The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The most recent Newbery winner, Moon Over Manifest, has been added.
(Now to find a copy and read it!)
Holes and The Giver are the best on this list. Took a Young Adult Lit class in college and read a lot in there (14%!!). Definitely worth a read-even as an adult!!
Gave me nightmares as a kid! I would like to read it again to see what was it that scared me so much.
The whole Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper is terrific. I read all of them when I was in my early thirties – I still think children’s books are some of the best we have.
I read many of these as a kid and loved them. They’re really classics, and even the oldest of them has held up well. Our reading teacher gave out this list when I was in 4th or 5th grade and I slowly checked them out over the next few years. If you have a kid who devours books, challenge them to read everything on this list.
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