Newbery Award and Honor Check-list

One of my friends from grad school, who's also a parent, challenged herself to try to read as many Newbery Award winning books as possible, and she asked on Facebook, "Who's with me?"  So, because I've read a few of the books over the years (I fell in love with a few in school and I took a children's literature course at UCLA), I'm creating this section of the blog to keep track of this year's books.  I'm also opening up my list to Newbery Honor books too, because most of the time it is just luck that one book might win over another in a particular year.  Anything shortlisted by the Newbery committee is perfectly good.

Finished in 2024
March 16 — 2022 Newbery Award Winner, The Last Cuentista, by Donna Barba Higuera

March 21 — 1922 First Newbery Award Winner, The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
                     (Western-centric, outdated knowledge with problematic language)

Finished in 2022

May 30 — 2023 Honor Book, The Last Mapmaker, by Christina Soontornvat

July 30 — 2023 Honor Book, Maizy Chen's Last Chance, by Lisa Yee

Finished in 2021 (Books read during the Covid 19 lockdowns, which I didn't keep track of meticulously)

By December 1 — 2014 Newbery Winner, Flora & Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo

By December 1 — 2017 Newbery Winner, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

By December 1 — 2020 Honor Book, Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Pena

Finished in 2020

By September 1 — 2020 Honor Book, The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander

By September 1 — 2011 Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Finished in 2019
December 30—1949 Newbery Winner, The Door in the Wall,  by Marguerite de Angeli
December 29—2010 Newbery Winner, When you Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
December 27—1959 Newbery Winner, The Family Under the Bridge, by Natalie Savage Carlson

Finished in 2016
February 10 — 1990 Newbery Winner, Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry 
February 5 — 2003 Newbery Winner, Crispin and the Cross of Lead, Avi (Edward Iving Wortis)

Finished in 2015
February 18 — 1984 Newbery Winner, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Clearly
February 17 — 2000 Newbery Winner, Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis

Finished in 2014:
June 1—1968 HB Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, & Me, Elizabeth, E. L. Konigsburg 

April 28 — 1994 Newbery Winner, The Giver, Lois Lowry
January 24 — 2013 Newbery Winner, The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
January 23 — 1997 Newbery Winner, A View from Saturday, E. L. Konigsburg
Jaunary 12 — 2013 HB Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
January 7 — 1994 HB, Dragon's Gate, Laurence Yep 


Previously read:
1938 Honor Book, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1940 Honor Book, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1941 Honor Book, The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1942 Honor Book, Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1944 Honor Book, These Happy Golden Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
1953 Honor Book, Charlotte's Web, EB White
1959 Newbery Winner, The Witch of Blackbird Pond,  Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Newbery Winner, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
1963 Newbery Winner, A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
1966 Newbery Winner,  I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
1968 Newbery Winner, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg
1972 Newbery Winner, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien
1973 Newbery Winner, Julie and the Wolves, Jean Craighead George

1978 Newbery Winner, Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
1986 Newbery Winner, Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
1996 Newbery Winner, The Midwife's Apprentice, Karen Cushman 
1998 Honor Book, Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
1999 Newbery Winner, Holes, Louis Sachar