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:
Hattie Big Sky (2006)
Author(s):
Kirby Larson
Illustrator(s):
None
Penny from Heaven (2006)
Author(s):
Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrator(s):
Craig Nelson
Rules (2006)
Author(s):
Cynthia Lord
Illustrator(s):
None
Elijah of Buxton (2007)
Author(s):
Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrator(s):
None
Feathers (2007)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator(s):
None
The Wednesday Wars (2007)
Author(s):
Gary D. Schmidt
Illustrator(s):
None
After Tupac and D Foster (2008)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator(s):
None
Savvy (2008)
Author(s):
Ingrid Law
Illustrator(s):
None
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom (2008)
Author(s):
Margarita Engle
Illustrator(s):
None
The Underneath (2008)
Author(s):
Kathi Appelt
Illustrator(s):
David Small
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (2009)
Author(s):
Phillip Hoose
Illustrator(s):
None
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (2009)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Kelly
Illustrator(s):
None
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (2009)
Author(s):
Rodman Philbrick
Illustrator(s):
None
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009)
Author(s):
Grace Lin
Illustrator(s):
None
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night (2010)
Author(s):
Joyce Sidman
Illustrator(s):
Rick Allen
Heart of a Samurai (2010)
Author(s):
Margi Preus
Illustrator(s):
Manjiro Nakahama
Jillian Tamaki
One Crazy Summer (2010)
Author(s):
Rita Williams-Garcia
Illustrator(s):
None
Turtle in Paradise (2010)
Author(s):
Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrator(s):
None
Breaking Stalin’s Nose Novel (2011)
Author(s):
Eugene Yelchin
Illustrator(s):
Eugene Yelchin
Inside Out & Back Again (2011)
Author(s):
Thanhha Lai
Illustrator(s):
None
