Literature quiz
Newbery Medal winners
105 winning books from 1922 to 2026, each with its title as your hint. An author who won more than once fills every one of their rows at a stroke.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 105 answers
- Limit
- 15:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 105
- Time limit
- 15:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the author of every Newbery winner.
| Year | Winning book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | The Story of Mankind | Not found yet |
| 1923 | The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle | Not found yet |
| 1924 | The Dark Frigate | Not found yet |
| 1925 | Tales from Silver Lands | Not found yet |
| 1926 | Shen of the Sea | Not found yet |
| 1927 | Smoky, the Cowhorse | Not found yet |
| 1928 | Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon | Not found yet |
| 1929 | The Trumpeter of Krakow | Not found yet |
| 1930 | Hitty, Her First Hundred Years | Not found yet |
| 1931 | The Cat Who Went to Heaven | Not found yet |
| 1932 | Waterless Mountain | Not found yet |
| 1933 | Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | Not found yet |
| 1934 | Invincible Louisa | Not found yet |
| 1935 | Dobry | Not found yet |
| 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | Not found yet |
| 1937 | Roller Skates | Not found yet |
| 1938 | The White Stag | Not found yet |
| 1939 | Thimble Summer | Not found yet |
| 1940 | Daniel Boone | Not found yet |
| 1941 | Call It Courage | Not found yet |
| 1942 | The Matchlock Gun | Not found yet |
| 1943 | Adam of the Road | Not found yet |
| 1944 | Johnny Tremain | Not found yet |
| 1945 | Rabbit Hill | Not found yet |
| 1946 | Strawberry Girl | Not found yet |
| 1947 | Miss Hickory | Not found yet |
| 1948 | The Twenty-One Balloons | Not found yet |
| 1949 | King of the Wind | Not found yet |
| 1950 | The Door in the Wall | Not found yet |
| 1951 | Amos Fortune, Free Man | Not found yet |
| 1952 | Ginger Pye | Not found yet |
| 1953 | Secret of the Andes | Not found yet |
| 1954 | ...And Now Miguel | Not found yet |
| 1955 | The Wheel on the School | Not found yet |
| 1956 | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Not found yet |
| 1957 | Miracles on Maple Hill | Not found yet |
| 1958 | Rifles for Watie | Not found yet |
| 1959 | The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Not found yet |
| 1960 | Onion John | Not found yet |
| 1961 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Not found yet |
| 1962 | The Bronze Bow | Not found yet |
| 1963 | A Wrinkle in Time | Not found yet |
| 1964 | It's Like This, Cat | Not found yet |
| 1965 | Shadow of a Bull | Not found yet |
| 1966 | I, Juan de Pareja | Not found yet |
| 1967 | Up a Road Slowly | Not found yet |
| 1968 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Not found yet |
| 1969 | The High King | Not found yet |
| 1970 | Sounder | Not found yet |
| 1971 | Summer of the Swans | Not found yet |
| 1972 | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Not found yet |
| 1973 | Julie of the Wolves | Not found yet |
| 1974 | The Slave Dancer | Not found yet |
| Year | Winning book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | M. C. Higgins, the Great | Not found yet |
| 1976 | The Grey King | Not found yet |
| 1977 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Not found yet |
| 1978 | Bridge to Terabithia | Not found yet |
| 1979 | The Westing Game | Not found yet |
| 1980 | A Gathering of Days | Not found yet |
| 1981 | Jacob Have I Loved | Not found yet |
| 1982 | A Visit to William Blake's Inn | Not found yet |
| 1983 | Dicey's Song | Not found yet |
| 1984 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Not found yet |
| 1985 | The Hero and the Crown | Not found yet |
| 1986 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Not found yet |
| 1987 | The Whipping Boy | Not found yet |
| 1988 | Lincoln: A Photobiography | Not found yet |
| 1989 | Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices | Not found yet |
| 1990 | Number the Stars | Not found yet |
| 1991 | Maniac Magee | Not found yet |
| 1992 | Shiloh | Not found yet |
| 1993 | Missing May | Not found yet |
| 1994 | The Giver | Not found yet |
| 1995 | Walk Two Moons | Not found yet |
| 1996 | The Midwife's Apprentice | Not found yet |
| 1997 | The View from Saturday | Not found yet |
| 1998 | Out of the Dust | Not found yet |
| 1999 | Holes | Not found yet |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy | Not found yet |
| 2001 | A Year Down Yonder | Not found yet |
| 2002 | A Single Shard | Not found yet |
| 2003 | Crispin: The Cross of Lead | Not found yet |
| 2004 | The Tale of Despereaux | Not found yet |
| 2005 | Kira-Kira | Not found yet |
| 2006 | Criss Cross | Not found yet |
| 2007 | The Higher Power of Lucky | Not found yet |
| 2008 | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village | Not found yet |
| 2009 | The Graveyard Book | Not found yet |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | Not found yet |
| 2011 | Moon over Manifest | Not found yet |
| 2012 | Dead End in Norvelt | Not found yet |
| 2013 | The One and Only Ivan | Not found yet |
| 2014 | Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures | Not found yet |
| 2015 | The Crossover | Not found yet |
| 2016 | Last Stop on Market Street | Not found yet |
| 2017 | The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Not found yet |
| 2018 | Hello, Universe | Not found yet |
| 2019 | Merci Suárez Changes Gears | Not found yet |
| 2020 | New Kid | Not found yet |
| 2021 | When You Trap a Tiger | Not found yet |
| 2022 | The Last Cuentista | Not found yet |
| 2023 | Freewater | Not found yet |
| 2024 | The Eyes and the Impossible | Not found yet |
| 2025 | The First State of Being | Not found yet |
| 2026 | All the Blues in the Sky | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The John Newbery Medal has been awarded every year since 1922 for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. It is named after an eighteenth century British bookseller.
- The first medal went to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
- The medal is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
- Honor books are named each year too; this quiz covers the medal winners only.
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