Newbery Medal Winners

1970 - Present

2004	The Tale of Despereaux	Kate DiCamillo
2003	Crispin: The Cross of Lead	Avi
2002	A Single Shard	Linda Sue Park
2001	A Year Down Yonder	Richard Peck
2000	Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis
1999	Holes	Louis Sachar
1998	Out of the Dust	Karen Hesse
1997	The View from Saturday	E.L. Konigsburg
1996	The Midwife's Apprentice	Karen Cushman
1995	Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech
1994	The Giver	Lois Lowry
1993	Missing May	Cynthia Rylant
1992	Shiloh	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991	Maniac McGee	Jerry Spinelli
1990	Number the Stars	Lois Lowry
1989	Joyful Noise	Paul Fleischman
1988	Lincoln: A Photobiography	Russel Freedman
1987	The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman
1986	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Patricia MacLachlan
1985	The Hero and the Crown	Robert McKinley
1984	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary
1983	Dicey's Song	Cynthia Voight
1982	A Visit to William Blake's Inn	Nancy Willard
1981	Jacob Have I Loved	Katherine Paterson
1980	A Gathering of Days	Joan W. Blos
1979	The Westing Game	Ellen Raskin
1978	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson
1977	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mildred Taylor
1976	The Grey King	Susan Cooper
1975	M.C. Higgins the Great	Virginia Hamilton
1974	The Slave Dancer	Paula Fox
1973	Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George
1972	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh	Robert O'Brien
1971	Summer of the Swans	Betsy Cromer Byars
1970	Sounder	William Howard Armstrong