Newbery Reading Program - Sorted by AR Reading Level
This is the complete list of Newbery Medal Books. You can sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the hyperlink above each category. The Reading Level of each book is included to help choose appropriate books. Two systems were used, the Reading Level according to the Follett Book Company and the Reading Level according to Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader ATOS system.
| Year | Book Title | Follett Reading Level | Accel-erated Reader Reading Level | Author | Call # |
| 1986 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | 4 | 3.4 | Patricia MacLachlan | F MAC |
| 1987 | Whipping Boy, The | 4.8 | 3.9 | Sid Fleischman | F FLE |
| 1956 | Carry on, Mr. Bowditch | 6.7 | 4.1 | Jean Lee Latham | F LAT |
| 1975 | M.C. Higgins, the Great | 4.4 | Virginia Hamilton | F HAM | |
| 1992 | Shiloh | 5 | 4.4 | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | F NAY |
| 1990 | Number the Stars | 4.9 | 4.5 | Lois Lowry | F LOW |
| 1960 | Onion John | 5.1 | 4.5 | Joseph Krumgold | F KRU |
| 1982 | Visit to William Blake's Inn, A | 4.8 | 4.5 | Nancy Willard | F WIL |
| 2001 | Year Down Yonder, A | 5.2 | 4.5 | Richard Peck | F PEC |
| 1978 | Bridge to Terabithia | 6 | 4.6 | Katherine Paterson | F PAT |
| 1999 | Holes | 6.5 | 4.6 | Louis Sachar | F SAC |
| 1968 | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | 5.6 | 4.7 | E.L. Konigsburg | F KON |
| 1964 | It's Like This, Cat | 6.1 | 4.7 | Emily Neville | F NEV |
| 2005 | Kira - Kira | 4.9 | 4.7 | Cynthia Kadohata | F KAD |
| 1991 | Maniac McGee | 5.7 | 4.7 | Jerry Spinelli | F SPI |
| 1953 | Secret of the Andes | 5.5 | 4.7 | Ann Nolan Clark | F CLA |
| 2004 | Tale of Despereaux, The | 4.1 | 4.7 | Kate DiCamillo | F DIC |
| 1955 | Wheel on the School, The | 5.7 | 4.7 | Meindert DeJong | F DEJ |
| 1963 | Wrinkle in Time, A | 4.8 | 4.7 | Madeleine L'Engle | F LEN |
| 1954 | And Now Miguel | 6.6 | 4.8 | Joseph Krumgold | F KRU |
| 1946 | Strawberry Girl | 4.6 | 4.8 | Lois Lenski | F LEN |
| 1984 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | 5 | 4.9 | Beverly Cleary | F CLE |
| 1957 | Miracles on Maple Hill | 4.9 | 4.9 | Virginia Sorenson | F SOR |
| 1971 | Summer of the Swans | 5 | 4.9 | Betsy Byars | F BYA |
| 1995 | Walk Two Moons | 6.6 | 4.9 | Sharon Creech | F CRE |
| 1962 | Bronze Bow | 6.5 | 5 | Elizabeth George Speare | F SPE |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy | 5.6 | 5 | Christopher Paul Curtis | F CUR |
| 2003 | Crispin: The Cross of Lead | 5.3 | 5 | Avi | F AVI |
| 1983 | Dicey's Song | 5.2 | 5 | Cynthia Voigt | F VOI |
| 1942 | Matchlock Gun, The | 5.7 | 5.1 | Walter Edmonds | F EDM |
| 1972 | Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NIMH | 5.4 | 5.1 | Robert C. O'Brien | F OBR |
| 1965 | Shadow of a Bull | 5.2 | 5.2 | Maia Wojciechowska | F WOJ |
| 1993 | Missing May | 6.7 | 5.3 | Cynthia Rylant | F RYL |
| 1998 | Out of the Dust | 4.5 | 5.3 | Karen Hesse | F HES |
| 1970 | Sounder | 6.5 | 5.3 | William H. Armstrong | F ARM |
| 1979 | Westing Game, The | 7 | 5.3 | Ellen Raskin | F RAS |
| 1961 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | 5.5 | 5.4 | Scott O'Dell | F ODE |
| 1949 | King of the Wind | 5.5 | 5.4 | Marguerite Henry | F HEN |
| 1926 | Shen of the Sea | 5 | 5.4 | Arthur Bowie Chrisman | 398.2 CHR |
| 2006 | Criss Cross | 5.7 | 5.5 | Lynne Rae Perkins | F PER |
| 1935 | Dobry | 6.2 | 5.6 | Monica Shannon | F SHA |
| 2008 | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village | 5.9 | 5.6 | Laura Amy Schlitz | F SCH |
| 1932 | Waterless Mountain | 6.3 | 5.6 | Laura Adams Armer | F ARM |
| 1994 | Giver, The | 6 | 5.7 | Lois Lowry | F LOW |
| 1981 | Jacob Have I Loved | 5.8 | 5.7 | Katherine Paterson | F PAT |
| 1977 | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | 6.9 | 5.7 | Mildred D. Taylor | F TAY |
| 1939 | Thimble Summer | 5.7 | 5.7 | Elizabeth Enright | F ENR |
| 1923 | Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, The | 5.9 | 5.7 | Hugh Lofting | F LOF |
| 1959 | Witch of Blackbird Pond, The | 7.2 | 5.7 | Elizabeth George Speare | F SPE |
| 1973 | Julie of the Wolves | 5.6 | 5.8 | Jean Craighead George | F CRA |
| 1931 | Cat Who Went to Heaven, The | 6.6 | 5.9 | Elizabeth Coatsworth | F COA |
| 2007 | Higher Power of Lucky | 5.8 | 5.9 | Susan Patron | F PAT |
| 1944 | Johnny Tremain | 5.5 | 5.9 | Esther Forbes | F FOR |
| 1947 | Miss Hickory | 5.2 | 5.9 | Carolyn Sherwin Bailey | F BAI |
| 1997 | View From Saturday, The | 4.8 | 5.9 | E.L. Konigsburg | F KON |
| 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | 5.3 | 6 | Carol Ryrie Brink | F BRI |
| 1952 | Ginger Pye | 5.8 | 6 | Eleanor Estes | F EST |
| 1996 | Midwife's Apprentice, The | 6 | Karen Cushman | F CUS | |
| 1974 | Slave Dancer, The | 6.4 | 6 | Paula Fox | F FOX |
| 1969 | High King, The | 6.1 | 6.1 | Lloyd Alexander | F ALE |
| 1958 | Rifles for Watie | 7.1 | 6.1 | Harold Keith | F KEI |
| 1941 | Call it Courage | 5.8 | 6.2 | Armstrong Sperry | 398.2 SPE |
| 1950 | Door in the Wall, The | 6.5 | 6.2 | Marguerite de Angeli | F DEA |
| 1976 | Grey King, The | 6.1 | 6.2 | Susan Cooper | F COO |
| 1925 | Tales from Silver Lands | 6.1 | 6.2 | Charles Finger | F FIN |
| 1937 | Roller Skates | 6.7 | 6.3 | Ruth Sawyer | F SAW |
| 1945 | Rabbit Hill | 6.4 | 6.4 | Robert Lawson | F LAW |
| 1933 | Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | 6.7 | 6.4 | Elizabeth Lewis | F LEW |
| 1943 | Adam of the Road | 6.1 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Janet Gray | F GRA |
| 1951 | Amos Fortune, Free Man | 5 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Yates | F YAT |
| 1928 | Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon | 5.5 | 6.5 | Dhan Gopal Mukerji | F MUK |
| 1966 | I, Juan de Pareja | 6.4 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Borton de Trevino | F TRE |
| 1927 | Smoky, the Cowhorse | 6.6 | 6.5 | Will James | F JAM |
| 2002 | Single Shard, A | 6.7 | 6.6 | Linda Sue Park | F PAR |
| 1967 | Up a Road Slowly | 6.9 | 6.6 | Irene Hunt | F HUN |
| 1938 | White Stag, The | 5.8 | 6.6 | Kate Seredy | F SER |
| 1924 | Dark Frigate, The | 5.5 | 6.7 | Charles Hawes | F HAW |
| 1980 | Gathering of Days, A | 6 | 6.7 | Joan W. Blos | F BLO |
| 1948 | Twenty-One Balloons, The | 6.7 | 6.8 | William Pene du Bois | F DUB |
| 1985 | Hero and the Crown, The | 6.9 | 7 | Robin McKinley | F MCK |
| 1930 | Hitty: Her First Hundred Years | 7.1 | 7.1 | Rachel Field | F FIE |
| 1929 | Trumpeter of Krakow | 5.5 | 7.1 | Eric P. Kelly | F KEL |
| 1940 | Daniel Boone | 7.7 | James Daugherty | F DAU | |
| 1988 | Lincoln, A Photobiography | 7.4 | 7.7 | Russell Freedman | F FRE |
| 1934 | Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women | 6.5 | 8 | Cornelia Meigs | F MEI |
| 1922 | Story of Mankind, The | 9.9 | Hendrik Willem van Loon | VAN | |
| 1989 | Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices | 5.2 | Paul Fleischman | 811 FLE |