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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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1969
Medalist: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
Honor: To Be a Slave by Julius Lester
When Shlemiel Went To Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1968
Medalist: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Honor: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg
The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1967
Medalist: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
Honor: The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell
Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Jazz Man by Mary H. Weik

1966
Medalist: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borten de Trevino
Honor: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz

1965
Medalist: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
Honor: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

1964
Medalist: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville
Honor: Rascal by Sterling North
The Loner by Ester Weir

1963
Medalist: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Honor: Thistle and Thyme by Sorche Nic Leodhas
Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge

1962
Medalist: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Honor: Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis
The Golden Goblet by Eloise McGraw
Belling the Tiger by Mary Stolz

1961
Medalist: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Honor: America Moves Forward by Gerald W. Johnson
Old Ramon by Jack Schaefer
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

1960
Medalist: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
Honor: My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
America Is Born by Gerald W. Johnson
The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall



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