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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, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The awards are administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the ALA.   More Awards

The Newbery Medal for Best Children's Book The 2003 Winner Is ... Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi Newbery Honor Books: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot by Carl Hiaasen A Corner of the Universe by Anne M. Martin Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan Past Winners 2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 2001 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck 2000 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 Holes by Louis Sachar 1998 Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 1997 The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg 1996 The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 1995 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 1994 The Giver by Lois Lowry 1993 Missing May by Cynthia Voigt 1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1990 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman 1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 1987 The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman 1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan 1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley 1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 1983 Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt 1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard 1981 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

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