Newbery Honor Book
The Newbery Honor Books are runners-up to the Newberry Medal, which is awarded each year for the preceding year’s most distinguished American picture book for children.
The medal is named in honor of John Newbery. He was an eighteenth-century British publisher of juvenile books. He made it a priority to create books specifically for children.
No Award was given in 1923, 1924, or 1927. That is because no book was considered suitable.
Learn more: official Newberry Medal and Honor homepage.
Winners:
The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles (1921)
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure (1921)
The Windy Hill (1921)
Does not seem to have been illustrated by the Haders.
Elmer Hader
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story (1924)
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery (1925)
Millions of Cats (1928)
An elderly couple realize they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat, so her husband sets off in search of one. Each seems lovely, so he walks back home with millions of cats following him.
Read online at archive.org.
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer (1929)
Early American railroading as seen through the eyes of the Dewitt Clinton, the first steam engine built for the New York Central Railroad.
Read online at archive.org.