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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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	ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág from University of Minnesota Word Books for 1st-3rd grade 1934 Newbery Honor Book in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $14.95
	Belling the Tiger by Mary Stolz, illustrated by Beni Montresor from HarperCollins for 2nd-3rd grade 1962 Newbery Honor Book in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-6th grade 1946 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Birthdays of Freedom Book One America's Heritage from the Ancient World by Genevieve Foster from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-6th grade 1953 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Birthdays of Freedom Book Two From the Fall of Rome to July 4, 1776 by Genevieve Foster from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-6th grade 1953 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	By the Shores of Silver Lake (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #5 by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Caddie Woodlawn A Frontier Story by Carol Ryrie Brink, illustrated by Kate Seredy from Macmillan Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade 1936 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink from Simon and Schuster Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade 1936 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $19.99
	Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry 1963 printing from Macmillan for 2nd-6th grade 1941 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrated by Lynd Ward First Edition from Simon and Schuster Eastern Fairy Tale for 3rd-6th grade 1931 Newbery Medal winner in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Children of the Soil A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon, illustrations by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 1936 Printing from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. for 3rd-6th grade 1933 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Animal Fantasy for 3rd-6th grade 1961 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James from Agate Bolden for Kindergarten-3rd grade 2018 Newbery Honor Book, 2018 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen from Houghton Mifflin for 1st-4th grade 2011 Newbery Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	El Deafo Superpowered Edition! by Cece Bell 2020 Living Book Press Edition from Amulet Books for 3rd-7th grade 2015 Newbery Honor Book in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
	Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade 2024 Newbery Medalist in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $19.99
	Eyes and the Impossible (May 14, 2024) by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade 2024 Newbery Medalist in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Floating Island by Anne Parrish, illustrated by "Mr. Doll" from Harper & Brothers for 3rd-6th grade 1931 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan 1^st edition from Atheneum for 3rd-6th grade 2017 Newbery Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Garram the Hunter A Boy of the Hill Tribes Travel and Adventure Library for Young Folks by Herbert Best, illustrated by Erick Berry 1939 Edition from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. for 3rd-6th grade 1931 Newbery Honor Book, Junior Literary Guild in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $50.00 (1 in stock)
	Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell, illustrated by Ilanka Karasz Reprint from Dover Publications for 3rd-6th grade 1947 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.95
	Honk, the Moose by Phil Stong from Trellis Publishing for 3rd-6th grade 1936 Newbery Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Honk, the Moose by Phil Stong; illustrated by Kurt Wiese from Dodd, Mead & Co. for 3rd-6th grade 1936 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Johnny Tremain Illustrated American Classics by Esther Forbes from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction/Adventure for 3rd-10th grade 1944 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	King of the Wind The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry 1950^th edition from Rand McNally Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade 1949 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	King of the Wind The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis from Aladdin Paperbacks Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade 1949 Newbery Medal winner in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $19.99
	King of the Wind (pictorial hardcover) The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry from Aladdin Paperbacks Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade 1949 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena 1^st edition from G.P. Putnam's Sons Realistic Fiction for Preschool-3rd grade 2016 Newbery Medal, 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor 2016 in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Little Blacknose by Hildegarde H. Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Harcourt, Brace & Company for 2nd-5th grade 1930 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Magic Maize by Mary & Conrad Buff 1968 First Cadmus Edition from E.M. Hale and Company for 3rd-6th grade 1952 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $22.00 (1 in stock)
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett, illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett and Helena Perez Garcia from Bushel & Peck Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Dover Publications Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Nothing But the Truth A Documentary Novel by Avi from Orchard Books for 3rd-6th grade 1992 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 1^st edition from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade 2013 Newbery Award Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Pecos Bill The Greatest Cowboy of All Time by James Cloyd Bowman, illustrated by Laura Bannon from Albert Whitman & Company for 3rd-6th grade 1938 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $22.00 (1 in stock)
	Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo With Seventeen Other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes by John Bennett from Longmans, Green & Co. for 3rd-8th grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade 2022 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $16.99
	Shen of the Sea Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman from Dutton Juvenile for 3rd-5th grade 1926 Newbery Medal in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $17.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Shen of the Sea Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman, illustrated by Else Hasselriis from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 3rd-5th grade 1926 Newbery Medal in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott First Ed from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 1st-4th grade 2006 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99
	Sounder by William H. Armstrong from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 3rd-8th grade 1970 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi from Orchard Books for 3rd-7th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Undefeated, The by Kwame Alexander First Ed from Houghton Mifflin for 1st-3rd grade 2020 Newbery Honor Book, 2020 Caldecott in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $17.99
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Hugh Lofting, illustrated by Sonja Lamut from Grosset & Dunlap Animal Fantasy for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, illustrated by Scott McKowen Reprint from Sterling Publishing Co. for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting from Dover Publications for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.95
	Wish Giver Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain, illustrated by Andrew Glass from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)

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