Newbery
"The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)." - Amazon.com
What I need to finish reading off the Newbery Medal list because being a kid (even in story) is awesome. I've also included a few Honors because I enjoyed them.
underline = finished
bold = favorite
normal text = still need to read
1922 The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1924 The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
1925 Tales from the Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1926 Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1927 Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
1928 Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
1932 Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
1935 Dobry by Monica Shannon
1936 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1937 Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1938 The White Stag by Kate Seredy // Honor: On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1939 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright // Honor: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
1940 Daniel Boone by James Daugherty // Honor: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1941 Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1942 The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds // Honor: Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1943 Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1944 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes // Honor: These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1945 Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson // Honor: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
1946 Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski // Honor: Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
1947 Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1948 The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois // Honor: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1949 King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1950 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
1952 Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1953 Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark // Honor: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
1954 And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1955 The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong // Honor: Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1957 Miracle on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
1958 Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1960 -
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell // Honor: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson)
1962 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare // Honor: The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
1963 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1964 It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville
1965 Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1966 I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
1967 Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
1969 The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1970 Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1971 Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
1973 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George // Honor: Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
1974 The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1975 M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton // Honor: My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
1976 The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
1978 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1979 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan Blos
1981 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
1983 Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary // Honor: The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1987 The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1989 Joyful Noise: Poems of Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
1990 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1991 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli // Honor: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1994 The Giver by Lois Lowry
1995 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech // Honor: Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
1996 The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1997 The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
1998 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse // Honor: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
1999 Holes by Louis Sachar
2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2001 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
2005 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2006 Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
One of those things I'd like to do in my lifetime.
What I need to finish reading off the Newbery Medal list because being a kid (even in story) is awesome. I've also included a few Honors because I enjoyed them.
underline = finished
bold = favorite
normal text = still need to read
1922 The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1924 The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
1925 Tales from the Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1926 Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1927 Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
1928 Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
1932 Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
1935 Dobry by Monica Shannon
1936 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1937 Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1938 The White Stag by Kate Seredy // Honor: On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1939 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright // Honor: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
1940 Daniel Boone by James Daugherty // Honor: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1941 Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1942 The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds // Honor: Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1943 Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1944 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes // Honor: These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1945 Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson // Honor: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
1946 Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski // Honor: Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
1947 Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1948 The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois // Honor: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1949 King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1950 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
1952 Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1953 Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark // Honor: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
1954 And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1955 The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong // Honor: Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1957 Miracle on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
1958 Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1960 -
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell // Honor: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson)
1962 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare // Honor: The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
1963 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1964 It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville
1965 Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1966 I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
1967 Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
1969 The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1970 Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1971 Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
1973 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George // Honor: Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
1974 The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1975 M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton // Honor: My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
1976 The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
1978 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1979 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan Blos
1981 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
1983 Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary // Honor: The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1987 The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1989 Joyful Noise: Poems of Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
1990 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1991 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli // Honor: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1994 The Giver by Lois Lowry
1995 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech // Honor: Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
1996 The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1997 The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
1998 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse // Honor: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
1999 Holes by Louis Sachar
2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2001 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
2005 Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2006 Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
One of those things I'd like to do in my lifetime.