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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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	Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster, expanded by Joanna Foster from Beautiful Feet Books Historical Non-fiction for 7th-10th grade 1945 Newbery Honor Book in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW) $21.95
	After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson Reprint from Puffin Books for 6th-9th grade 2009 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	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) $8.99
	Anpao An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater from HarperCollins for 5th-9th grade 1978 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.99
	Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction for 5th-9th grade 1962 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.99 $5.00 (2 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) $9.99
	Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose from Square Fish Publishing for 6th-9th grade 2010 Newbery Honor Book, 2010 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, National Book Award in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins from Greenwillow Books for 6th-9th grade 2006 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt from Atheneum for 6th-10th grade 1983 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $12.99
	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
	Downright Dency by Caroline Dale Snedeker from Bethlehem Books Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade 1928 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $16.95
	Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl from Firebird Press for 7th-9th grade 1971 Newbery Honor Book in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant 2nd Aladdin Paperbacks from Atheneum for 5th-9th grade 1987 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99
	Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Dale Snedeker from American Home-School Publishing for 7th-10th grade 1934 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Dale Snedeker from Bethlehem Books for 7th-10th grade 1934 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.95
	George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster, expanded by Joanna Foster from Beautiful Feet Books History Reference/Biography for 7th-10th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
	George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster, expanded by Joanna Foster and edited by Rea Berg from Beautiful Feet Books History Reference/Biography for 7th-10th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV) $21.95
	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz from Candlewick Press for 5th-9th grade 2008 Newbery Medal Winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $12.99
	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
	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)
	Hitler Youth Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Bartoletti Reprint from Scholastic Press for 7th-9th grade 2006 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, 2006 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $10.99
	House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Reprint from Atheneum for 8th-Adult 2003 Newbery Honor Book; 2003 National Book Award for Young People's Literature in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $12.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $7.99
	Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata from Atheneum for 6th-9th grade 2005 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99
	Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1988 Newbery Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.99 $7.50 (5 in stock)
	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt from Clarion Books for 7th-9th grade 2005 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.99
	Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Reprint from Atheneum for 8th-11th grade 2018 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $11.99
	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) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool from Yearling for 6th-10th grade 2011 Newbery Medal Winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks from HarperCollins for 7th-9th grade 1985 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99
	Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes Reprint from Greenwillow Books for 7th-9th grade 2004 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99
	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 Puffin Books Historical Fantasy for 7th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	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) $10.99
	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
	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) $10.99
	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) $9.99
	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) $11.99
	Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers First Printing from Scholastic Press for 7th-9th grade 1993 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99
	Spice and the Devil's Cave by Agnes Hewes, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Dover Publications for 4th-10th grade 1931 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton from Amistad Press for 8th-11th grade 1983 Newbery Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Upon the Head of the Goat A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal First Square Fish: Aug.2012 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 5th-9th grade 1982 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.99
	View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg from Aladdin Paperbacks for 5th-9th grade 1997 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99 $4.50 (3 in stock)
	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
	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
	Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk from Puffin Books for 6th-10th grade 2017 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck from Puffin Books Humorous Family Stories for 5th-9th grade 2001 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)

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