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