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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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	All Sail Set by Armstrong Sperry from David R. Godine Nautical Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1936 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $12.71 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick Press Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade 2001 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Updated from Candlewick Press Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade 2001 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Bomb The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin from Scholastic Inc. for 5th-9th grade 2013 Newbery Honor Book in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr from Greenwillow Books for 3rd-7th grade 2019 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.64 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin from Square Fish Publishing for 4th-7th grade 2012 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.64 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis from Yearling Realistic Fiction for 4th-6th grade 2000 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64 $4.00 (3 in stock)
	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1956 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $13.59 $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 5th-9th grade 1956 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg from HarperCollins Historical Non-Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1986 Newbery Honor Book in Japan (Location: HISMC-JAP) $8.49 $5.60 (2 in stock)
	Cow-Tail Switch And Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander, George Herzog Reissue from Square Fish Publishing for 5th-7th grade 1948 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $15.29 $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Dogsong by Gary Paulsen from Simon and Schuster for 5th-8th grade 1986 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.64 $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Down Ryton Water by E.R. Gaggin from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. for 4th-6th grade 1942 Newbery Honor in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $3.60 (2 in stock)
	Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman from Clarion Books Biography for 4th-6th grade 1994 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.04 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-8th grade 2000 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Golden Fleece And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum & Willy Pogany from Aladdin Paperbacks Greek Mythology for 3rd-8th grade 1922 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.34 $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright, illustrated by Beth & Joe Krush from Harcourt Realistic Fiction for 4th-6th grade 1958 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49 $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson from HarperCollins for 5th-8th grade. 1979 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Great Wheel by Robert Lawson from Walker and Company Realistic fiction for 4th-8th grade 1958 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $8.49 $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Hatchet by Gary Paulsen from Aladdin Paperbacks for 4th-8th grade 1988 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $7.64 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	High King Prydain Chronicles #5 by Lloyd Alexander from Yearling Fantasy for 4th-8th grade 1969 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz from PaperStar Books Autobiography for 4th-8th grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.79 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Hoot by Carl Hiaasen from Yearling for 4th-6th grade 2003 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer from Penguin Putnam for 4th-6th grade 2001 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	In the Beginning Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton, Illustrated by Barry Moser from Houghton Mifflin for 3rd-8th grade 1989 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $17.00 $8.80 (1 in stock)
	Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik 2^nd edition from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-6th grade Newbery Honor Book 1967 in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $5.94 $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Joyful Noise Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman from HarperCollins for 2nd-6th grade 1989 Newbery Medal winner in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $5.94 $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Kildee House by Rutherford G. Montgomery from Walker and Company for 4th-6th grade 1950 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.20 (2 in stock)
	Li Lun Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger from Walker and Company Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade 1948 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64 $3.20 (3 in stock)
	Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1988 Newbery Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.89 $5.60 (4 in stock)
	Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen, illustrated by Beth & Joe Krush 2003 edition from Harcourt Family Stories for 4th-7th grade 1957 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick from Scholastic Press for 3rd-6th grade 2010 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.64 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates, illustrated by Nora S. Unwin from Bob Jones University Press Realistic Fiction for 4th-6th grade 1944 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means from Walker and Company for 4th-6th grade 1946 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade 2013 Newbery Award Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Reprint from Amistad Press for 4th-7th grade 2011 Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $8.49 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm from Yearling for 4th-6th grade 2007 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.64 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope from Scholastic Inc. Historical Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Rules by Cynthia Lord Reprint from Scholastic Press for 4th-7th grade 2007 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.79 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs from Bloomsbury Publishing Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade 1933 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49 $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick Press for 3rd-6th grade 2004 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.64 $4.40 (2 in stock)
	Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine from HarperCollins for 4th-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade 1973 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg from Aladdin Paperbacks for 5th-9th grade 1997 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.79 $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Volcano The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber from Simon and Schuster for 3rd-6th grade 1987 Newbery Honor Book in Natural Disasters: Earthquakes & Volcanoes (Location: SCI-EARVO) $9.99 $6.00 (4 in stock)
	Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade 1932 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.09 $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt from Sandpiper Books for 4th-6th grade 2008 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.49 $4.00 (1 in stock)

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