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:
Our Eddie (1969)
Knee-Knock Rise (1970)
Annie and the Old One (1971)
The Headless Cupid (1971)
Frog and Toad Together (1972)
The Upstairs Room (1972)
The Witches of Worm (1972)
The Dark Is Rising (1973)
The Dark Is Rising is the second novel in the “The Dark Is Rising” series.
My Brother Sam Is Dead (1974)
James Lincoln Collier
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe (1974)
Dragonwings (1975)
A young man from China joins his father in early 20th century San Fancisco. Read online at archive.org.