22 June 2009

A Worthy Goal?

Next reading project to tackle: all the Newberry Medalists.
Join me, won't you?


1922
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
1923
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
1924
The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
1925
Tales From the Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1926
Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1927
Smoky, the Cow Horse by Will James
1928
Gayneck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1929
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1930
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1931
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatswirth
1932
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1933
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1934
Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
1935
Dobry by Monica Shannon
1936
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1937
Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1938
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
1939
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
1940
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
1941
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1942
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
1943
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1944
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
1945
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
1946
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lensky
1947
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1948
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
1949
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1950
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1951
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
1952
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1953
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
1954
And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1955
The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong
1956
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1957
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
1958
Rifles For Watie by Harold Keith
1959
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1960
Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
1961
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
1962
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
1963
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
1964
It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville
1965
Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1966
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borten de Trevino
1967
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1968
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
1969
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1970
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1971
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1972
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
1973
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1974
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1975
M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
1976
The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1977
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
1978
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1979
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1980
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal 1830-32 by Joan Blos
1981
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1982
A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard
1983
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight
1984
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
1985
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1986
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1987
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1988
Lincoln Photobiography by R.Freedman
1989
Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman
1990
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1991
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
1992
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1994
The Giver by Lois Lowry
1995
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1996
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1997
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
1998
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
1999
Holes by Louis Sachar
2000
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2001
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
2002
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2003
Crispin:The Cross of Lead by Avi
2004
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
2005
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2006
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2007
Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2008
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
2009
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

1 comment:

  1. The High King received the award in 1969. It's the first--and possibly last--time in recorded history where saying the year in which the award was given is more entertaining than the book that received it.

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