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:
Americans Before Columbus (1951)
The Defender (1951)
Turgen takes pity on the mountain sheep during a hard winter.
George Louden, Jr.
Red Sails to Capri (1952)
Birthdays of Freedom (1952)
Birthdays of Freedom is a children’s history book written and illustrated by Genevieve Foster. The book was originally published in two volumes, Book One was first published in 1952, and Book Two in 1957.
Charlotte’s Web (1952)
Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm.
Read online at archive.org.
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (1952)
The bears were nowhere to be seen when Jonathan went over the mountain, but it is getting dark as he starts on his return journey.
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Magic Maize (1953)
Mary M. Buff
Mary M. Buff
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot (1953)
All Alone (1953)
Marcel takes his family’s three cows to summer pasture on Little Giant all by himself.
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On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)
In this fourth volume of her family saga, the Ingalls family moves to Minnesota and settles on the banks of Plum Creek.
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These Happy Golden Years (1953)
In the final installment of Laura Ingalls’ biography she becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.
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Banner in the Sky (1954)
The Golden Name Day (1955)
Nancy is staying with her Swedish grandparents for a year. They have to figure out how to celebrate her nine year old name day since her name is not Swedish.
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