Newbery Honor Books
Date Title Author
1922 Cedric the Forester Bernard Marshall
  The Great Quest Charles Hawes
  Windy Hill  Cornelia Meigs
  The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before... Padraic Colum
  The Old Tobacco Shop William Bowen
1925 Nicholas Amme Carroll Moore
  Dream Coach Anne Parrish
1926 Voyagers Padraic Colum
1928 Downright Dencey Caroline Snedeker
  The Wonder Smith and His Son Ella Young
1929 Clearing Weather Cornelia Meigs
  Tod of the Fens Elinor Whitney
  The Boy Who Was Grace Hallok
  Runaway Papoose Grace Moon
  Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo John Bennett
  Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
1930 Fran of Albania Elizabeth Miller
  Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales Ella Young
  Little Blacknose Hildergarde Swift
  Daughter of the Seine Jeanette Eaton
  Vaino Julia Davis Adams
  Jumping-off Place Marian Hurd McNeely
1931 Spice and the Devil's Cave Agnes Hewes
  Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer A. Lide and M. Johansen
  The Dark Star of Itza Alida Malkus
  Floating Island Anne Parish
  Meggy Macintosh Elizabeth Janet Gray
  Garram the Hunter Herbert Best
  Mountains Are Free Julia Davis Adams
  Queer Person Ralph Hubbard
1932 The Fairy Circus Dorothy P,. Lasthrop
  Out of the Flame Eloise Lownsbery
  Boy of the South Seas Eunice Tietjens
  Jane's Island Marjorie Allee
  Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy Maary Gould Davis
  Calico Bush Rachel Field
1933 Swift Rivers Cornelia Meigs
  The Railroad to Freedom Hildegarde Swift
  Children of the Soil Nora Burglon
1934 Glory of the Seas Agnes Hewes
  Apprentice of Florence Anne Kyle
  The Forgotten Daughter Caroline Snedeker
  Swords of Steel Slsie Singmaster
  Winged Girl of Knossos Erik Barry
  Big Tree of Bunlaby Padraic Colum
  New Land Sarah Schmidt
  ABC Bunny Wanda Gag
1935 Davy Crockett Constance Rourke
  Pageant of Chinese History Wlizabeth Seeger
  Day on Skates Hilda Van Stockum
Date Title Author
1936 All Sail Set Armstrong Sperry
  Young Walter Scott Elizabeth Janet Gray
  The Good Master Kate Seredy
  Honk, the Moose Phil Strong
1937 The Codfish Musket Agnes Hewes
  Audubon Constance Rourke
  Whistler's Van Idwal Jones
  Phebe Fairchild: Her Book Lois Lenski
  Golden Basket Ludwig Bemelmans
  Winterbound Margery Bianco
1938 Pecos Bill James Lloyd Bowman
  On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Bright Island Mabel Robinson
1939 Penn Elizabeth Janet Gray
   Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot Jeanette Eaton
  "Hello the Boat!" Phyllis Crawford
  Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard and Florence Atwater
  Nino Valenti Anelo
1940 The Singing Tree Kate Seredy
  By the Shores of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Runner of the Mountain Tops Mabel Robinson
  Boy With a Pack Stephen W. Meader
1941 Nansen Anna Gertrude Hall
  Blue Willow Doris Gates
  The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Young Mac of Fort Vancouver Mary Jane Carr
1942 Down Ryton Water Eva Roe Gaggin
  George Washington's World Genevieve Foster
  Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls WIlder
  Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Lois Lenski
1943 The Middle Moffat Eleanor Estes
  Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Mabel Leigh Hunt
1944 Rufus M. Eleanor Estes
  Mountain Born Elizabeth Yates
  Fog Magic Julia Sauer
  These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
1945 The Silver Pencil Alice Dalgliesh
  The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
  Abraham Lincoln's World Genevieve Foster
  Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams Jeanette Eaton
1946 Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear Christine Weston
  The Move-Outers Florence Crannell Means
  New Found World Katherine Shippen
  Justin Morgan Had a Horse Marguerite Henry
1947 The Avion My Uncle Flew Cyrus Fisher
  The Hidden Treasure of Glaston Eleanore Jewett
  Big Tree Mary and Conrad Buff
  Wonderful Year Nancy Barnes
  The Heavenly Tenants William Maxwell
Date Title Author
1948 Li Lun, Lad of Courage Caraolyn Treffinger
  The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot Catherine Besterman
  Pancakes-Paris Claire Huchet Bishop
  The Cow-Tail Switch, and other West African Stories Harold Courlander
  Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry
1949 Story of the Negro Arna Bontemps
  Seabird Holling C. Holling
  Daughter of the Mountain Louise Rankin
  My Father's Dragon Ruth S. Gannett
1950 The Blue Cat of Castle Town Catherine Coblentz
  George Washington Genevieve Foster
  Tree of Freedom Rebecca Caudill
  Kildee House Rutherford Montgomery
  Song of the Pines Walter and M. Havighurst
1951 Story of Appleby Capple Anne Parrish
  Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People Clara Ingram Judson
  Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Jeanette Eaton
  Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Mabel Leigh Hunt
1952 Americans Before Columbus Elizabeth Baity
  Minn of the Mississippi Holling C. Holling
  The Light at Tern Rock Julia Sauer
  The Apple and the Arrow Mary and Conrad Buff
  The Defender Nicholas Kalashnikoff
1953 The Bears of Hemlock Mountain Alice Dalgliesh
  Red Sails to Capri Ann Weil
  Charlotte's Web E. B. White
  Moccasin Trail Eloise McGraw
  Birthday's of Freedom Genevieve Foster
1954 All Alone Claire Huchet Bishop
  Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Clara Ingram Judson
  Magic Maize Mary and Conrad Buff
  Shadrach Meindert DeJong
  Hurry Home Candy Meindert DeJong
1955 The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh
  Banner in the Sky James Ullman
1956 The Golden Name Day Jennie Lindquist
  Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Katherine Shippen
  The Secret River Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1957 Mr. Justice Holmes Clara Ingram Judson
   The Corn Crows Ripe Dorothy Rhoads
  Old Yeller Fred Gipson
  Black Fox of Lorne Marguerite de Angeli
  The House of Sixty Fathers Meindert DeJong
1958 Gone-Away Lake Elizabeth Enright
  Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle Leo Gurko
  The Horsecatcher Mari Sandoz
  The Great Wheel Robert Lawson
1959 Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Francis Kalnay
Date Title Author
1959 Along Come a Dog Menidert DeJong
  The Family Under the Bridge Natile S. Carlson
  The Perilous Road William O. Steele
1960 The Gammage Cup Carol Kendall
  America Is Born Gerald W. Johnson
  My Side of the Mountain Jean George
1961 The Cricket in Times Square George Seldon
  America Moves Forward Gerald W. Johnson
  Old Ramon Jack Schaefer
1962 Frontier Living Edwin Tunis
  The Golden Goblet Eloise McGraw
  Belling the Tiger Mary Stolz
1963 Men of Athens Olivia Collidge
  Thistle and Thyme Sorche Nic Leodhas
1964 The Loner Esther Wier
  Rascal Sterling North
1965 Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
1966 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander
  The Noonday Friends Mary Stolz
  The Animal Family Randall Jarrell
1967 Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer
  The Jazz Man Mary H. Weik
  The King's Fifth Scott O'Dell
1968 Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me E. L. Konigsburg
  The Fearsome Inn Isaac Bashevis Singer
  The Black Pearl Scott O'Dell
  The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1969 When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer
  To Be a Slave Julius Lester
1970 The Many Ways of Seeing: An Into to the Pleasure Janet Gaylord Moore
  Journey Outside Mary O. Steele
  Our Eddie Sulamith Ish-Kishor
1971 Kneeknock Rise Natalie Babbitt
  Sing Down the Moon Scott O'Dell
  Enchantress from the Stars Sylvia Louise Engdahl
1972 Incident at Hawk's Hill Allan W. Eckart
  Annie and the Old One Miska Miles
  The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. LeGuin
  The Planet of Junior Brown Virginia Hamilton
  The Headless Cupid Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1973 Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel
  The Upstairs Room Johanna Reiss
  The Witches of Worm Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1974 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper
1975 Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe Bette Greene
  The Perilous Guard Elizabeth Marie Pope
  Figgs and Phantoms Ellen Raskin
  My Brother Sam Is Dead J. Lincoln and C. Collier
1976 Abel's Island William Steig
1977 A String in the Harp Nancy Bond
Date Title Author
1978 Ramona and Her Father Beverly Cleary
  Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey Jamake Highwater
1979 The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
1980 The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl David Kherdian
1981 The Fledgling Jane Langton
  A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L'Engle
1982 Upon the Head of a Goat Aranka Siegal
  Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary
1983 Homesick: My Own Story Jean Fritz
  Graven Images: Three Stories Paul Fleischman
  The Blue Sword Robin McKinley
  Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Virginia Hamilton
  Dr. De Soto William Steig
1984 The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree Bill Brittain
  A Solitary Blue Cynthia Voigt
  The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
  Sugaring Time Kathryn Lasky
1985 The Moves Make the Man Bruce Brooke
  Like Jake and Me Mavis Jukes
  One-Eyed Cat Paula Fox
1986 Dogsong Gary Paulsen
  Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun R. Blumberg
1987 On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer
  Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens Patricia Lauber
  A Fine White Dust Cynthia Rylant
1988 After the Rain Norma Fox Mazer
  Hatchet Gary Paulsen
1989 In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Virginia Hamilton
  Scorpions W. Myers
1990 Afternoon of the Elves J. Lisle
  Shebang: Daughter of the Wind S. Staples
  Winter Room Gary Paulsen
1991 True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
1992 Nothing But the Truth Avi
  The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Russell Freedman
1993 What Hearts Bruce Brooks
  The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Patricia C. McKissack
  Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers
1994 Crazy Lady Jane Leslie Conley
  Dragon's Gate Laurence Yep
  Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Russell Freedman
1995 Catherine, Called Birdie Karen Cushman
  The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer
1996 What Jamie Saw Carolyn Coman
  The Watson's Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis
  Yolanda's Genius Carol Fenner
  The Great Fire Jim Murphy
1997 A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer
  The Moor child Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  The Thief Megan Whalen Turner
  Belle Prather's Boy Ruth White
Date Title Author
1998 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
  Lily's Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff
  Wringer Jerry Spinelli
1999 A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck
2000 Getting Near to Baby Audrey Couloumbis
  Our Only May Amelia Jennifer L Holm
26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie DePaola
2001 Hope Was Here Joan Bauer
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos
The Wanderer Sharon Creech
2002 Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath
Carver: A Life in Poems  Marilyn Nelson
2003 The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer
Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff
Hoot Carl Hiaasen
A Corner of The Universe Ann M. Martin
Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie S. Tolan
2004 Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Jim Murphy
     Epidemic of 1793
2005 Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle Russell Freedman 
     for Equal Rights
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy  Gary D. Schmidt