Newbery Medal
The Newberry Medal is awarded each year to the author of the previous year’s most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Runners-up are called Newbery Honor Books.
The medal is named in honor of John Newbery. He was an eighteenth-century British publisher of juvenile books. He made it a priority to create books specifically for children.
The Newberry Medal and the Caldecott Medal are the most prestigious American Children’s Book awards.
No Award was given in 1923, 1924, or 1927. That is because no book was considered suitable.
Learn more: official Newberry Medal homepage.
Winners:
Holes (1998)
Author(s):
Louis Sachar
Illustrator(s):
Vladimir Radunsky
Bud, Not Buddy (1999)
Author(s):
Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrator(s):
Ernie Norcia
A Year Down Yonder (2000)
Author(s):
Richard Peck
Illustrator(s):
Lily Malcom
Ashlea Shaffer
A Single Shard (2001)
Author(s):
Linda Sue Park
Illustrator(s):
Jean Tseng
Mon-sien Tseng
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (2002)
Author(s):
Avi
Illustrator(s):
Tristan Elwell
The Tale of Despereaux (2003)
Author(s):
Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator(s):
Timothy B. Ering
Kira-Kira (2005)
Author(s):
Cynthia Kadohata
Illustrator(s):
Russell Gordon
Criss Cross (2005)
Author(s):
Lynne Rae Perkins
Illustrator(s):
Lynne Rae Perkins
The Higher Power of Lucky (2006)
Author(s):
Susan Patron
Illustrator(s):
Matt Phelan
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2007)
Author(s):
Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrator(s):
Robert Byrd
The Graveyard Book (2008)
Author(s):
Neil Gaiman
Illustrator(s):
Dave McKean
Chris Riddell
When You Reach Me (2009)
Author(s):
Rebecca Stead
Illustrator(s):
Sophie Blackall
Moon Over Manifest (2010)
Author(s):
Clare Vanderpool
Illustrator(s):
Richard Tuschman
Dead End in Norvelt (2011)
Author(s):
Jack Gantos
Illustrator(s):
Nicole Rubel
The One and Only Ivan (2012)
Author(s):
Katherine Applegate
Illustrator(s):
Patricia Castelao
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (2013)
Author(s):
Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator(s):
K. G. Campbell
The Crossover (2014)
Author(s):
Kwame Alexander
Illustrator(s):
Lisa Vega
Last Stop on Market Street (2016)
Author(s):
Matt de la Peña
Illustrator(s):
Christian Robinson
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2016)
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
None
Hello, Universe (2017)
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
None
