Argh... there was a problem saving all the titles. Now I have to go back and add those that weren't entered properly. I added the whole entire list of the Newbery past winners but now only 48 is on the list. Oh, well.

HOLES wins my "best book" vote from the list, but in truth my personal #1 will always be THE WESTING GAME. I know its not as well written, but darn if it doesn't make me so happy every time I read it.

I like the idea of this list allot. I love sooo many of these books. I have to say though. I don't love the book Holes. I think that the giver is much better.

I love almost all of these books. A couple I've never heard of but many are definately on my favorite book list. The Giver is probably my personal favorite though

Picking a favorite book is like picking a favorite color of M&M--they are all good. Although not every Newbery Award winner deserves the honor in my opinion, there are many really good books in their lists.

I have a hard time choosing my favorite since each are different in genre and each had messages or strengths that I appreciated while reading!

Sill love the big discussion about which is our favorite!!!

this is fun, i've read about 40% of the Medal books since feb. and about twenty of the Honor books. currently reading Graveyard Book (wonderful) and the book that beat Charlotte's Web (gentle and slow). so far my favourites are Mixed up Files, Young Masters/Young Ladies and Dark Frigate.

Um, if the Goodreads Gods are listening. There are quite a few books on the list that have not won Newberys. Unless it is a list of books that should have won, but that didn't seem to be the parameters.

Idon't think they had Newberry's 50 years ago when I read my favorite young adult book. I still love it and read it every few years -- as have my daughters and my daughter's daughters -- and LOVED it: Mara, Daughter of the Nile, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. So many generations have loved it, it's still in print.

For sheer excitement, not to mention painless vocabulary building, nobody can beat Edgar Rice Burroughs! His books have inspired some of the greatest sci-fi writers and filmmakers in history. Tarzan! John Carter of Mars 1,2,& 3. In 60 years of reading several books every week (and being a published novelist and English teacher)I attest that NO author I've ever read had Burrough's huge vocabulary! Yet the context is so clear, you can tell what the words mean, even though you have never heard them before. And in today's lax society, you probably never WILL hear them spoken!
He wrote 65 books, all of which I have read numerous times. As each of my kids turned 12 or so, I read them PRINCESS OF MARS as a bedtime story, knowing that after the 3rd chapter, the kid would turn on the light after our goodnights and read all night. How to hook a kid on reading! A Princess of Mars

Lorie, the first Newbery was 1921 or 1922. Story of Mankind was the first winner, ERB, in addition to being a pulp novelist was writing for a slightly older reader. try the Dark Frigate from the mid 20s and Smokey the Cowhorse for early 30s to see what erb would have been up against.

Jim wrote: "Lorie, the first Newbery was 1921 or 1922. Story of Mankind was the first winner, ERB, in addition to being a pulp novelist was writing for a slightly older reader. try the Dark Frigate from the ..."

OK THANKS FOR THE TIP.

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