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This award, named for the eighteenth-century English publisher and bookseller John Newbery, is given each year to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.


1922	Van Loon, Hendrik W.	The Story of Mankind.
1923	Lofting, Hugh	The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.
1924	Hawes, Charles	The Dark Frigate.
1925	Finger, Charles	Tales from Silver Lands.
1926	Chrisman, Arthur	Shen of the Sea.
1927	James, Will	Smoky the Cowhorse.
1928	Mukerji, Dhan	Gay-Neck, The Story of a Pigeon.
1929	Kelly, Eric P.	The Trumpeter of Krakow.
1930	Field, Rachel	Hitty, Her First Hundred Years.
1931	Coatsworth, Elizabeth	The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
1932	Armer, Laura	Waterless Mountain.
1933	Lewis, Elizabeth	Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze.
1934	Meigs, Cornelia	Invincible Louisa.
1935	Shannon, Monica	Dobry.
1936	Brink, Carol	Caddie Woodlawn.
1937	Sawyer, Ruth	Roller Skates.
1938	Seredy, Kate	The White Stag.
1939	Enright, Elizabeth	Thimble Summer.
1940	Daugherty, James	Daniel Boone.
1941	Sperry, Armstrong	Call it Courage.
1942	Edmonds, Walter	The Matchlock Gun.
1943	Gray, Elizabeth Janet	Adam of the Road.
1944	Forbes, Esther	Johnny Tremain.
1945	Lawson, Robert	Rabbit Hill.
1946	Lenski, Lois	Strawberry Girl.
1947	Bailey, Carolyn	Miss Hickory.
1948	DuBois, William Pene	The Twenty-One Balloons.
1949	Henry, Marguerite	King of the Wind.
1950	De Angeli, Marguerite	The Door in the Wall.
1951	Yates, Elizabeth	Amos Fortune, Free Man.
1952	Estes, Eleanor	Ginger Pye.
1953	Clark, Ann Nolan	Secret of the Andes.
1954	Krumgold, Joseph	...And Now Miguel.
1955	De Jong, Meindert	The Wheel on the School.
1956	Latham, Jean Lee	Carry on Mr. Bowditch.
1957	Sorensen, Virginia	Miracles on Maple Hill.
1958	Keith, Harold	Rifles for Watie.
1959	Speare, Elizabeth George	The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
1960	Krumgold, Joseph	Onion John.
1961	O’Dell, Scott	Island of the Blue Dolphins.
1962	Speare, Elizabeth George	The Bronze Bow.
1963	L’Engle, Madeline	A Wrinkle in Time.
1964	Neville, Emily	It’s Like This, Cat.
1965	Wojciechowska, Maia	Shadow of a Bull.
1966	Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de	I, Juan de Pareja.
1967	Hunt, Irene	Up a Road Slowly.
1968	Konigsburg, E.L.	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
1969	Alexander, Lloyd	The High King.
1970	Armstrong, William H.	Sounder.
1971	Byars, Betsy	Summer of the Swans.
1972	O’Brien, Robert C.	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.
1973	George, Jean Craighead	Julie of the Wolves.
1974	Fox, Paula	The Slave Dancer.
1975	Hamilton, Virginia	M.C. Higgins, the Great.
1976	Cooper, Susan	The Grey King.
1977	Taylor, Mildred D.	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
1978	Paterson, Katherine	Bridge to Terabithia.
1979	Raskin, Ellen	The Westing Game.
1980	Blos, Joan W.	A Gathering of Days.
1981	Paterson, Katherine	Jacob Have I Loved.
1982	Willard, Nancy	A Visit to William Blake’s Inn.
1983	Voigt, Cynthia	Dicey’s Song.
1984	Cleary, Beverly	Dear Mr. Henshaw.
1985	McKinley, Robin	The Hero and the Crown.
1986	MacLachlan, Patricia	Sarah, Plain and Tall.
1987	Fleischman, Sid	The Whipping Boy.
1988	Freedman, Russell	Lincoln: A Photobiography.
1989	Fleischman, Paul	Joyful Noise.
1990	Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars.
1991	Spinelli, Jerry	Maniac Magee.
1992	Naylor, Phyllis	Shiloh.
1993	Rylant, Cynthia	Missing May.
1994	Lowry, Lois	The Giver.
1995	Creech, Sharon	Walk Two Moons.
1996	Cushman, Karen	The Midwife's Apprentice.
1997	Konigsburg, E. L.	The View From Saturday.
1998	Hesse, Karen	Out of the Dust.
1999	Sachar, Louis	Holes.
2000	Curtis, Christopher	Bud Not Buddy.
2001	Peck, Richard	A Year Down Yonder.
2002	Park, Linda Sue	A Single Shard.
2003	Avi	Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
2004	DiCamillo, Kate	The Tale of Despereaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread.
2005	Kadohata, Cynthia	Kira-Kira.
2006	Perkins, Lynne Rae	Criss Cross.
2007	Patron, Susan	The Higher Power of Lucky.
2008	Schlitz, Laura Amy	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village.
2009	Gaiman, Neil	The Graveyard Book.
2010	Stead, Rebecca	When You Reach Me.
2011	Vanderpool, Clare	Moon Over Manifest.
2012	Gantos, Jack	Dead End in Norvelt