The John Newbery Medal is given annually to the author with "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
Learn more about this award on the American Library Association's Newbery Medal page.
Our collection holds the annual Newbery award winners from 1923 - present, with some gaps:
Jump to Decade: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
| Year | Title & LC Call Number | Author |
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2023
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We do not own this award book. |
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| Year | Title & LC Call Number | Author |
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2022
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The Last Cuentista PS3608.I3758 L37 2021 |
Donna Barba Higuera |
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2021
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When You Trap a Tiger PZ7.1.K418 Whe 2020 |
Tae Keller |
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New Kid PN6727.C734 N49 2019 |
Jerry Craft |
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2019
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears PS3613.E338 M37 2018 |
Meg Medina |
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2018
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Hello, Universe PZ7.1.K45 Hel 2017 |
Erin Entrada Kelly |
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2017
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon PZ7.B26663 Gi 2016 |
Kelly Barnhill |
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2016
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Last Stop on Market Street PZ7.P3725 Las 2015 |
Matt de la Peña |
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2015
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The Crossover PZ7.5.A44 Cr 2014 |
Kwame Alexander |
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2014
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures PZ7.D5455 Fl 2013 |
Kate DiCamillo |
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2013
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The One and Only Ivan PZ7.A6483 On 2012 |
Katherine Applegate |
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2012
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Dead End in Norvelt PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011 |
Jack Gantos |
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2011
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Moon over Manifest PZ7.P28393 Mo 2010 |
Clare Vanderpool |
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When You Reach Me PZ7.S80857 Wh 200 |
Rebecca Stead |
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2009
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The Graveyard Book PZ7.G1273 Gr 2008 |
Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean |
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2008
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village PS3619.C43 C55 2007 |
Laura Amy Schlitz |
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2007
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The Higher Power of Lucky PZ7.P27565 Hig 2006 |
by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan |
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2006
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Criss Cross PZ7.P4313 Cr 2005 |
Lynne Rae Perkins |
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2005
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Kira-Kira PZ7.K1166 Ki 2004 |
Cynthia Kadohata |
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2004
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread PZ8.D525 Tal 2003 |
Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering |
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2003
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead PZ7.A953 Cr 2002 |
Avi |
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2002
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A Single Shard PZ7.P22115 Si 2001 |
Linda Sue Park |
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2001
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A Year Down Yonder PZ7.P338 Yh 2000 |
Richard Peck |
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Bud, Not Buddy PZ7.C94137 Bu 1999 |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
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1999
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Holes PZ7.S1185 Ho 1998 |
Louis Sachar |
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1998
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Out of the Dust PZ7.H4364 Ou 1997 |
Karen Hesse |
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1997
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The View from Saturday PZ7.K8352 Vi 1996 |
E.L. Konigsburg |
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1996
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The Midwife's Apprentice PZ7.C962 Mi 1995 |
Karen Cushman |
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1995
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Walk Two Moons PZ7.C8615 Wal 1994 |
Sharon Creech |
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1994
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The Giver PZ7.L9673 Gi 1993 |
Lois Lowry |
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1993
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Missing May PZ7.R982 Mj 1992 |
Cynthia Rylant |
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1992
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Shiloh PZ7.N24 Sg 1991 |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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1991
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Maniac Magee PZ7.S75663 Man 1990 |
Jerry Spinelli |
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Number the Stars PZ7.L9673 Nu 1989 |
Lois Lowry |
| 1989 | We do not own this award book. | |
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1988
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Lincoln: A Photobiography E457.905 .F73 1987 |
Russell Freedman |
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1987
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The Whipping Boy PZ7.F5992 Wh |
Sid Fleischman |
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1986
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Sarah, Plain and Tall PZ7.M2225 Sar |
Patricia MacLachlan |
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1985
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The Hero and the Crown PZ7.M1988 He |
Robin McKinley |
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1984
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Dear Mr. Henshaw PZ7.C5792 De
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Beverly Cleary |
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1983
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Dicey's Song PZ7.V874 Di |
Cynthia Voigt |
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1982
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A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers PS3573.I444 V5 |
Nancy Willard |
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1981
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Jacob Have I Loved PZ7.P273 Jac |
Katherine Paterson |
| 1980 | We do not own this award book. | |
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1979
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The Westing Game PZ7.R1817 We |
Ellen Raskin |
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1978
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Bridge to Terabithia PZ7.P273 Br |
Katherine Paterson |
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1977
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry PZ7.T21723 Ro
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Mildred D. Taylor |
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1976
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The Grey King PZ7.C7878 Gt |
Susan Cooper |
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1975
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M. C. Higgins, the Great PZ7.H1828 Mac |
Virginia Hamilton |
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1974
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The Slave Dancer PZ7.F838 Sl |
Paula Fox |
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1973
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Julie of the Wolves PZ7.G2933 Ju |
Jean Craighead George |
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1972
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH PZ10.3.O19 Mi |
Robert C. O'Brien |
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1971
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Summer of the Swans PZ7.B98396 Su |
Betsy Byars |
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Sounder PZ7.A73394 So |
William H. Armstrong |
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1969
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The High King PZ7.A3774 Hi |
Lloyd Alexander |
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1968
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler PZ7.K8352 Fr |
E. L. Konigsburg |
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1967
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Up a Road Slowly PZ7.H9156 Up |
Irene Hunt |
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1966
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I, Juan de Pareja PZ7.T7327 I |
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino |
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1965
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Shadow of a Bull PZ7.W8182 Sh |
Maia Wojciechowska |
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1964
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It's Like This, Cat by PZ7.N462 It |
Emily Neville |
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1963
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A Wrinkle in Time PZ7.L5385 Wr |
Madeleine L'Engle |
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1962
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The Bronze Bow PZ7.S7376 Br |
Elizabeth George Speare |
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1961
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Island of the Blue Dolphins PZ7.O237 Is |
Scott O'Dell |
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Onion John PZ7.K946 On |
Joseph Krumgold |
| Year | Title & LC Call Number | Author |
|---|---|---|
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1959 |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond PZ7.S7376 Wi |
Elizabeth George Speare |
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1958
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Rifles for Watie PZ7.K255 Ri |
Harold Keith |
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1957
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Miracles on Maple Hill PZ7.S72 Mi |
Virginia Sorensen |
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1956
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch PZ7.L348 Car |
Jean Lee Latham |
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1955
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The Wheel on the School PZ7.D3675 Wg |
Meindert DeJong |
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1954
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...And Now Miguel PZ7.K946 An |
Joseph Krumgold |
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1953
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Secret of the Andes PZ7.C5296 Se |
Ann Nolan Clark |
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1952
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Ginger Pye PZ7.E749 Gi |
Eleanor Estes |
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1951
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Amos Fortune, Free Man E185.97.F73 Y3 |
Elizabeth Yates |
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The Door in the Wall PZ7.D35 Do |
Marguerite de Angeli |
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1949
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King of the Wind PZ10.3.H43 Ki |
Marguerite Henry |
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1948
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The Twenty-One Balloons PZ7.D8527 Tw |
William Pène du Bois |
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1947
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Miss Hickory PZ8.9.B16 Mi |
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey |
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1946
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Strawberry Girl PZ7.L54 St |
Lois Lenski |
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1945
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Rabbit Hill PZ10.3.L39 Rab |
Robert Lawson |
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1944
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Johnny Tremain Z7.F749 Jo3 |
Esther Forbes |
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1943 |
Adam of the Road PZ7.V746 Ad |
Elizabeth Janet Gray |
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1942
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The Matchlock Gun PZ7.E247 Mat |
Walter Edmonds |
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1941
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Call It Courage PZ8.1.S75 Cal |
Armstrong Sperry |
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Daniel Boone F454 .B733 |
James Daugherty |
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1939
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Thimble Summer PZ7.E724 Th |
Elizabeth Enright |
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1938
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The White Stag PZ8.1.S457 Wh |
Kate Seredy |
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1937
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Roller Skates PZ7.S269 Ro |
Ruth Sawyer |
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1936
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Caddie Woodlawn PZ7.B78 Cad |
Carol Ryrie Brink |
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1935
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Dobry PZ7.S529 Do |
Monica Shannon |
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1934
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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women PS1018 .M4 |
Cornelia Meigs |
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1933
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze PZ7.L5849 Yo5 |
Elizabeth Lewis |
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1932
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Waterless Mountain Z7.A715 Wat3 |
Laura Adams Armer |
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1931
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The Cat Who Went to Heaven PZ10.3.C629 Cat PZ10.3.C629 Cat5 |
Elizabeth Coatsworth |
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Hitty, Her First Hundred Years PZ8.9.F442 Hi |
Rachel Field |
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1929
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The Trumpeter of Krakow PZ7.K294 Ts4 |
Eric P. Kelly |
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1928
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Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon QL795.B57 M8 |
Dhan Gopal |
| 1927 | We do not own this award book. | |
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1926
|
Shen of the Sea PZ7.C45 Sh |
Arthur Bowie Chrisman |
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1925
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Tales from Silver Lands PZ8.F494 Ta2 |
Charles Finger |
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1924
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The Dark Frigate PZ7.H312 Da |
Charles Hawes |
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1923
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle PZ7.L827 Vo5 |
Hugh Lofting |
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The Story of Mankind D21 .V3 1951 |
Hendrik Willem van Loon |
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