February 10, 2012
Continuing on my journey through the Newbery winners, I am
amazed at the diversity I encounter. Such different writing styles and subject
matter, I turn the first page of each book with no expectations but, at the same time, with great anticipation.
Below is a list of all of the Newbery Medal Winners to date. The ones in bold are ones I have completed. Those bold italicized I especially enjoyed allowing my page turning rate to increase significantly. Only 35 to go!
91.) 2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
90.) 2011: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
89.) 2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
88.) 2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean
87.) 2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
86.) 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan
85.) 2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
84.) 2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
83.) 2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
82.) 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
81.) 2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
80.) 2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
79.) 2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
78.) 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
77.) 1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
76.) 1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
75.) 1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
74.) 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
73.) 1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
72.) 1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
71.) 1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
70.) 1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
69.) 1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
68.) 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
67.) 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
66.) 1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
65.) 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
64.) 1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
63.) 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
62.) 1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
61.) 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
60.) 1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
59.) 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos
58.) 1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
57.) 1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
56.) 1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
55.) 1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
54.) 1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
53.) 1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
52.) 1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
51.) 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
50.) 1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
49.) 1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
48.) 1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
47.) 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg46.) 1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
45.) 1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
44.) 1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
43.) 1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
42.) 1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
41.) 1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
40.) 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
39.) 1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
38.) 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
37.) 1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
36.) 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
35.) 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
34.) 1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
33.) 1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
32.) 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
31.) 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
30.) 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
29.) 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
28.) 1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
27.) 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
26.) 1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
25.) 1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
24.) 1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
23.) 1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
22.) 1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
21.) 1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
20.) 1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
19.) 1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
18.) 1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
17.) 1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
16.) 1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
15.) 1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
14.) 1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
13.) 1934: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
12.) 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
11.) 1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
10.) 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
09.) 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by RachelThe Field
08.) 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
07.) 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
06.) 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
05.) 1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
04.) 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
03.) 1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
02.) 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
01.) 1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Last year at this time, I had more than one person thinking
that I had lost my mind. As a big ice cream consumer, the days approaching St.
Patrick’s Day brought about special menu items at certain restaurants.
Recalling a certain menu item from my childhood, I talked my mate Laura into
going to McDonalds to get a shamrock shake. I was a bit worried when I didn’t
see any marketing post in the window. I asked the lady behind the register and
she looked at me like I was from another planet. We tried another McDonalds
with the same result. 
