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