Lenox Township Library

Newbery Award Winners

Lenox Township Library

2009 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman

2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a

Medieval Village Laura Amy Schlitz

2007 The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron;

2006 Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins

2005 Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata

2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a

Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, & a Spool of Thread Kate DiCamillo

2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi

2002 A Single Shard Linda Sue Park

2001 A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck

2000 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis

1999 Holes Louis Sachar

1998 Out of the Dust Karen Hesse

1997 The View from Saturday E.L. Konigsburg

1996 The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman

1995 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech

1994 The Giver Lois Lowry

1993 Missing May Cynthia Rylant

1992 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1991 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli

1990 Number the Stars Lois Lowry

1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman

1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman

1987 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman

1986 Sarah, Plain and Tal Patricia MacLachlan

1985 The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley

1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary

1983 Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt

1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for

Innocent and Experienced Travelers Nancy Willard

1981 Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson

1980 A Gathering of Days:

A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 Joan W. Blos

1979 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin

1978 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson

1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor

1976 The Grey King Susan Cooper

1975 M. C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton

1974 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox

1973 Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George

1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien

1971 Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars

1970 Sounder William H. Armstrong

1969 The High King Lloyd Alexander

1968 From the Mixed-Up Filesof Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg

1967 Up a Road Slowly Irene Hunt

1966 I, Juan de Pareja Elizabeth Borton de

Trevino

1965 Shadow of a Bull Maia Wojciechowska

1964 It's Like This, Cat Emily Neville

1963 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle

1962 The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare

1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell

1960 Onion John Joseph Krumgold

1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare

1958 Rifles for Watie Harold Keith

1957 Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorensen

1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham

1955 The Wheel on the School Meindert DeJong

1954 ...And Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold

1953 Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark

1952 Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes

1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates

1950 The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli

1949 King of the Wind Marguerite Henry

1948 The Twenty-One Balloons William Pène du Bois

1947 Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

1946 Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski

1945 Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson

1944 Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes

1943 Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray

1942 The Matchlock Gun Walter Edmonds

1941 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry

1940 Daniel Boone James Daugherty

1939 Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright

1938 The White Stag Kate Seredy

1937 Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer

1936 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink

1935 Dobry Monica Shannon

1934 Invincible Louisa:The Story of the Author

of Little Women Cornelia Meigs

1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Lewis

1932 Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer

1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth

1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Rachel Field

1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric P. Kelly

1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon Dhan Gopal Mukerji

1927 Smoky, the Cowhorse Will James

1926 Shen of the Sea Arthur Bowie Chrisman

1925 Tales from Silver Lands Charles Finger

1924 The Dark Frigate Charles Hawes

1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting

1922 The Story of Mankind Hendrik Willem van Loon