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Click here for a complete list of Newbery Medalists, organized by year with ratings, FLAWS, and links to book reviews.

Once upon a time there was a bookseller. His name was Frederic G. Melcher, and he knew in his heart that books for children were just as important as books for adults, if not more so. Why, he wondered, are they so often ignored? He thought and thought, and decided in the end that it didn't matter why; what mattered was that he did something to change all that.

He did. In 1921, he proposed the Newbery Award to the American Library Association, a prize named for 18th-century English bookseller John Newbery to be given to the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. The Association's Executive Board approved the idea, much to the joy of children's librarians everywhere, and the first Newbery Award was given in 1922.

The express purpose of the medal was "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field."

Melcher's brainchild was the first children's book award in the world, and remains the measure of all the others. He went on to initiate the Caldecott Award for best illustrated children's book, and together the Newbery and the Caldecott provide an important standard for evaluating children's books in the United States and beyond.

Between 2012-2014, our friend Caleb undertook the project of reviewing ALL the medalists, which he completed (he wrote a sad summary of his journey here). While that is essentially done (we haven't managed to keep it up), we're now gathering information to compile reviews for the honor books! If you'd like to be a part of that process, we invite you to join us at the Facebook group "The Newbery Books Discussion Group."

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	Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Reprint from Puffin Books for 7th-10th grade 2005 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader, illustrated by Edward Shenton from Harcourt, Brace & Company for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly from HarperTrophy for 8th-10th grade 1994 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.94 $2.40 (2 in stock)
	Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt from Atheneum for 6th-10th grade 1983 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $11.04
	Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan First Ed from Scholastic Press for 7th-10th grade 2016 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.99
	Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley from Dial Press for 9th-Adult 2021 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Horsecatcher, The by Mari Sandoz from Westminster Press for 6th-10th grade 1958 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Horsecatcher, The by Mari Sandoz First Bison Book from Bison Books for 6th-10th grade 1958 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $12.71
	Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson from HarperCollins Family Stories for 7th-10th grade 1981 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.94
	Jane's Island by Marjorie Hill Allee, illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza from Riverside Press Realistic fiction for 6th-10th grade 1932 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos Reprint from Square Fish Publishing for 7th-10th grade 2001 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.79
	Julie of the Wolves "Julie" Trilogy Book 1 by Jean Craighead George from HarperCollins Adventure for 7th-10th grade 1973 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $6.79
	Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Reprint from Atheneum for 8th-11th grade 2018 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $10.19
	M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton from Aladdin Paperbacks for 6th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $1.60 (1 in stock)
	M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton from Simon and Schuster for 6th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton from Aladdin Paperbacks for 6th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.79 $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman from Clarion Books Realistic Fiction for 7th-10th grade 1996 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Realistic Fiction for 7th-10th grade 1996 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool from Yearling for 6th-10th grade 2011 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64
	New Land A Novel for Boys and Girls by Sarah Lindsay Schmidt from Robert M. McBride & Co. for 7th-10th grade 1934 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome from Holiday House for 6th-Adult 2025 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.14
	One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome from Holiday House for 6th-Adult 2025 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64
	Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson Paperback Edition from Bloomsbury Publishing for 7th-10th grade 2018 Newbery Honor Book, 2018 Coretta Scott King Award in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $9.34
	Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers Revised Paperback, 2013 from Amistad Press for 7th-10th grade 1989 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $13.59
	Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne F. Staples Reprint from Ember for 8th-12th grade 1990 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49
	Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow from Disney-Hyperion for 7th-10th grade 2024 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $14.44
	Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow from Disney-Hyperion for 7th-10th grade 2024 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Aladdin Paperbacks Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.94
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.40 (2 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Bradbury Press Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, illustrated by Eros Keith from Bradbury Press Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Solitary Blue Tillerman Cycle #3 by Cynthia Voight Reprint from Atheneum for 6th-10th grade 1984 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $10.19
	Song of the Pines A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin Land of the Free Series by Walter & Marion Havighurst, illustrated by Richard Floethe 1^st edition from John C. Winston Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade 1950 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech from HarperCollins for 7th-10th grade 1995 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.79
	Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk from Puffin Books for 6th-10th grade 2017 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64
	Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk from Puffin Books for 6th-10th grade 2017 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.40 (1 in stock)

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