Newbery Award Winners
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| 1949 - 1922 |
Present-1980 1979-1950 |
Winner:
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
- Honor books:
- Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin
My Father's Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps
1948
Winner:
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène DuBois
- Honor books:
- Pancakes-Paris by Claire Hutchet Bishop
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1947
Winner:
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
- Honor books:
- Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes
Big Tree by Mary and Conrad Buff
The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Jewett
1946
Winner:
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
- Honor books:
- Justin Morgan Had A Horse by Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston
New Found World by Katherine Shippen
1945
Winner:
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
- Honor books:
- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh
Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanette Eaton
1944
Winner:
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Honor books:
- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic by Julia Sauer
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yeats
1943
Winner:
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- Honor books:
- The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt
1942
Winner:
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
- Honor books:
- Little Town On the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin
1941
Winner:
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
- Honor books:
- Blue Willow by Doris Gates
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall
1940
Winner:
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
- Honor books:
- The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Boy With A Pack by Stephen W. Meader
1939
Winner:
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
- Honor books:
- Nino by Valenti Angelo
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Hello the Boat! by Phyllis Crawford
Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot by Jeanette Eaton
Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Elizabeth Gray Vining)
1938
Winner:
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
- Honor books:
- Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman
Bright Island by Mabel Robinson
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1937
Winner:
Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
- Honor books:
- Phebe Fairchild: Her Book by Lois Lenski
Whistlers' Van by Idwal Jones
The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound by Margery Williams Bianco
The Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes
Audubon by Constance Rourke
1936
Winner:
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Honor books:
- Honk, the Moose by Phil Stong
The Good Master by Kate Seredy
Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Elizabeth Gray Vining)
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry
1935
Winner:
Dobry by Monica Shannon
- Honor books:
- The Pageant of Chinese History by Elizabeth Seeger
Davy Crockett by Constance Rourke
A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic by Hilda Van Stockum
1934
Winner:
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
- Honor books:
- The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Snedeker
Swords of Steel: The Story of a Gettysburg Boy by Elsie Singmaster
The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág
The Winged Girl of Knossos by Erick Berry
New Land by Sarah Schmidt
Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside by Padraic Colum
Glory of the Seas by Agnes Hewes
The Apprentice of Florence by Ann Kyle
1933
Winner:
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
- Honor books:
- Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs
The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War by Hildegarde Swift
Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon
1932
Winner:
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
- Honor books:
- The Fairy Circus by Dorothy P. Lathrop
Calico Bush by Rachel Field
Boy of the South Seas by Eunice Tietjens
Out of the Flame by Eloise Lownsbery
Jane's Island by Marjorie Allee
The Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy by Mary Gould Davis
1931
Winner:
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Honor books:
- Floating Island by Anne Parrish
The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of A Pagan Princess by Alida Malkus
Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard
Mountains Are Free by Julia Davis (Julia Davis Adams)
Spice and the Devil's Cave by Agnes Hewes
Meggy MacIntosh by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Elizabeth Gray Vining)
Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes by Herbert Best
Ood-le-uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide and Margaret Johansen
1930
Winner:
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
- Honor books:
- A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland
by Jeanette Eaton
Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Miller
The Jumping-off Place by Marian Hurd McNeely
The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga by Ella Young
Vaino, a Boy of New Finland by Julia Davis (Julia Davis Adams)
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
1929
Winner:
The Trumpeter of Krakow: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century by Eric P. Kelly
- Honor books:
- The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock
Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs
The Runaway Papoose by Grace Purdie Moon
Tod, of the Fens by Elinor Whitney
1928
Winner:
Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- Honor books:
- The Wonder Smith and His Son: A Tale from the
Golden Childhood of the World by Ella Young
Downright Dencey by Caroline Snedeker
1927
Winner:
Smoky, the Cow Horse by Will James
- Honor books:
- None
1926
Winner:
Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- Honor books:
- The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum
1925
Winner:
Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
- Honor books:
- Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story by Annie
Carroll Moore
The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish
1924
Winner:
The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
- Honor books:
- None
1923
Winner:
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
- Honor books:
- None
1922
Winner:
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Honor books:
- The Great Quest: A Romance of 1826 by Charles Boardman Hawes
Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Marshall
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by William Bowen
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs
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