Newbery Medal Winners
2021 Newbery
author Tae Keller
Korean folklore, main character is Lily and her family moves in with her sick grandmother
titular animal arrives, asking her to help unravel a family secret
When You Trap A Tiger
wrote The Giver and Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
lumberjack and folk hero
superhuman strength
companion is Babe the big blue ox
Paul Bunyan
declarative
books that are made up, but could have really happened in the past
historical fiction
2020 Newbery
author Jerry Craft
graphic novel (only one to ever win Newbery!)
Jordan lives in Washington Heights but attends Riverdale Academy
New Kid
wrote Little Men and Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
folk hero known for his work on the railroad
worked against a steam drill and won in a race
John Henry
type of sentence - "I really like apples!"
exclamatory
short stories that contain a lesson
animals have human qualities
many of them were written be Aesop
fables
2019 Newbery
author Meg Medina
a girl and her brother are scholarship students at a rich private school in Florida
their grandfather is dying of Alzheimer's disease
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
real person, but folk stories written about him
killed a bear as a toddler
"King of the Wild Frontier"
Davy Crockett
type of sentence - "Do you like apples?"
interrogative
books set in the future, with a huge focus on technology
science fiction
2018 Newbery
author Entrada Kelly
bullying goes overboard when Virgil is pushed down a well
Hello, Universe
poet that did not follow the rules of grammar, often leaving out capital letters in his work (even the ones in his own name)
EE Cummings
"Little Sureshot"
folk hero who performed in Buffalo Bill's wild west show
Annie Oakley
type of sentence - "Get me some apples."
imperative
types of nonfiction books that are used as references
informational
2017 Newbery
author Kelly Barnhill
antagonist is a witch
village makes sacrifices
Luna is the protagonist
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
wrote The House of Dies Drear
first African American to win the Newbery
Virginia Hamilton
tall tale hero who created the Gulf of Mexico by lassoing a storm
supposedly "rode a twister just to tame it"
Pecos Bill
interjection
makes a comparison between two things without using the words "like" and "as"
example-- this classroom is a zoo
metaphor