A few thoughts on the illustrious Newbery Medal Winners, from 1922 til now. The idea was to produce an award which would give librarians the opportunity to recognize American authors producing “original creative work in the field of books for children.” It was Melcher who also suggested that the award be named after John Newbery (1713–1767). Any book that qualifies is eligible; it does not have to have been nominated. 1984 Medal Winner: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)Honor Books: Members of 1984 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth M. Greggs, Rebecca T. Bingham, Shirley A. Fitzgibbons, Margaret A. Grazier, Marilyn W. Greenberg, Elizabeth C. Hoke, Brenda V. Johnson, Mary D. Lankford, M.W. 2020 Newbery Honor. This book is an 2003 honor recipient. 2016 John Newbery Medal Winner. Author Matt de la Peña won the 2016 Newbery Medal for his picture book Last Stop on Market Street, which Christian Robinson illustrated. If you want to find a Newbery winning book that is funny or scary or mysterious or serious, click on the "Find a Good One" tab. 1959 Medal Winner: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton)Honor Books: Members of 1959 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth Burr, Free Library Commission, Madison, WI; Mabel Berry, Julia J. Brody, Gladys M. Deever, Mary K. Eakin, Sara I. Fenwick, Carolyn W. Field, Virginia E. Goddard, Virginia Haviland, Kathryn Howie, Anne R. Izard, Isabella Jinette, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Frances Lee, Gladys Lees, Jean A. Merrill, Elizabeth Miller, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Mabel F. Rice, Marian Schroether, Donabelle Secrist, Margaret Skiff. Fox, Susan L. Golden, Suzanne W. Hawley, Chrystal C. Jeter, Amy Kellman, Susan Knorr, Virgina McKee, Linda K. Murphy, Judith Rovenger, Karen Stanley, Anitra T. Steele, Vivian M. Sykes, Kathryn M. Weisman. 1991 Medal Winner: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown)Honor Book: Members of 1991 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Alice P. Naylor, Mary B. Bauer, Linda Boyles, Ellen G. Fader, Grace Worcester Greene, Jane A. Hannigan, Diane F. Holzheimer, Eva-Maria Lusk, Vaunda M. Nelson, Neel Parikh, Doris J. Robinson, Gretchen L. Stass, Michael O. Tunnell, Deborah E. Weilerstein, Janice A. Yee. by Dave McKean (HarperCollins)2008: Good Masters! Silva.*. The latest edition of the "Newbery and Caldecott Awards" guide covers the most distinguished American children's literature and illustration. Long, Dilla W.MacBean, Helen A. Masten, Barbara S. Moody, Effie Lee Morris, Mary Peters, Katherine Porter, Ruth W. Stewart, Jean Thomson, Bernice Wiese. 1927 Medal Winner: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James (Scribner)Honor Books: Members of 1927 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Louise P. Latimer, Charlotte Clark, Ruth Anne Overman, Helen F. Ingersoll, Alice M. Jordan, Annabel Porter, Julia F. Carter. Snow, Dorothea Dawson, Edna Louise Kent, Gertrude Mills, Bess Landfear. My Favorite Newbery Medal Winners Members of the 2013 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Steven Engelfried, Wilsonville Public Library, Hillsboro, OR; Blair B. Christolon, Prince William Public Library., Manassas, VA; Virginia Collier, Roswell Library, Roswell, GA; Amber Creger, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Chicago, IL; Sheri Daun-Bedford, Woodridge Public Library, Bolingbrook, IL; Roxane Feldman, The Dalton School, New York, NY; Jos Holman,  Tippecanoe County Public Library, Lafayette, IN; Kate Houston, Portland, OR; Caroline Kienzle, Apalachicola, FL; Amy McClure, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH; Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library, Venice, CA; Elizabeth Moreau, Mountain View Branch Library, Anchorage, AK; Susannah Richards, Eastern Connecticut State University, Storrs Mansfield, CT; Barbara Scotto, Brookline, MA; Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, Los Angeles, CA. 2000 Medal Winner:   Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte)Honor Books: Members of 2000 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Carolyn S. Brodie, Silver Lake, OH; Mary-Veronica Amison, New York, NY; Therese G. Bigelow, Kansas City, MO; James E. Cook, Dayton, OH; Susan Faust, San Francisco, CA; Judy Freeman, Highland Park, NJ; Chrystal Carr Jeter, Z.J. Day, Willye F. Dennis, Glenn E. Estes, Henry W. Garland III, Judith M. Goldberger, Ruth I. Gordon, Mary E. Kingsbury, Sarah Ann Long, Anne Y. MCConnell, Crysral E. McNally, Linda A. Perkins, Lynne R. Pickens, Anne C. Santangelo, Linda R. Silver, Sandra S. Sivulich, Nan J. Sturdivant, Peggy Sullivan, Rosemary Weber. 1967 Medal Winner: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (Follett)Honor Books: Members of 1967 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Augusta Baker, New York Public Library; Florence Butler, Mary Joyce Calletto, Winnifred M. Crossley, Sarita Davis, Margaret Farquhar, Virgina Fooks, Ruth Gagliardo, LLeone Garvey, Anne R. Izard, Helen Kinsey, Anne Kraus, Mary Elizabeth, Ledlie, Jane McGregor, Jean Merrill, Effie Lee Morris, Laura S. Pardee, Elsie Pitts, John Rowell, Spencer Shaw, Olivia Way, Sara Wheeler, Catherine Yamamoto. Sattley, Spence G. Shaw, Nancy A. The Blue Cat of Castle Town: by Catherine Cate Coblentz Newbery Honor Book, 1950 Members of the 2006 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Barstow, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH; Susan P. Bloom, Simmons College, Boston, MA; Doris Gebel, Northport-East Northport Public Library, Nesconset, NY; Steven L. Herb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Natalie Hoyle, Central Elementary School, Lemont, IL; Jonathan Hunt, Teel Middle School, Hughson, CA; Sue C. Kimmel, Gillespie Park Elementary School, Greensboro, NC; Anthony Manna, Kent, OH; Danita R. Nichols, New York Public Library, New York, NY; Rob Reid, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI; Kristine Springer, St. Joseph County Public Library, Sound Bend, IN; Alice F. Stern, Virginia Wing Library, West Roxbury, MA; Mary M. Wagner, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN; Maida L. Wong, South Pasadena Public Library, South Pasadena, CA. 1937 Medal Winner: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1937 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Muriel Gilbert, Evelyn Wainwright Turpin, Ruth Giles, Harriet Dickson, Mary Gould Davis, Esther Greene, Mary R. Lucas, Vera J. Prout. Newbery was an eighteent… The Newbery Medal has been given since 1922. This is a complete list of the books that have won the Newbery Award. Dec 11, 2019 - Explore Sarah Yeri's board "Newbery medal" on Pinterest. Members of the 2015 Newbery Selection Committee: Chair Randall Enos, Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown, N.Y.; Armin Arethna, Berkeley (Calif.) Public Library; Stephanie Bange, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Eti Berland, Hebrew Theological College, Chicago; Therese Bigelow, Coupeville, Wash.; Jennifer Brown, Bank Street College of Education, New York; Patrick Gall, Catherine Cook School, Chicago; Lolly Gepson, Northbrook (IL) Public Library; Abby Johnson, New Albany (IN) Floyd County Public Library; Yapha Mason, Brentwood School, Los Angeles; Shelley Quezada, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston; Stan Steiner, Boise (Idaho) State University; Sylvia Tag, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is a wonderful book about a group of kids who try to save some owls. 1969 Medal Winner: The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Holt)Honor Books: Members of 1969 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Isabella Jinnette, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; Marguerite Bagshaw, Augusta Baker, Mabel Boyd Bell, Mae Benne, Charlotte Davis, Mae Durham, Lucia Engle, Virginia Heffernan, Paul Heins, Carolyn Horovitz, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Kinsey, Mary Elizabeth Ledlie, Elizabeth h. Lockhart, Jean A. Merrill, Margaret H. Miller, Rosalind Mosier, Priscilla Moxom, Harriet Quimby, Zena Sutherland, Nancy Toy, Isabel Wilner, Children Services Division Staff Liason Ruth W. Tarbox. For more information on the Newbery Medal, ... We have picked our favorite Newbery Medal winning and honor titles. 1951 Medal Winner: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (Dutton)Honor Books: Members of 1951 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Elizabeth H. Gross, Enoch Pratt Free Library, MD; Mary Peters, Vernon Ives, Holiday House, Frances Whitehead, Jennie D. Lindquist, Natalie Edwin, Agatha Shea. Previously called “runner-ups,” the name was changed in 1971. Newbery Medal Winners. They’re some of the best books for middle school. 1980 Medal Winner: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos (Scribner)Honor Book: Members of 1980 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Barbara Moody, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; JoAnn Bell, Jane Botham, Kit Breckenridge, Mary Burns, Linda Carpino, Carolyn Croft, Patricia Feehan, Bonnie Fowler, Helen Gregory, Barbara Harrison, Mary Alice Hunt, Dorothea Hunter, Marcia Hupp, Marilyn Iarusso, barbara Immroth, Duane Johnson, Ginny M. Kruse, Rosa L. Presberry, Mary Ann Stevenson, Ruth Tarbox, Virginia Witucke. There has been one winner every year since 1922, so that’s… a lot of books. 1939 Medal Winner: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (Rinehart)Honor Books: Members of 1939 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Gladys English, Lesley Newton, Irene Smith, Alice Brunat, Jane A. Darrah, Marcella G. Klein, Florence B. Sloan, Elsa R. Berner. 1989 Medal Winner: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (Harper)Honor Books: Members of 1989 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Phyllis Jean Van Orden, Jane M. Bingham, Monica G. Carollo, Carolyn A. Caywood, Susan C. Griffith, Phyllis K. Kennemer, Christine M. Livingston, Elizabeth A. 1946 Medal Winner: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (Lippincott)Honor Books: Members of 1946 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Helen Fuller, Harriet Leafe, Helen Fuller, Carolyn Crawford, Elizabeth H. Kelly, Virginia Chase, Emma Lee, Florence Butler, Helen Kinsy, Dorothy Dickey, Eunice Blake, Irene Smith, Miriam Hagerman, Josephine Peabody, Alice Stoelzing, Ethel C. Karrick, Eveyln R. Sickels, Miriam b. 2011 Medal Winner: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool  (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books). 1936 Medal Winner: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Macmillan)Honor Books: Members of 1936 Newbery Selection Committee: Chair Jessie E. Tompkins, Mary Francis Cox, Sarah A. 1948 Medal Winner: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois (Viking)Honor Books: Members of 1948 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Chair Virginia Chase, Elizabeth A. Groves, Natalie Mayo, Josephine Lynch, Hellen Fuller, Margaret M. Clark, Salome Betts, Helen E. Kinsey, Alice B. Lewis, Katherine Porter, Margaret McElderry, Elizabeth H. Gross, Helen C. Bough, Ruth E. Hewitt, Jane Darrah, Katherine Ashley, Leone Garvey, Ruth M. Ersted, Phyllis Fenner, Naomi Hokanson, Mattie Ruth Moore, Mary K. Aiken. 2001 Medal Winner:   A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck (Dial)Honor Books: Members of 2001 Newbery Medal Selection Committee: Caroline S. Parr, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Va.; Kathleen Baxter, Anoka County Library, Minn.; Kristi Beavin, Arlington County Central Library, Va.; Faith J. Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Ill.; Marian Drabkin, Richmond Public Library, Calif.; B. Allison Gray, South Country Library, Bellport, N.Y.; Christine Jenkins, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ill.; Arla Jones, Lawrence High School, Kan.; Amy Lilien-Harper, Ferguson Library, Stamford, Conn.; Kathleen H. McCabe, East Meadow Public Library, Rockville Centre, N.Y.; Susan Moore, Louisville Free Public Library, Ky.; Todd Morning, Schaumberg Township Library, Elgin, Ill.; Katherine O'Dell, Multnomah County Library Administration, Portland, Ore.; Hedra Peterman, Free Library of Philadelphia, Pa.; and Barbara C. Scotto, Michael Driscoll School; Brookline, Mass. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually, "to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the best book in children's literature published the previous year. The list is in chronological order by year; the winning title is followed by honor titles. Members of the 2019 Newbery Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Ellen M. Riordan, D.C. 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