Newbery Medal
Award Winning Childrens Books

It's been awarded since 1922! Newbery award winning books have been enjoyed for, literally, generations!

So many of the books have become classics...Charlotte's Web, for example is a book that I read as a child—and then my children read.

I'm sure you've also read many of these Newbery award winning books.

When I started to think about it, it occurred to me that I've read a lot more of these books than I realized. As I read through the list of winners, it was like taking a walk through time. These are wonderful award winning childrens books that awakened my love of reading, and working on this list was like finding old friends I'd nearly forgotten.

I remember as a kid loving:

• the 1968 Newbery Award Winner, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and
• the 1982 Honor Book, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary.

Some of these stories really moved me as I learned about life in another person's shoes. Stories like:

• 1983 Newbery Medal Winner: Dicey's Song
• 1986 Medal Winner: Sarah, Plain and Tall

• 1978 Medal Winner: Bridge to Terabithia

• 1977 Newbery Award Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

• 1971 Medal Winner: The Summer of the Swans

• 1961 Newbery Medal Winner: Island of the Blue Dolphins

I read many of these books during summer vacation from school and still remember lying on my bed in the afternoon heat with a book propped up on my knees. What a wonderful time!

I also remember being so wrapped up in the storyline of 1963 Medal Winner, A Wrinkle in Time, and 1979 Medal Winner, The Westing Game. In fact, I recently found these books recently at a thrift shop and bought them for my grandchildren to read someday.

So, why am I telling you all this? Just a reminder that sharing books with your children can be such a gift! The lessons learned from books go way beyond just the ability to read.

A really good book makes you think, helps you see things from another's perspective, and helps you become a more understanding person.

2009 Newbery Award Winning Books

The Graveyard Book

These books won honors in 2009:

The Underneath - by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small

Savvy - by Ingrid Law

After Tupac and D Foster - by Jacqueline Woodson

There are many wonderful Newbery Medal winners, so enjoy browsing through these great childrens award winning books!

Newbery Medal to Award Winning Childrens Books

Newbery Medal to Childrens Books