BIR: Newbery Medal
1922
List created by Melinda C. (isew68) - on May 4, 2018
List Votes: 1 Books: 54 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Closed
List created by Melinda C. (isew68) -
List Votes: 1 Books: 54 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Closed
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is a high-seas adventure of exploration, shipwreck, derring-do, and of course, talking animals. The animals talk because Doctor Dolittle is no ordinary doctor. He has learned the secret of animal language, and uses his talents to help out his friends in the... more
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The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
In seventeenth century England, a terrible accident forces orphaned Philip Marsham to flee London in fear for his life. Bred to the sea, he signs on with the "Rose of Devon," a dark frigate bound for the quiet shores of Newfoundland.
Philip's bold spirit and knowledge of the sea... more
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Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Arther Bowie Chrisman & Else Has...
Enter a world of dragons, magicians, and other wondrous creatures in this delightful collection of Chinese folk tales. Arthur Chrisman's light-hearted retellings of ancient myths and legends will have both young and old laughing aloud, even as they discover Chinese wisdom and... more
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Smoky The Cow Horse by Will James
If you'd like to meet a real cow puncher, you'll enjoy Clint, the bronc peeler. He'll tell you all about his favorite pony, Smoky, who lived a full horse's life in cow country in the early 1900s. Will James, himself a cowboy and rancher, tells this story with the warmth that only love of an... more
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Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field & Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator)
Based on the 1930 Newberry Award Winner
On a cold Maine night in 1829, an old peddler carved a small doll out of a piece of mountain ash wood. Her name was Hitty and she was no ordinary doll.
Hitty's first owner, Phoebe Preble, takes her from Boston to India. From the hands of Phoebe... more
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The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth & Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
In ancient Japan, a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed. But when the village's head priest commissions a painting of the Buddha for a healthy sum, the artist softens toward the animal he believes has brought him... more
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Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, the four famous March sisters in Little Women, were more than just storybook characters. The Author, Louisa May Alcott, based that book on her own loving family - per parents and her sisters, Anna, Elizabeth, and May.
Jo was the real-life Louisa - the invincible... more
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Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, Bk 1) by Carol Ryrie Brink
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors -- neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don't understand her at... more
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Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray & Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel throughout thirteenthcentury England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. But when Nick is stolen and his father disappears, Adam suddenly finds himself alone. He searches the same roads he traveled with his father, meeting various people... more
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Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt (Houghton Mifflin Reading: The Literature...
Johnny Tremain, winner of the 1943 Newbery Medal, is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. As compelling today as it was fifty years ago, to read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War seen through the eyes... more
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King of the Wind (Marguerite Henry Horseshoe Library) by Marguerite Henry & Wesle...
"The sixth horse shall be a bay -- not a dark bay, but a clear bay -- whose coal is touched with gold. When he flees under the sun he is the wind."
When the Sultan of Morocco selects six horses to send as a gift to the King of France, Agba, a young horseboy, is honored to have his... more
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Ginger Pye (Pyes, Bk 1) by Eleanor Estes & Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator)
Meet Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It was the best dollar they ever spent. Ginger steals everybody's heart . . . until someone steals him!
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Onion John by Joseph Krumgold & Symeon Shimin (Illustrator)
It's one thing to have a father who wants to decide your future. It's quite another when he steals your best friend and tries to change your friend's life, too. Even though his father has big plans for him to become an engineer, Andy Rusch is perfectly happy working summers in the... more
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Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters, only to find herself totally alone on a harsh desolate island. How she survives in the face of all sorts of dangers makes gripping and inspiring reading. This title is based on a true story.
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time, Bk 1) by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract,"... more
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 35th Anniversary Edition by Unk...
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away....She didn't like discomfort....Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, an indoor place, and... more
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The High King (Chronicles of Prydain, Bk 5) by Lloyd Alexander
Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess;... more
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Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Sounder is no beauty. But as a coon dog, this loyal mongrel with his cavernous bark is unmatched. When the African American sharecropper who has raised Sounder from a pup is hauled off to jail for stealing a hog, his family must suffer their humiliation and crushing loss with no recourse. To... more
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) by Robert C. O'Brien & Zena...
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats... more
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M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the National Book Award Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction An ALA Notable Book Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and... more
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
A secret world of their ownJess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new kid, a new girl, boldly crosses over to the boy's... more
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A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos
"I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13, 6 months, 29 days ... do begin this book." The fictional journal of a teenager, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town in the 1830s, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best... more
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, Bk 1) by Patricia MacLachlan
"Did Mama sing every day?"
Caleb asks his sister Anna.
"Every-single-day," she answers.
"Papa sang, too."
Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the... more
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The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman & Peter Sis (Illustrator)
A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!"
A young orphan named Jemmy rouses from his sleep. "Ain't I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What's the prince done now?" It was forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. Jemmy... more
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman & Eric Beddows ()llustrator...
Written to be read aloud by two voices -- sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds... more
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1990 Newbery Medal winner. In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think about life... more
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The Giver (Giver, Bk 1) by Lois Lowry
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true... more
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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Young Adult Edition with Reader's Guide "Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out." To trace the path of her missing mother, Sal embarks on a journey from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents. On the road, Sal tells the... more
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Holes (Holes, Bk 1) by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character... more
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a... more
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A Year Down Yonder (Grandma Dowdel, Bk 2) by Richard Peck
Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors -- and everyone else! All... more
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A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
In this Newbery Medal-winning book set in 12th century Korea, Tree-ear, a 13-year-old orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master... more
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The Cross of Lead (Crispin, Bk 1) by Avi
"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor peasants in 14th century medieval England. But this thirteen-year-old boy who thought he had little to lose soon finds himself with even less -- no home, no... more
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The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
This is the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl with a simple,... more
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Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
kira-kira (kee ra kee ra): glittering; shiningGlittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her... more
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Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
She wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon. Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening. Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in... more
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The Higher Power of Lucky (Hard Pan, Bk 1) by Susan Patton & Matt Phelan (Illustr...
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has.
It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France.... more
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz &...
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.
Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his... more
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings -- like... more
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
This remarkable novel holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart. By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.But things start to unravel. Sal... more
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Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy... more
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Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt, Bk 1) by Jack Gantos
Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is “grounded for life” by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at... more
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The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate & Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.
Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows... more
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo. It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming - the vacuum cleaner,... more
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The Crossover (Crossover, Bk 1) by Kwame Alexander
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more... more
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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena & Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town?
Each question is met with... more
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a... more
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Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his loud and boisterous family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed... more
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Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students.
They don’t have a big... more
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New Kid (New Kid, Bk 1) by Jerry Craft
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
As... more
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When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...
When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now... more
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The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.
But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children -- among them Petra and her family -- have been... more