2022 Newbery Winner and Honors
The Last Cuentista (Winner)Call Number: YA HIGUERA
Red, White, and Whole (Honor)Call Number: J LAROCCA
Too Bright to See (Honor)Call Number: J LUKOFF
A Snake Falls to Earth (Honor)Call Number: YA BADGER
Watercress (Honor)Call Number: JP WANG
Did you know?
- The Newbery Medal is awarded every year to "the most distinguished American children's book." It was named for the eighteenth century English bookseller, John Newbery.
- The Newbery was the 1st award for children's books in the world.
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon was given the first Newbery Medal in 1922 for his book, Story of Mankind.
- The Newbery winner's speech is published each year in The Horn Book.
- Five authors have won the Newbery Medal twice, including: Joseph Krumgold, Elizabeth George Speare, E.L. Konigsburg, Katherine Paterson, and Lois Lowry.
- In 1975, Virginia Hamilton was the first African-American author to win the Newbery Medal for her book, M.C. Higgins, the Great.
Past Winners
When You Trap a Tiger (2021)Call Number: J KELLER
New Kid (2020)Call Number: J GN CRAFT
Merci Suárez Changes Gears (2019)Call Number: J MEDINA
Hello, Universe (2018)Call Number: J KELLY
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2017)Call Number: J BARNHILL
Last Stop on Market Street (2016)Call Number: JP DeLa PENA
The Crossover (2015)Call Number: YA ALEXANDER
Flora and Ulysses (2014)Call Number: J DiCamillo
The One and Only Ivan (2013)Call Number: J Applegate
Dead End in Norvelt (2012)Call Number: YA Gantos
Moon over Manifest (2011)Call Number: J Vanderpool
When you reach me (2010)Call Number: J Stead
The graveyard book (2009)Call Number: J Gaiman
Good masters! Sweet ladies!: Voices from a medieval village (2008)Call Number: YA 812.6 Schli
The higher power of lucky (2007)Call Number: J Patron
Criss cross (2006)Call Number: J Perkins
Kira-kira (2005)Call Number: YA Kadohata
The tale of Despereaux (2004)Call Number: J DiCamillo
Crispin: the cross of lead (2003)Call Number: J Avi
A single shard (2002)Call Number: J Park
Past Winners
Bud, not Buddy (2000)Call Number: J Curtis
Holes (1999)Call Number: J Sachar
Out of the dust (1998)Call Number: J Hesse
The view from Saturday (1997)Call Number: J Konigsburg
The midwife's apprentice (1996)Call Number: J Cushman
Walk two moons (1995)Call Number: J Creech
The giver (1994)Call Number: J Lowry
Missing May (1993)Call Number: Reading List Rylant
Shiloh (1992)Call Number: J Naylor
Maniac Magee (1991)Call Number: J Spinelli
Number the stars (1990)Call Number: J Lowry
