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:
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon (2012)
Author(s):
Steve Sheinkin
Illustrator(s):
None
Splendors and Glooms (2012)
Author(s):
Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrator(s):
None
Three Times Lucky (2012)
Author(s):
Sheila Turnage
Illustrator(s):
None
Doll Bones (2013)
Author(s):
Holly Black
Illustrator(s):
Eliza Wheeler
The Year of Billy Miller (2013)
Author(s):
Kevin Henkes
Illustrator(s):
None
One Came Home (2013)
Author(s):
Amy Timberlake
Illustrator(s):
None
Paperboy (2013)
Author(s):
Vince Vawter
Illustrator(s):
None
El Deafo (2014)
Author(s):
Cece Bell
Illustrator(s):
None
Brown Girl Dreaming (2014)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator(s):
None
The War That Saved My Life (2015)
Author(s):
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Illustrator(s):
None
Roller Girl (2015)
Author(s):
Victoria Jamieson
Illustrator(s):
Victoria Jamieson
Echo (2015)
Author(s):
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrator(s):
None
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life (2016)
Author(s):
Ashley Bryan
Illustrator(s):
Ashley Bryan
The Inquisitor’s Tale (2016)
Author(s):
Adam Gidwitz
Illustrator(s):
Hatem Aly
Wolf Hollow (2016)
Author(s):
Lauren Wolk
Illustrator(s):
None
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (2017)
Author(s):
Derrick Barnes
Illustrator(s):
Gordon C. James
Long Way Down (2017)
Author(s):
Jason Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
None
Piecing Me Together (2017)
Author(s):
Renée Watson
Illustrator(s):
None
