Title (Year) Lexile Call Number The Tale of Despereaux (2004) 670 J Fic DiCamillo Kira-Kira (2005) 740 J Fic Kadohata Criss Cross (2006) 820 YA Fic Perkins The Higher Power of Lucky (2007) 1010 J Fic Patron Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village (2008) N/A J 812.6 Schlitz The Graveyard Book (2009) 820 YA Fic Gaiman When You Reach Me (2010) 750 J Fic Stead Moon Over Manifest (2011) 800 J Fic Vanderpool Dead End in Norvelt (2012) 920 J Fic Gantos The One and Only Ivan (2013) N/A J Fic Applegate Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated 520 J FIc Dicamillo Adventures (2014) The Crossover (2015) 750 J Fic Alexander Last stop on Market Street (2016) 610 E De La Pena The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2017) 640 J Fic Barnhill Hello, Universe (2018) 690 J Fic Kelly Merci Suarez Changes Gears (2019) 700 J Fic Medina The Newbery Medal New Kid (2020) GN 320 J Graphic New Awarded annually by the When You Trap a Tiger (2021) 590 J Fic Keller Association for Library Service to Children, The American Library Association NAPA COUNTY LIBRARY Children’s Services Napa Main Library The Newbery Medal was first offered in 1921 by Frederic G. Melcher (1879-1963) as an incentive for 253-4070 better quality in children’s books. The medal honors www.napalibrary.org/kids John Newbery, the famous 18th century publisher and seller of children’s books. It is now donated annually Yountville Calistoga American Canyon by the Melcher family to the author of the most Library Library Library distinguished contribution to American literature for 944-1888 942 - 4833 644-1136 children published during the preceding year.

1/2021 Newbery Award Winners Title (Year) Lexile Call Number Title (Year) Lexile Call Number The Story of Mankind (1922) 1260 J 909 Van Loon Title (Year) Lexile Call Number The Grey King (1976) 930 J Fic Cooper The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1923) 860 J Fic Lofting The Door in the Wall (1950) 990 J Fic De Angeli Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977) 920 J Fic Taylor The Dark Frigate (1924) 1230 YA PB H (Hawes) Amos Fortune, Free Man (1951) 1090 J B Fortune by Bridge to Terabithia (1978) 810 J Fic Paterson Yates Tales from Silver Lands (1925) 1320 J 398.209 Finger The Westing Game (1979) 750 J Fic Raskin Ginger Pye (1952) 990 J Fic Estes Shen of the Sea (1926) 780 J Fic Chrisman A Gathering of Days (1980) 960 J Fic Blos Secret of the Andes (1953) 710 J Fic Clark Smoky the Cowhorse (1927) 1440 J Fic James Jacob Have I Loved (1981) 880 J Fic Paterson …And Now, Miguel (1954) 780 J Fic Krumgold Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon (1928) 1040 J Fic Mukerji A Visit to William Blake’s Inn (1982) N/A J 811 Willard The Wheel on the School (1955) 710 J Fic De Jong The Trumpeter of Krakow (1929) 1200 J Fic Kelly Dicey’s Song (1983) 710 J Fic Voigt Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (1956) 570 J Fic Latham Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1930) 1180 J Fic Field Dear Mr. Henshaw (1984) 910 J Fic Cleary Miracles on Maple Hill (1957) 750 J Fic Sorensen The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1931) 1000 J Fic Coatsworth The Hero and the Crown (1985) 1120 J Fic McKinley Rifles for Watie (1958) 910 J Fic Keith Waterless Mountain (1932) N/A J Fic Armer Sarah, Plain and Tall (1986) 560 J Fic MacLachlan The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959) 850 J Fic Speare Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1933) 890 J Fic Lewis The Whipping Boy (1987) 570 J Fic Fleischman Onion John (1960) 710 J Fic Krumgold Lincoln: A Photobiography (1988) 1040 J B Lincoln by Invincible Louisa (1934) 1150 J B Alcott by Meigs Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961) 1000 J Fic O'Dell Freedman Dobry (1935) N/A J Fic Shannon The Bronze Bow (1962) 760 J Fic Speare Joyful Noise (1989) N/A J 811 Fleischman Caddie Woodlawn (1936) 890 J Fic Brink A Wrinkle in Time (1963) 740 J Fic L'Engle Number the Stars (1990) 670 J Fic Lowry Roller Skates (1937) 810 J Fic Sawyer It’s Like This, Cat (1964) 810 J Fic Neville Maniac Magee (1991) 820 J Fic Spinell The White Stag (1938) 1020 J Fic Seredy Shadow of a Bull (1965) 740 J Fic Shiloh (1992) 890 J Fic Naylor Thimble Summer (1939) 810 J Fic Enright Wojciechowska Missing May (1993) 980 J Fic Rylant Daniel Boone (1940) N/A J B Boone by I, Juan de Pareja (1966) 1100 J Fic Trevino Daugherty The Giver (1994) 760 J Fic Lowry Up a Road Slowly (1967) 1130 J Fic Hunt Call It Courage (1941) 830 J Fic Sperry Walk Two Moons (1995) 770 J Fic Creech From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. The Matchlock Gun (1942) 860 J Fic Edmonds Frankweiler (1968) 700 J Fic Konigsburg The Midwife’s Apprentice (1996) 1240 J Fic Cushman Adam of the Road (1943) 1030 J Fic Vining (Gray) The High King (1969) 900 J Fic Alexander The View from Saturday (1997) 870 J Fic Konigsburg Johnny Tremain (1944) 840 J Fic Forbes Sounder (1970) 900 J Fic Armstrong Out of the Dust (1998) N/A J Fic Hesse Rabbit Hill (1945) 1050 J Fic Lawson The Summer of the Swans (1971) 830 J Fic Byars Holes (1999) 660 J Fic Sachar Strawberry Girl (1946) 650 J Fic Lenski Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1972) 790 J Fic O'Brien Bud, Not Buddy (2000) 950 J Fic Curtis Miss Hickory (1947) 870 J Fic Bailey Julie of the Wolves (1973) 860 J Fic George A Year Down Yonder (2001) 610 J Fic Peck The Twenty-One Balloons (1948) 1070 J Fic Du Bois The Slave Dancer (1974) 970 J Fic Fox A Single Shard (2002) 920 J Fic Park King of the Wind (1949) 830 J Fic Henry M.C. Higgins, the Great (1975) 620 J Fic Hamilton Crispin: the Cross of Lead (2003) 780 J Fic Avi