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The Newbery Medal recognizes the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Named after John Newbery, the famous 18th century British publisher and bookseller, the award is presented annually by the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

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1949
Medalist: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Honor: Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin
My Father's Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps

1948
Medalist: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Honor: Pancakes-Paris by Claire Hutchet Bishop
Le Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch by Harold Courlander
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerit Henry

1947
Medalist: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Honor: Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes
Big Tree by Mary and Conrad Buff
The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewett

1946
Medalist: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lensky
Honor: Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston
New Found World by Katherine Shippen

1945
Medalist: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
Honor: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh
Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanetter Eaton

1944
Medalist: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Honor: The Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic by Julia Sauer
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yeates

1943
Medalist: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Honor: The Middle Moffat by Eleanore Estes
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt

1942
Medalist: The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
Honor: Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive by Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin

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1941
Medalist: Call It Courage by Armstrong
Honor: Blue Willow by Doris Gates
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall

1940
Medalist: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
Honor: The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Boy With a Pack by Stephen W. Meader



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