The following are lists of award-winning books.
ALA: Newbery Medal Winners, 1922-Present:
List compiled for Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), by Walter Minkel, Multnomah County Library
- 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
- Honors:
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- Hoot by Carl Hiassen
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
- A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
- Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
- 2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- 2001: A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
- 2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
- 1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
- 1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
- 1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
- 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- 1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
- 1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
- 1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- 1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- 1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
- 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
- 1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
- 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- 1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
- 1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight
- 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
- 1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
- 1980: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girls' Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos
- 1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- 1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- 1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- 1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
- 1975: M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
- 1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
- 1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
- 1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
- 1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
- 1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
- 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- 1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
- 1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizebeth Borton de Trevino
- 1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
- 1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
- 1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
- 1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
- 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- 1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
- 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- 1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
- 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginaia Sorenson
- 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
- 1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong
- 1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
- 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
- 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
- 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
- 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
- 1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
- 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
- 1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
- 1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
- 1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
- 1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- 1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- 1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
- 1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
- 1940: Daniel Boone by James Daughterty
- 1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
- 1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
- 1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
- 1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
- 1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
- 1934: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
- 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- 1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
- 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
- 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
- 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
- 1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
- 1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
- 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
- 1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938-Present:
- 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
- Honors:
- The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, based on a tale by Mary Howitt
- Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
- Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney
- 2002: The Three Little Pigs by David Weisner
- 2001: So You Want to be President? illustrated by David Small, text by Judith St. George
- 2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
- 1999:Snowflake Bentley illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- 1998: Rapunzel illustrated and retold by Paul O. Zelinsky
- 1997: Golem by David Wisniewski
- 1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
- 1995: Smoky Night illustrated by David Diaz, text by Eve Bunting
- 1994: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
- 1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
- 1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner
- 1991: Black and White by David Macaulay
- 1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
- 1989: Song and Dance Man illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Karen Ackerman
- 1988: Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr, text by Jane Yolen
- 1987: Hey, Al illustrated by Richard Egielski, text by Arthur Yorinks
- 1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- 1985: Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, retold by Margaret Hodges
- 1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
- 1983: Shadow translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, text by Blaise Cendrars
- 1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
- 1981:Fables by Arnold Lobel
- 1980: Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Donald Hall
- 1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
- 1978: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
- 1977: Ashanti to Zulu illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, text by Margaret Musgrove
- 1976: Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, retold by Verna Aardema
- 1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
- 1974: Duffy and the Devil illustrated by Margot-Zemach, retold by Harve Zemach
- 1973: The Funny Little Woman illustrated by Blair Lent, retold by Arlene Mosel
- 1972: One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
- 1971: A Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley
- 1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- 1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, retold by Arthur Ransome
- 1968: Drummer Hoff illustrated by Ed Emberley, adapted by Barbara Emberley
- 1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- 1966: Always Room for One More illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas
- 1965: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor, text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
- 1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- 1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- 1962: Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
- 1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov, texxt by Ruth Robbins
- 1960: Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
- 1959: Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
- 1958: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
- 1957: A Tree Is Nice illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Janice Udry
- 1956: Frog Went A-Courtin' illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, retold by John Langstaff
- 1955: Cinderella illustrated and retold by Marcia Brown
- 1954: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- 1953: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
- 1952: Finders Keepers illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff, text by Wll Lipkind
- 1951: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature:
2003 Award Winner:
- Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
2003 Honor Books
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
- Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
2002 Award Winner
- A Step from Heaven by An Na
2001 Award Winner
- Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
2000 Award Winner
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
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