The Newbery Medal, named in honor of eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, honors outstanding writing of children's books published in the United States during the previous year.
2012 Newbery Award Winner
(J) Gantos, Jack.
Dead End in Norvelt
2012 Newbery Honor Books
(J) Thanhha, Lai.
Inside Out & Back Again
(J) Yelchin, Eugene.
Breaking Stalin’s Nose
3rd & 4th Grade Books (JX)
Coatsworth, Elizabeth.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
MacLachlan, Patricia.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
5th & 6th Grade Books (J)
Alexander, Lloyd.
The High King
Armer, Laura.
Waterless Mountain
Armstrong, William.
Sounder
Avi.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Bailey, Carolyn.
Miss Hickory
Blos, Joan.
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832
Brink, Carol.
Caddie Woodlawn
Byers, Betsy.
Summer of the Swans
Chrisman, Arthur.
Shen of the Sea
Clark, Ann.
Secret of the Andes
Cleary, Beverly.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Cooper, Susan.
The Grey King
Creech, Sharon.
Walk Two Moons
Curtis, Christopher.
Bud, Not Buddy
Cushman, Karen.
The Midwife’s Apprentice
De Angeli, Margueritte.
The Door in the Wall
DiCamillo, Kate.
The Tale of Desperaux
Du Bois, William.
The Twenty-One Balloons
Edmonds, Walter.
The Matchlock Gun
Enright, Elizabeth.
Thimble Summer
Estes, Eleanor.
Ginger Pye
Hunt, Irene.
Up a Road Slowly
Field, Rachel.
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Fleischman, Sid.
The Whipping Boy
Forbes, Esther.
Johnny Tremain
Fox, Paula.
The Slave Dancer
George, Jean.
Julie of the Wolves
Gray, Elizabeth.
Adam of the Road
Hamilton, Virginia.
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Hawes, Charles.
The Dark Frigate
Henry, Marguerite.
King of the Wind
Hesse, Karen.
Out of the Dust
James, Will.
Smoky the Cowhorse
Keith, Harold.
Rifles for Watie
Kelly, Eric.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The View from Saturday
Krumgold, Joseph.
Onion John …And Now Miguel
Lawson, Robert.
Rabbit Hill
L’Engle Madeline.
A Wrinkle in Time
Lenski, Lois.
The Strawberry Girl
Lewis, Elizabeth.
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Lofting, Hugh.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Lowry, Lois.
Number the Stars
McKinley, Robin.
The Hero and the Crown
Mukerji, Dhan.
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
Naylor, Phyllis.
Shiloh
Neville, Emily.
It’s Like This, Cat
O’Dell, Scott.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
O’Brien, Robert.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Park, Linda.
A Single Shard
Paterson, Katherine.
Bridge to Terabithia
Patron, Susan.
The Higher Power of Lucky
Peck, Richard.
A Year Down Yonder
Raskin, Ellen.
The Westing Game
Rylant, Cynthia.
Missing May
Sacher, Louis.
Holes
Sawyer, Ruth.
Roller Skates
Seredy, Kate.
The White Stag
Shannon, Monica.
Dobry
Sorenson, Virginia.
Miracles on Maple Hill
Speare, Elizabeth.
The Bronze Bow
Sperry, Armstrong.
Call It Courage
Spinelli, Jerry.
Maniac Magee
Stead, Rebecca.
When You Reach Me
Taylor, Mildred.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de.
I, Juan de Pareja
Vanderpool, Clare.
Moon Over Manifest
Voigt, Cynthia.
Dicey’s Song
Wojciechowska, Maia.
Shadow of a Bull
Young Adult (YA)
Gaiman, Neil.
The Graveyard Book
Kadohata, Cynthia.
Kira-Kira
Lowry, Lois.
The Giver
Paterson, Katherine.
Jacob Have I Loved
Perkins, Lynne Rae.
Criss Cross
Children’s NonFiction (JNF)
J940.1 Schlitz, Laura.
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
