Kids and Families

Newbery Award Winners by Subject/Genre

A Full List of Newbery Winners and Honor Books

Animal Stories | Adventure Stories | Books with Fewer Than 100 Pages | Family Stories | Funny Stories | Historical Fiction | Nonfiction | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Stories about Journeys | Stories Published Before Your Mom Was Born | Stories Set in Other Countries | Stories with Boy Characters | Stories with a Wisconsin Connection

Animal Stories

• Armstrong, William H. Sounder.
• Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye.
• George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.
• Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind.
• James, Will. Smoky the Cowhorse.
• Naylor, Phillis Reynolds. Shiloh.

Adventure Stories

• Alexander, Lloyd. The High King.
• Cooper, Susan. The Grey King.
• Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy.
• George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.
• Hawes, Charles Boardman. The Dark Frigate.
• O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.

Books with Fewer Than 100 Pages

• Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
• Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun.
• Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall.
• Seredy, Kate. The White Stag.
• Willard, Nancy. A Visit to William Blake's Inn.

Family Stories

• Byars, Betsy. Summer of the Swans.
• Hamilton, Virginia. M.C. Higgins, the Great.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall.
• Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved.
• Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
• Voigt, Cynthia. Dicey's Song.

Funny Stories

• Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw.
• Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy.
• Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
• Lawson, Robert. Rabbit Hill.
• Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.

Historical Fiction

• Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice.
• De Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall.
• Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain.
• Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
• Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Nonfiction

• Daughterty, James. Daniel Boone.
• Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography.
• Latham, Jean Lee. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.
• Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa.
• Van Loon, Hendrick. The Story of Mankind.

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Alexander, Lloyd. The High King.
• L'Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time.
• Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
• McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown.
• O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Stories about Journeys

• Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons.
• DuBois, William Pene. The 21 Balloons.
• Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer.
• Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road.
• Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May.

Stories Published Before Your Mom Was Born

• Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin. Miss Hickory.
• Chrisman, Arthur Bowie. Shen of the Sea.
• Daughterty, James. Daniel Boone.
• Field, Rachel. Hitty: Her First 100 Years.
• Sawyer, Ruth. Roller Skates.
• Shannon, Monica. Dobry.

Stories Set in Other Countries

• Clark, Ann Nolan. Secret of the Andes.
• DeJong, Meindert. The Wheel on the School.
• Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road.
• Kelly, Eric P. The Trumpeter of Krakow.
• Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars.
• Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage.

Stories with Boy Characters

• Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw.
• Cooper, Susan. The Grey King.
• Hamilton, Virginia. M.C. Higgins, the Great
• Neville, Emily Cheney. It's Like This, Cat.
• Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.
• Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee.

Stories with a Wisconsin Connection

• Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn.
• Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons.
• Enright, Elizabeth. Thimble Summer.
• Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.

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