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American Library Association
American Library Association: Newbery Medal Home Page
This page is dedicated to winners of the Newbery Medal, an award named for an eighteenth-century British bookseller. Link is available for list of current winners and past winners.
Harold D. Underdown
The Newbery Medal Winners, 2002 Current
Site includes a listing of previous winners of the Newbery Book Medal in children's literature since 2002. Shows winners and provides a link to each book's page on "Amazon.com" for buying information.
Other
Correspondence on the 50th Anniversary of Newbery Medal
Two letters written by Virginia Haviland and Armstrong Sperry about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Newbery Medal. Sperry reflects on what it means to be a Newbery winner 30 years after the fact.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Newbery Medal Winners for 2016
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides A list of Newbery Medal Winners from 2016 along with a brief summary.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kid's Books: Newbery Medal Winners
List of Newbery Medal Award winners on this website. The list contains some great children's books.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Newbery Medal Winners for 20 Years Prior
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a comprehensive book list. A list of 20 Newbery Award-winning books are provided on this resouce.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Appreciation of Literature Through Newbery Books
Learners will select a Newbery Medal Award book to read. They will complete one of three projects to reflect understanding of the chosen book. Their projects will be presented to the class in an effort to entice other students to read...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Sharon Creech
For teachers using the works of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech, this site provides lesson plans and learning activities for Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, and Bloomability.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Sounder
Newbery Award Winner, "Sounder", by William H. Armstrong, is about a sharecropping family and their hunting dog, Sounder. Overarching themes of this novel are courage, family, racial injustice, the importance of education, and hope. Make...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Christopher Paul Curtis: Classroom Activity
A brief activity or activities for students of all ages in commemoration of the Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis's birthday. Provides web links, a bibliography, and lesson plans, and is taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on...
Scholastic
Scholastic: "A Wrinkle in Time" Scholastic Book Files
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle is a Newbery Winning book. The BookFiles offers a excellent reading guide with thoughtful questions. It includes information on the author, vocabulary, as well as summaries on character, setting,...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Biography of Cynthia Voigt
This profile of Cynthia Voigt reveals her life and work, including her many awards for her children's and young adult books. Among these awards were the Newbery Medal for Dicey's Song and, in 1990, the California Young Reader's Award for...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Bridge to Terabithia [Pdf]
"Bridge to Terabithia", a Newbery Award winner by Katherine Paterson is a contemporary novel of friendship, accepting differences, giving, imagination, and caring for others. Friends, Jess and Leslie live in rural Virginia community....
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Reading List for With Kids Who Love or Dislike Reading
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a reading list with motivational books. Newbery Award winners and Caldecott Award winners make up the majority of the list.
Other
Nancy Polette: "King of the Wind" Literature Guide
Contains three fun activities about Marguerite Henry's book, which won the Newbery Medal in 1949. The page is set up so that it can be easily printed and distributed to students.
Other
Interview With Linda Sue Park
This site provides an interview with 2002 Newbery Newbery winner Linda Sue Park.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Check out this site to learn more about the 1936 Newbery award-winning book Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. This site provides a description of the book, a discussion guide, a writing prompt, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Linda Sue Park's Biography
Discover more about the Newbery awardwinning author Linda Sue Park when you visit this informational resource. Features a biography, a booklist and interview transcript.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Sid Fleischman's Biography
Disover more about the Newbery award-winning author Sid Fleischman through this resource. Provides a biography, booklist and more.
Kids' Wings
The Little Red Schoolhouse: "Seesaw Girl"
Here you will find a variety of activities to enhance the book "Seesaw Girl." The book is set in 17th century Korea. The majority of the activities are on Korea.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: A Single Shard
Carol Hurst provides a summary, student activities, related books, and a discussion guide of Linda Sue Park's Newberry winning book, A Single Shard.
Other
Linda Sue Park
This is Linda Sue Park's personal website. It is about the author's views on reading and writing but also gives the reader information on her books and a biography.
Other
Presenting Sid Fleischman
This is children author Sid Fleischman's personal website, which offers a fascinating look into his life and work.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Holes
"Holes" by Louis Sachar, is a Newbery winner. Trouble seems to follow Stanley Yelnats and his family. Can Stanley "fulfill" the void/hole that exist? Make the smart choice by enjoying the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file...