Newbery Award Winners 2014

Newbery Award Named for a British bookseller John Newbery Given to a book published previous year -- since 1922 Given to the author of the most “distinguished” contribution to children’s literature Resident US Up to/including age 14 ©

Newbery Winner A girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses, whose life was saved by Flora after he was involved with an incident with a vacuum cleaner, team up to use his new superpowers to conquer villains and protect the weak Flory and Ulysses By Kate DiCamillo Also Newbery winner of Tale of Despereaux and Because of Winn Dixie

Honor book Zach, Alice and Poppy, all Friends from a Pennsylvania Middle school who have long Enjoyed acting out adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl. By Holly Black Also author of Spiderwick Chronicles

Honor book In 1871 Wisconsin, 13 year old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and a foiler of counterfeiters By Amy Timberlake

Honor book When an 11 year old boy takes over a friend’s newspaper route in July 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month By Vince Vawter

Honor book Seven year old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head, and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons By Kevin Henkes Also Newbery honor for Olive’s Ocean

Schneider Family award Princess Matilda wants to live in a cloister, writing all her life, especially with her lame foot, and wanting to escape from her evil cousin, but her servant Judith and her friend Parz would rather be out dragon hunting, so she joins the adventure By Merrie Haskell Also author of Princess Curse

Coretta Scott King award After spending the Summer of 1968 with their mother and the Black Panthers in San Francisco, the 3 sisters return to Brooklyn with a new sense of independence, but their father has a new girlfriend, and their uncle has just come home from Vietnam a changed man, and Big Ma still expects Delphine to take care of everything. Delphine writes to her real mother who reminds her to PS be eleven By Rita Williams-GarciaNewbery winner of One Crazy Summer

Printz honor book – Young Adult An Odyssey like adventure of two boys incredible adventure on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets and extraordinary encounters. By Clare Vanderpool Also Newbery winner of Moon over Manifest