Dear readers, I am very sorry that I have not been keeping up with my Newbery series as I had originally intended. I guess at the outset, I hadn’t anticipated that since these books won for children’s literature that they would be so long. Unfortunately, while in the middle of The Dark Frigate, I got so confused that I had to close the book. You see, a lot of the language that is used in the book is from England and Scotland and it is spelled the way it is spoken. I got to thinking if I — a college graduate — was having a hard time getting through the first few chapters, how was a child going to get through it? Not that this is an excuse, but quite frankly, I ran out of time. I am sorry to disappoint all of you, but in case you are interested in reading the Newbery books, I have decided to at least give you lists of the winners and Honor books for each year by decade. Included with each list is a little information about some of the books and the decade in which they won. In this section, you will find links to reviews of the books I did read. Happy reading!
1922 Medal Winner: “The Story of Mankind” by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Honor Books:
- “The Great Quest” by Charles Hawes
- “Cedric the Forester” by Bernard Marshall
- “The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure” by William Bowen
- “The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles” by Padraic Colum
- “The Windy Hill” by Cornelia Meigs
1923 Medal Winner: “The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting
No Honor books were recorded for this year.
1924 Medal Winner: “The Dark Frigate” by Charles Hawes
No Honor books were recorded for this year.
1925 Medal Winner: “Tales from Silver Lands” by Charles Finger
Honor Books
- “Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story” by Annie Carroll Moore
- “The Dream Coach” by Anne Parrish
1926 Medal Winner: “Shen of the Sea” by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
Honor Book
- “The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery” by Padraic Colum
1927 Medal Winner: “Smoky, the Cowhorse” by Will James
No Honor books were recorded for this year.
1928 Medal Winner: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Honor Books
- “The Wonder Smith and His Son” by Ella Young
- “Downright Dencey” by Caroline Snedekers
1929 Medal Winner: “The Trumpeter of Krakow” by Eric P. Kelly
Honor Books
- “Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo” by John Bennett
- “Millions of Cats” by Wanda Gág
- “The Boy Who Was” by Grace Hallock
- “Clearing Weather” by Cornelia Meigs
- “Runaway Papoose” by Grace Moon
1930 Medal Winner: “Hitty, Her First Hundred Years” by Rachel Field
Honor Books
- “A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland” by Jeanette Eaton
- “Pran of Albania” by Elizabeth Miller
- “Jumping-Off Place” by Marion Hurd McNeely
- “The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales” by Ella Young
- “Vaino” by Julia Davis Adams
- “Little Blacknose” by Hildegarde Swift
- “Tod of the Fens” by Elinor Whitney