Newbery Award Winning Books in
Busse Library
(Shelved in the Curriculum Center; list is organized by decade)
Winners: 2000-present
- (2008) Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village.(Candlewick Books, c2007)
[ON ORDER]
- (2007) Patron, Susan, and Matt Phelan, ill. The Higher Power of Lucky. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006) j PatrS4
- (2006) Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. (Greenwillow Books, 2005) j PerkL3
- (2005) Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004) j KadoC4
- (2004) DiCamillo, Kate, and Timothy Basil Ering, ill. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess,
Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. (Candlewick Press, 2003) j DiCaK8
- (2003) Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. (Hyperion Books for Children, 2002) j Avi33
- (2002) Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. (Clarion Books, 2001) j ParkL7
- (2001) Peck, Richard. A Year Down Yonder. ((Dial, 2000) j PeckR9
- (2000) Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. (Delacourte, 1999) j CurtC3
Winners: 1990s
- (1999) Sachar, Louis. Holes. (Frances Foster, 1998) j SachaL5
- (1998) Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. (Scholastic, 1997) j HessK6
- (1997) Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1996) j KoniE8
- (1996) Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice. (Clarion Books, c1995) j CushK6
- (1995) Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. (HarperCollins, c1994) j CreeS8
- (1994) Lowry, Lois. The Giver. (Houghton Mifflin, 1993) j LowrL4
- (1993) Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May. (Orchard Books, c1992) j RyalC6
- (1992) Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh. (Atheneum, 1991) j NaylP7
- (1991) Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee. (Little, Brown, 1990) [NOT AVAILABLE]
- (1990) Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. (Houghton Mifflin, 1989) j LowrL6
Winners: 1980s
- (1989) Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. (Harper & Row, c1988) j 811 FL5
- (1988) Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. (Clarion Books, c1987) j 920 Li4
- (1987) Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy. (Greenwillow Books, c1986) j FleiS8
- (1986) MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall. (Harper & Row, c1985) j MaclP7
- (1985) McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. (Greenwillow, c1985) j MckiR5
- (1984) Clearly, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. (Morrow, 1983) j CleaB4
- (1983) Voigt, Cynthia. Dicey's Song. (Atheneum, 1982) j VoigC4
- (1982) Willard, Nancy. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for the Innocent and Experienced Travelers.
(Harcourt, c1981) j811 Wi8
- (1981) Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved. (Crowell, c1980) j PateK5
- (1980) Blos, Joan W. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal. (Scribner, c1979) j BlosJ4
Winners: 1970s
- (1979) Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game. (Dutton, c1978) j RaskE8
- (1978) Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. (Crowell, c1977) j PateK3
- (1977) Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. (Dial, c1976) j TaylM64
- (1976) Cooper, Susan. The Grey King. (Atheneum, 1975) j CoopS54
- (1975) Hamilton, Virginia. M.C. Higgins, the Great. (Macmillan, 1974) j HamiV62
- (1974) Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer. (Bradbury, 1973) j FoxP8
- (1973) George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. (Harper, 1972) j GeorJ64
- (1972) O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. (Atheneum, 1971) j ObriR6
- (1971) Byars, Betsy. Summer of the Swans. (Viking, c1981) j ByarB8
- (1970) Armstrong, William H. Sounder. (Harper, [1969]) j ArmsW66
Winners: 1960s
- (1969) Alexander, Lloyd. The High King. (Holt, [1968]) j AlexL5
- (1968) Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. (Atheneum, 1967) j KoniE4
- (1967) Hunt, Irene. Up a Road Slowly. (Follett, [1966]) j Huntl7
- (1966) de Travino, Elizabeth Borton. I, Juan de Pareja. (Farrar, [1965]) j TrevE5
- (1965) Wojciechowska, Maia. Shadow of a Bull. (Atheneum, 1964) j WojcM7
- (1964) Neville, Emily. It's Like This, Cat. (Harper, [1963]) j NeviE5
- (1963) L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. (Farrar, c1962) j LengM8
- (1962) Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow. (Houghton, 1961) j SpeaE3
- (1961) O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. (Houghton, 1960) j OdelS5
- (1960) Krumgold, Joseph. Onion John. (Crowell, [1959]) j KrumJ6
Winners: 1950s
- (1959) Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. (Houghton, 1958) j SpeaE8
- (1958) Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie. (Crowell, [1957]) j KeitH6
- (1957) Sorensen, Virginia. Miracles on Maple Hill. (Harcourt, [1956]) j SoreV6
- (1956) Latham, Jean Lee. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. (Houghton, 1955) j920 Bow3
- (1955) DeJong, Meindert. The Wheel on the School. (Harper, [1954]) j DeJoM8
- (1954) Krumgold, Joseph. ...And Now Miguel. (Crowell, [1953]) j KrumJ3
- (1953) Clark, Ann Nolan. Secret of the Andes. (Viking, 1952) j ClarA7
- (1952) Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye. (Harcourt, [1951]) j EsteE46
- (1951) Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man. (Dutton, c1950) j 920 For
- (1950) de Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall. (Doubleday, [1949]) j DeAngM4
Winners: 1940s
- (1949) Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind. (Rand McNally, [1948]) j HenrM6
- (1948) du Bois, William Pene. The Twenty-One Balloons. (Viking, 1947) jDuBoW8
- (1947) Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin. Miss Hickory. (Viking Press, 1946) j Bail C6
- (1946) Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl. (Lippincott, [1945]) j LensL7
- (1945) Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill. (Viking, 1944) j LawsR7
- (1944) Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. (Houghton, [1945]) j ForbE6
- (1943) Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road. (Viking, 1942) j GrayE3
- (1942) Edmonds, Walter. The Matchlock Gun. (Dodd, c1941) j EdmoW6
- (1941) Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage. (Macmillan, 1940) j SperrA3
- (1940) Daugherty, James. Daniel Boone. (Viking, c1922) j920 Bo
Winners: 1930s
- (1939) Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer. (Rinehart, c1938) j EnriE7
- (1938) Seredy, Kate. The White Stag. (Viking, 1937) j398.22 S
- (1937) Sawyer, Ruth. Roller Skates. (Viking, c1936) j SawyR8
- (1936) Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn. (Macmillan, c1935) j BrinC3
- (1935) Shannon, Monica. Dobry. (Viking) [NOT AVAILABLE]
- (1934) Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women.
(Little, Brown, c1934) j920 Alcott
- (1933) Lewis, Elizabeth. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. (Winston, c1932) j LewisE9
- (1932) Armer, Laura Adams. Waterless Mountain. (Longmans) [NOT AVAILABLE]
- (1931) Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven. (Macmillan, 1930) j CoatE3
- (1930) Field, Rachel. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. (Macmillan, [c1929]) j FielR5
Winners: 1920s [first award offered in 1922]
- (1929) Kelly, Eric P. The Trumpeter of Krakow. (Macmillan) [NOT AVAILABLE]
- (1928) Mukerji, Dhan Gopal. Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon. (Dutton, 1927) j MukeD5
- (1927) James, Will. Smoky, the Cowhorse. (Scribner, [c1926]) j JameW7
- (1926) Chrisman, Arthur Bowie. Shen of the Sea. (Dutton) j ChriA7
- (1925) Finger, Charles. Tales from Silver Lands. (Doubleday,c1924) j 398.2 F
- (1924) Hawes, Charles. The Dark Frigate. (Little, Brown) j HaweC4
- (1923) Lofting, Hugh. The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle. (Stokes) j LoftH8
- (1922) Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. The Story of Mankind. (Liveright) j909 Van7