987 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 A GATHERING OF DAYS Joan Blos
1979 THE WESTNG 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 C. George
1972 MRS. FRISBY & 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 B. de Trevino
1965 SHADOW OF BULL   Maia Wojciechowksa
1964 IT’S LIKE THIS, CAT Emily C. Neville
1963 A WRINKLE IN TIME  Madeleine L’Engle
1962 THE BRONZE BOW Elizabeth G. Speare
1961 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS  Scott O’Dell
1960 ONION JOHN  Joseph Krumgold
1959 THE WITCH OF THE BLACKBIRD POND  Elizabeth  G. Speare
1958 RIFLES FOR WATIE Harold Keith
1957 MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL Virginia E. Sorenson
1956 CARRY ON, MR. BOWDICTH  Jean L. Latham
1955 THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL  Meindert DeJong
1954 …AND NOW MIGUEL   Joseph Krumgold
1953 THE SECRETS OF THE ANDES  Ann N. Clark
1952 GINGER PYE Eleanor Estes
1951 AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN Elenor Yates
1950 THE DOOR IN THE WALL Marguerite De Angeli 
1949 KING OF THE WIND Marguerite Henry
1948 THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS  William Pene du Bois
1947 MISS HICKORY    Carolyn S. Bailey
1946 STRAWBERRY GIRL Lois Lenski
1945 RABBIT HILL Robert Lawson
1944 JOHNNY TREMAIN  Ester Forbes
1943 ADAM OF THE ROAD Elizabeth J. Gray
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 CADDLE WOODLAWN Carol R. Brink
1935 DOBRY Monica Shannon
1934 INVINCIBLE LOUISA  Cornelia Meigs 
1933 YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE Elizabeth F. Lewis
1932 WATER LESS MOUNTAIN Laura A. Armer
1931 THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN  Elizabeth  J. 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 G. Mukerji
1927 SMOKY, THE COWHORSE Will James
1926 SHEN OF THE SEA Arthur B. Chrisman
1925 TALES FROM SILVER LANDS   Charles J. Finger
1924 DARK FRIGATE Charles B. Hawes
1923 VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE Hugh Lofting
1922 THE STORY OF MANKIND Hendrik W. Van Loon 


For more information on the John Newbery Medal,
visit the Association for Library Service to Children site.


 

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