I loved reading these YA books in the 70's or 80's! discussion
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Have you read any of these Newbery Medal awarded (honored) books?
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I read: These Happy Golden Years, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, Charlotte's Web, Old Yeller, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins, A Wrinkle in Time, Summer of the Swans, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM, Julie of the Wolves, Jacob Have I Loved and Ella Enchanted.
1944 These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder1946 Justin Morgan Had a Horse, Marguerite Henry
1953 Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1973 Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
1981 Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson
Wow, not as many as I thought!
I know I read a lot when I was younger but I've recently started re-reading a lot of my old favorites. Out of the ones listed:Old Yeller
Island of the Blue DOlphins
Summer of the Swans
Jacob Have I Loved
Number the Stars
The Black Pearl
Ramona and Her Father
Walk Two Moons
1957 Old Yeller, Fred Gipson1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1968 The Black Pearl, Scott O'Dell
1973 Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
1975 My Brother Sam is Dead, James Lincoln and Christopher Collier
1978 Ramona and Her Father, Beverly Cleary
1983 Dicey's Song, Cynthia Voight
1986 Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
1988 After the Rain, Norma Fox Mazer
1990 Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
I have read these:1939 Mr Popper's Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater
1944 These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1953 Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1966 The Noonday Friends, Mary Stolz
1971 Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.H.M., Robert C. O'Brien
1978 Ramona and Her Father, Beverly Cleary
1981 Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
1986 Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
I know that this post was started awhile ago, but I just had to comment because reading the Newbery Award Winners is one of my favorite literary things to do. I just finished one a few days ago, The Cat Who Went To Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth which was originally published back in 1930.1939 Mr Popper's Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater
1953 Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1971 Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.H.M., Robert C. O'Brien
1973 Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
1978 Ramona and Her Father, Beverly Cleary
1981 Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
1986 Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
1988 After the Rain, Norma Fox Mazer
1990 Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
1992 Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1998 Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine



1935 Davy Crockett, Constance Rourke
1938 The White Stag, Kate Seredy
1939 Mr Popper's Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater
1940 Daniel Boone, James Daugherty
1941 Call it Courage, Armstrong Sperry
1944 These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1946 Justin Morgan Had a Horse, Marguerite Henry
1947 Big Tree, Mary & Conrad Buff
1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois
1950 Tree of Freedom, Rebecca Caudill
1953 Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
1955 Banner in the Sky, James Ullman
1957 Old Yeller, Fred Gipson
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1966 The Noonday Friends, Mary Stolz
1968 The Black Pearl, Scott O'Dell
1971 Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.H.M., Robert C. O'Brien
1973 Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
1975 My Brother Sam is Dead, James Lincoln and Christopher Collier
1976 Dragonwings, Laurence Yep
1978 Ramona and Her Father, Beverly Cleary
1981 Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson
1983 Dicey's Song, Cynthia Voight
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
1986 Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
1988 After the Rain, Norma Fox Mazer
1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, Paul Fleischman
1990 Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
1992 Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 What Hearts, Bruce Brooks
1995 Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
1997 The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner
1998 Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine