Comments on The Most Deserving Newbery - page 3

"Catherine, called Birdy" (#95 on the list) was a Newbery Honor, not Winner

2025-01

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: “The First State of Being,” written by Erin Entrada Kelly, is the Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Four Newbery Honor Books also were named: "Across So Many Seas," written by Ruth Behar and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House; "Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All," written and illustrated by Chanel Miller and published by Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House; "One Big Open Sky," written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House; and "The Wrong Way Home," written by Kate O’Shaughnessy, A Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.

Because of Winn Dixie (109), Brown Girl Dreaming (110), and War that Saved my life (119) are all Newbery HONOR not Winner. spot several others that aren't Newbery mention at all.

I love #118 The Education of Little Tree, but I don't think it won the Newbery.

#100 Best Dinosaur Ever is not a Newbery winner (or honor)

#100 Best Dinosaur Ever is not a Newbery winner (or honor)

It appears that nobody has been checking for months, but all of the following books should be removed:

#97, Catherine called Birdy is a honor book, not a winner.
#100 Best Dinosaur ever should not be on this list
#101 Ella Enchanted (honor, not winner)
#107 Westing game (duplicate, already listed as #7)
#108 Because of Winn-Dixie (honor, not winner)
#110 The war that changed my life (honor, not winner)
#111 The education of Little Tree

All 4 books labeled as #113 should be deleted

#117-123 are not Newbery winners
#125 Monster is not a Newbery winner

Checked for duplicates, removed mentioned books and others which are not Newbery winners.