Newbery

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. It was the first children's literary award in the world. It is named for John Newbery, an 18th century English publisher of juvenile books.

In addition to the Newbery medal the committee awards additional citations referred to as the Newbery Honor to worthy runners-up. Though the Newbery Honor was i
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Graveyard Book
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
When You Reach Me
Number the Stars
Holes (Holes, #1)
The Tale of Despereaux
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Bridge to Terabithia
The Westing Game
Moon Over Manifest
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Walk Two Moons
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Best Newbery Medal Award Winners
16 books — 32 voters
Wishtree by Katherine ApplegateBeyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkRefugee by Alan GratzThe War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyOrphan Island by Laurel Snyder
2018 Mock Newbery
100 books — 335 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloHatchet by Gary PaulsenRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Newbery Medal Honor Books
344 books — 443 voters

The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. SchmidtSimon Sort of Says by Erin BowThe Red Ear Blows Its Nose by Robert  SchechterA First Time for Everything by Dan SantatWhat Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
2024 Mock Newbery List
133 books — 109 voters
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaStarfish by Lisa FippsWhile I Was Away by Waka T. BrownAmari and the Night Brothers by B.B. AlstonAmber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz
Mock Newbery 2022
132 books — 178 voters

Betsy Byars
When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.
Betsy Byars, The Moon and I

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Lizzie K. Foley, Remarkable

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