1963 , Madeleine L’Engle(J LEN) 1943 , Elizabeth J. Gray (J GRA)

1962 , Elizabeth G. Speare (J SPE) 1942 , Walter Edmonds (J EDM) The

1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell 1941 , Armstrong Sperry (J SPE) (J ODE) 1940 , James Daugherty (J 92 BOO) Newbery 1960 , Joseph Krumgold (J KRU) 1939 , Elizabeth Enright (J ENR) 1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Medal Elizabeth George Speare (J SPE) 1938 The , (J SER)

1958 , Harold Keith (J KEI) 1937 Roller Skates Ruth Sawyer (J SAW)

1957 , Virginia Sorenson 1936 , Carol R. Brink (J BRI) (J SOR) 1935 , Monica Shannon (J SHA) Awarded annually by the 1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham (J 92 BOW) 1934 , Cornelia Meigs (J 92 ALC) Association for

1955 , Meindert De Jong 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth F. Library Service to (J DEJ) Lewis (J LEW) Children, The American 1954 And Now Miguel, Joseph Krumgold (J KRU) 1932 , Laura A. Armer (J ARM) Library Association. 1953 , Ann M. Clark (J CLA) 1931 The Cat Who Went To Heaven, Elizabeth Coatsworth (J COA) 1952 , Eleanor Estes (J EST) 1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field The was first offered 1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man, Elizabeth Yates (J FIE) in 1921 by Frederic G. Melcher as (J 92 FOR) incentive for better quality in children’s 1929 , Eric P. Kelly (J KEL) books. Named after John Newbery, 1950 The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli (J DEA) 1928 Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, Dhan G. the famous 18th century publisher, it is Mukerji (J MUK) awarded annually to the author of the 1949 , Marguerite Henry (J HEN) most distinguished contribution to 1927 Smoky, the Cow Horse, Will James (J JAM) 1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, American literature for children William Pene du Bois (J DUB) 1926 , Arthur B. Chrisman (J CHR) published during the preceding year.

1947 , Carolyn S. Bailey (J BAI) 1925 Tales from Silver Lands, Charles J. Finger (J 398.2 FIN) 1946 , Lois Lenski (J LEN) Deer Park Public Library 1924 , Charles B. Hawes (J HAW) 3009 Center 1945 , Robert Lawson (J LAW) 1923 The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, Hugh Lofting(J LOF) Deer Park, TX 77536 1944 , Ester Forbes (J FOR) 1922 , Hendrik W. Van Loon 281-478-7208 2017 Winner: 2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Avi (YA AVI) 1982 A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent , Nancy Willard (J 811.54 WIL) The Girl Who Drank the Moon (J BAR) 2002 Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (J PAR) 1981 Jacob I Have Loved, Katherine Paterson by Kelly Barnhill 2001 , Richard Peck (YA PEC) (YA PAT)

Honor Books: 2000 Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis (J CUR) 1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s

Freedom Over Me (J BRY) Journal, 1830-32, Joan W. Blos (J BLO) 1999 , Louis Sachar (YA SAC) by Ashley Bryan 1979 , Ellen Raskin (J RAS)

1998 , Karen Hesse (J HES) The Inquisitor’s Tale (J GID) 1978 Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson by Adam Gidwitz 1997 , E.L. Konigsburg (J PAT)

(J KON) Wolf Hollow (J WOL) 1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor by Lauren Wolk 1996 The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman (J TAY) (J CUS) 2016 Last Stop on Market St., Matt de la Peña 1976 , Susan Cooper (J COO) (E DEL) 1995 , Sharon Creech (YA CRE)

1975 M.C. Higgins the Great, Virginia Hamilton 2015 , Kwame Alexander (YA ALE) 1994 , Lois Lowry (YA LOW) (YA HAM)

2014 Flora and Ulysses, Kate DiCamillo (J DIC) 1993 , Cynthia Rylant (J RYL) 1974 , Paula Fox (J FOX)

2013 , Katherine Applegate 1992 , Phyllis Reynolds Naylords (J NAY) 1973 , Jean C. George (J GEO) (J APP)

1991 , Jerry Spinelli (J SPI) 1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 2012 , Jack Gantos (J GAN) Robert C. O’Brien (J OBR) 1990 , Lois Lowry (J LOW) 2011 , Clare Vanderpool 1971 , Betsy C. Byars (J BYA) (J VAN) 1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, Paul

Fleischman (J 811.54 FLE) 1970 , William Armstrong (J ARM) 2010 , Rebecca Stead (J STE)

1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman 1969 , Lloyd Alexander (J ALE) 2009 , Neil Gaiman (J GAI) (J 92 LIN)

1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a 1987 , Sid Fleischman (J FLE) Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg (J KON) Medieval Village, Laura Schlitz (J SCH)

1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan 1967 , Irene Hunt (J HUN) 2007 The Higher Power of Lucky, Susan Patron (J MACL) (J PAT) 1966 I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth B. de Treviño 1985 , Robin McKinley (J TRE) 2006 , Lynne Rae Perkins (YA PER) (YA MACK)

1965 Shadow of the Bull, Maia Wojciechowska 2005 Kira-Kira, Cynthia Kadohata (J KAD) 1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary (J CLE) (J WOJ)

2004 Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo (J DIC) 1983 Dicey’s Song, Cynthia Voight (YA VOI) 1964 It’s Like This, Cat, Emily C. Neville (YA NEV)