Newbery Medal Winner Books (2026-1923)

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• All the blues in the sky / Watson, Renée
• The first state of being / Kelly, Erin Entrada
• The eyes & the impossible / Eggers, Dave
• Freewater / Luqman-Dawson, Amina
• The last cuentista / Higuera, Donna Barba
• When you trap a tiger / Keller, Tae
• New kid / Craft, Jerry
• Merci Suárez changes gears / Medina, Meg
• Hello universe / Kelly, Erin Entrada
• The girl who drank the moon / Barnhill, Kelly Regan
• Last stop on Market Street / de la Peña, Matt
• The crossover / Alexander, Kwame
• Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures / DiCamillo, Kate
• The one and only Ivan / Applegate, Katherine
• Dead end in Norvelt / Gantos, Jack
• Moon over Manifest /, Vanderpool, Clare.
• When you reach me /, Stead, Rebecca.
• The graveyard book /, Gaiman, Neil.
• Good masters! Sweet Ladies! :, Schlitz, Laura Amy.
• The higher power of Lucky /, Patron, Susan.
• Criss cross /, Perkins, Lynne Rae.
• Kira-Kira /, Kadohata, Cynthia.
• The tale of Despereaux :, DiCamillo, Kate.
• Crispin :, Avi,
• A single shard /, Park, Linda Sue.
• A year down yonder /, Peck, Richard,
• Bud, not Buddy /, Curtis, Christopher Paul.
• Holes /, Sachar, Louis,
• Out of the dust /, Hesse, Karen.
• The view from Saturday /, Konigsburg, E. L.
• The midwife's apprentice /, Cushman, Karen.
• Walk two moons /, Creech, Sharon.
• The giver /, Lowry, Lois.
• Missing May /, Rylant, Cynthia.
• Shiloh /, Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
• Maniac Magee :, Spinelli, Jerry.
• Number the stars /, Lowry, Lois.
• Joyful noise :, Fleischman, Paul.
• Lincoln :, Freedman, Russell.
• The whipping boy /, Fleischman, Sid,
• Sarah, plain and tall /, MacLachlan, Patricia.
• The hero and the crown /, McKinley, Robin.
• Dear Mr. Henshaw /, Cleary, Beverly.
• Dicey's song /, Voigt, Cynthia.
• A visit to William Blake's inn :, Willard, Nancy.
• Jacob have I loved /, Paterson, Katherine.
• A gathering of days :, Blos, Joan W.
• The Westing game /, Raskin, Ellen.
• Bridge to Terabithia /, Paterson, Katherine.
• Roll of thunder, hear my cry /, Taylor, Mildred D.
• The grey king /, Cooper, Susan,
• M. C. Higgins, the great., Hamilton, Virginia,
• The slave dancer :, Fox, Paula.
• Julie of the wolves /, George, Jean Craighead,
• Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh /, O'Brien, Robert C.
• The summer of the swans /, Byars, Betsy Cromer.
• Sounder /, Armstrong, William H.
• The high king /, Alexander, Lloyd.
• From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler /, Konigsburg, E. L.
• Up a road slowly /, Hunt, Irene.
• I, Juan de Pareja /, Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de,
• Shadow of a bull /, Wojciechowska, Maia,
• It's like this, Cat /, Neville, Emily Cheney.
• A wrinkle in time /, L'Engle, Madeleine.
• The bronze bow /, Speare, Elizabeth George.
• Island of the Blue Dolphins /, O'Dell, Scott,
• Onion John., Krumgold, Joseph,
• The witch of blackbird pond /, Speare, Elizabeth George.
• Rifles for Watie /, Keith, Harold,
• Miracles on Maple Hill., Sorensen, Virginia,
• Carry on, Mr. Bowditch /, Latham, Jean Lee.
• The wheel on the school /, De Jong, Meindert,
• ... and now Miguel., Krumgold, Joseph,
• Secret of the Andes., Clark, Ann Nolan,
• Ginger Pye /, Estes, Eleanor,
• Amos Fortune, free man /, Yates, Elizabeth,
• The door in the wall /, De Angeli, Marguerite,
• King of the Wind /, Henry, Marguerite,
• The twenty-one balloons /, Du Bois, William Pene,
• Miss Hickory /, Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin,
• Strawberry girl /, Lenski, Lois,
• Rabbit hill /, Lawson, Robert,
• Johnny Tremain :, Forbes, Esther.
• Adam of the road /, Vining, Elizabeth Gray,
• The matchlock gun /, Edmonds, Walter Dumaux,
• Call it courage /, Sperry, Armstrong,
• Daniel Boone., Daugherty, James Henry,
• Thimble summer /, Enright, Elizabeth,
• The white stag;, Seredy, Kate.
• Roller skates /, Sawyer, Ruth,
• Caddie Woodlawn /, Brink, Carol Ryrie,
• Dobry /, Shannon, Monica.
• Invincible Louisa :, Meigs, Cornelia,
• Young Fu of the upper Yangtze /, Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman,
• Waterless mountain /, Armer, Laura Adams,
• The cat who went to heaven /, Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane,
• Hitty :, Field, Rachel,
• The trumpeter of Krakow :, Kelly, Eric Philbrook,
• Gay-Neck :, Mukerji, Dhan Gopal,
• Smoky :, James, Will,
• Shen of the sea :, Chrisman, Arthur Bowie,
• Tales from silver lands., Finger, Charles Joseph,
• The dark frigate :, Hawes, Charles Boardman,
• The voyages of Doctor Dolittle /, Lofting, Hugh,
• The story of mankind., Van Loon, Hendrik Willem,

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