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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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	Black Cauldron Prydain Chronicles #2 by Lloyd Alexander from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade 1966 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Blue Cat of Castle Town by Catherine Coblentz, illustrated by Janice Holland Dover 2017 from Dover Publications for 3rd-6th grade 1950 Newbery Honor Book in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $6.95
	Doctor De Soto by William Steig from Square Fish Publishing Animal Fantasy for Kindergarten-3rd grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Doll Bones by Holly Black Reprint from Margaret K. McElderry Books for 5th-9th grade 2014 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer First Printing from Scholastic Press for 4th-6th grade 1995 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Flora & Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo Reprint from Candlewick Press for 3rd-6th grade 2014 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Graven Images Three Stories by Paul Fleischman from Candlewick Press for 4th-7th grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman from HarperCollins for 6th-9th grade 2009 Newbery Medal winner, 2010 Carnegie Medal in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.99
	Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 6th Printing from Atheneum for 3rd-6th grade 1972 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Reissue from Puffin Books for 5th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Medal Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.99
	Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley from ACE Publishing for 5th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Medal Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	High King Prydain Chronicles #5 by Lloyd Alexander from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade 1969 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Holes Holes Series #1 by Louis Sachar from Yearling for 4th-6th grade 1999 Newbery Medal winner in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.99
	Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele Reprint from Puffin Books for 5th-8th grade 1970 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág from PaperStar Books Animal Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	My Father's Dragon My Father's Dragon Trilogy #1 by Ruth Stiles Gannett from Random House Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1949 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.95
	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)
	One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate from HarperCollins for 3rd-7th grade 2013 Newbery Award Winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fantasy for 7th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	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)
	Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope from Puffin Books Historical Fantasy for 7th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Savvy by Ingrid Law 10th Anniversary Edition from Puffin Books for 9th-12th grade 2009 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Reprint from Candlewick Press for 4th-7th grade 2013 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.99
	String in the Harp by Nancy Bond from Aladdin Paperbacks for 4th-8th grade 1977 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	String in the Harp by Nancy Bond from Puffin Books for 4th-8th grade 1977 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton from Amistad Press for 8th-11th grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	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) $8.99
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	The Underneath by Kathi Appelt Reprint from Atheneum for 5th-8th grade 2009 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Rick Riordan Presents by Kwame Mbalia from Disney-Hyperion for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine from HarperCollins for 4th-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $7.99 $4.50 (1 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) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting from Yearling for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead from Yearling for 5th-9th grade 2010 Newbery Medal winner in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $7.99
	Whittington by Alan Armstrong from Yearling for 4th-6th grade 2006 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.99
	Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat 1st paperback edition from Candlewick Press for 5th-9th grade 2021 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 10th Printing from Atheneum for 4th-7th grade 1973 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Quality Paperback Book Club Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)

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