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:
Crazy Lady! (1993)
Author(s):
Jane Leslie Conly
Illustrator(s):
None
Dragon’s Gate (1993)
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
None
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (1993)
Author(s):
Russell Freedman
Illustrator(s):
None
Catherine, Called Birdy (1994)
Author(s):
Karen Cushman
Illustrator(s):
None
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (1994)
Author(s):
Nancy Farmer
Illustrator(s):
None
The Great Fire (1995)
Author(s):
Jim Murphy
Illustrator(s):
None
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995)
Author(s):
Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrator(s):
None
What Jamie Saw (1995)
Author(s):
Carolyn Coman
Illustrator(s):
None
Yolonda’s Genius (1995)
Author(s):
Carol Fenner
Illustrator(s):
Raúl Colón
A Girl Named Disaster (1996)
Author(s):
Nancy Farmer
Illustrator(s):
David Soman
Belle Prater’s Boy (1996)
Author(s):
Ruth White
Illustrator(s):
None
Ella Enchanted (1997)
Author(s):
Gail Carson Levine
Illustrator(s):
Gail Carson Levine
Lily’s Crossing (1997)
Author(s):
Patricia Reilly Giff
Illustrator(s):
None
Wringer (1997)
Author(s):
Jerry Spinelli
Illustrator(s):
None
A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
Author(s):
Richard Peck
Illustrator(s):
Yang Hee
Getting Near to Baby (1999)
Author(s):
Audrey Couloumbis
Illustrator(s):
Ian Schoenherr
Our Only May Amelia (1999)
Author(s):
Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrator(s):
Adam Gustavson
