Resources for Education: Caldecott Award Winning Books

The Newbery Medal, named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. For more information visit ALA's Newbery Medal Home Page.

(Note: All call numbers listed are in the Drexel Library's Curriculum Materials Center (CMC).
You may check a Newbery book's availability by clicking the associated call number.)

Year Author Title CMC Call Number

2008 Schlitz,Laura Amy Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Voices from a Medieval Village PS3619.S36 G66 2007

2007 Patron, Susan The Higher Power of Lucky PZ7.P27565 H54 2006

2006 Perkins, Lynne Rae Criss Cross PZ7.P4313 C7 2005

2005 Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira PZ7.K1186 K5 2004

2004 DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux PZ8.D525 T35 2003

2003 Avi Crispin: The Cross of Lead
PZ7.A953 C7 2002

2002 Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard
PZ7.P22115 S5 2001

2001 Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder PZ7.P338 Y4 2000

2000 Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy PZ7.C94137 B8 1999

1999 Sachar, Louise Holes PZ7.S1185 H6 1998

1998 Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust PZ7.H4364 O8 1997

1997 Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday PZ7.K8352 V54 1996

1996 Cushman , Karen The Midwife's Apprentice PZ7.C962 M5 1995

1995 Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons PZ7.C8615 W35 1994

1994 Lowry, Lois The Giver PZ7.L9673 G58 1993

1993 Rylant, Cynthia Missing May PZ7.R982M57 1992

1992 Naylor, Phillis Reynolds Shiloh PZ7.N24S45 1991

1991 Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee PZ7.S75663 M36 1990

1990 Lowry, Lois Number the Stars PZ7.L9673 N86 1989

1989 Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices PS3556.F55 J6 1988

1988 Freedman, Russell Lincoln, A Photobiography E457.905.F73 1987

1987 Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy PZ7.F5992W5 1986

1986 MacLachain, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall PZ7.M2225.S3 1985

1985 McKinley, Robin The Hero and the Crown PZ7.M47868H4 1984

1984 Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw PZ7.C5792D4 1983

1983 Voigt, Cynthia Dicey's Song PZ7.V874D5 1983

1982 Willard, Nancy A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems
for Innocent and Experienced Travelers PZ8.3.W5V5

1981 Paterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved
PZ7.P273J3 1980
PZ7.P273 J3 1980

1980 Blos, Joan W. A Gathering of Days:
A New England Girl's Journal PZ7.B6237G3

1979 Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game PZ7.R1817W4 1978

1978 Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia PZ7.P273B7

1977 Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry PZ7.T21723R6 1976

1976 Cooper, Susan The Grey King PZ7.C7878G9

1975 Hamilton, Virginia M.C. Higgins the Great PZ7.H1828M3

1974 Fox, Paula The Slave Dancer PZ7.F838S55

1973 George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves PZ7.G2933J8

1972 O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH PZ10.3.O19M5 1972

1971 Byars, Betsy Summer of the Swans PZ7.B9836 S9

1970 Armstrong, William H. Sounder PZ7.A73394S6

1969 Alexander, Lloyd The High King PZ7.A3774H5

1968 Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-Up Files
of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler PZ7.K8352 F7 1967

1967 Hunt, Irene Up a Road Slowly PZ7.H9156U6

1966 de Trevino, Elizabeth B. I, Juan de Pareja PZ7.T7327I2

1965 Wojciechowska, Maia Shadow of a Bull PZ7.W8182S5 1966

1964 Neville, Emily It's Like This, Cat PZ7.N462I8

1963 L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time PZ7.L5385 W7 1962

1962 Speare, Elizabeth The Bronze Bow PZ7.S7376B7

1961 O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins PZ7.O237I8

1960 Krumgold, Joseph Onion John PZ7.K946O5

1959 Speare, Elizabeth G. The Witch of Blackbird Pond PZ7.S7376 W5

1958 Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie PZ7.K255R5

1957 Sorensen, Virginia E. Miracles on Maple Hill PZ7.S72M5

1956 Latham, Jean Lee Carry On, Mr. Bowditch PZ7.L348C3

1955 de Jong, Meindert The Wheel on the School PZ7.D3675W45

1954 Krumgold, Joseph And Now Miguel PZ7.K946An

1953 Clark, Ann Nolan Secret of the Andes
PZ7.C5296S4 1966

PZ7.C5296 S4 1976

1952 Estes, Eleanor Ginger Pye PZ7.E749G5

1951 Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man E185.97.F73Y3 1967

1950 de Angeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall PZ7.D35D6

1949 Henry, Marguerite King of the Wind PZ10.3.H43K5 1966

1948 du Bois, William Pene The Twenty-One Balloons PZ7.D8527T79 1966

1947 Bailey, Carolyn S. Miss Hickory PZ7.B15 M5

1946 Lenski, Lois Strawberry Girl PZ7.L54S7

1945 Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill PZ10.3.L39R3 1966

1944 Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain PZ7.F749J6

1943 Gray, Elizabeth Janet Adam of the Road PZ7.G777A3 1967

1942 Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun PZ7.E247 M38 1941

1941 Sperry, Armstrong Call it Courage PZ8.1.S75C3 1966

1940 Daugherty, James Daniel Boone F454.B733

1939 Enright, Elizabeth Thimble Summer PZ7.E5T45 1966

1938 Seredy, Kate The White Stag PZ8.1.S457W45 1966

1937 Sawyer, Ruth Roller Skates PZ7.S269R6 1966

1936 Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn PZ7.B78C3 1967

1935 Shannon, Monica Dobry PZ7.S529D6 1967

1934 Meigs, Cornelia Invincible Louisa PS1018.M4

1933 Lewis, Elizabeth
Foreman Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze PZ7.L5849Y6 1966

1932 Armer, Laura Adams Waterless Mountain PZ7.A715Wat5

1931 Coatsworth, Elizabeth The Cat Who Went to Heaven PZ7.C6294 C38

1930 Field, Rachael Hitty, Her First Hundred Years PZ7.F442 H5

1929 Kelly, Eric P. The Trumpeter of Krakow PZ7.K294 T7

1928 Mukerji, Dhan Gopal Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon QL795.B57M8 1967

1927 James, Will Smoky the Cowhorse PZ10.3.J275 S6

1926 Chrisman, Arthur B. Shen of the Sea PZ7.C45 1966

1925 Finger, Charles J. Tales from Silver Lands PZ8.F494T3

1924 Hawes, Charles B. The Dark Frigate PZ7.H312D3 1962

1923 Lofting, Hugh The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle PZ7.L827V6

1922 van Loon, Hendrik
Willem The Story of Mankind
D21.V3 1967
D21 .V3 1921

See also:

Books in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC):

Caldecott Award-winning Books

Books for Beginning Readers

Math-related Children's Books

Children's Literature

Resources for Education