Sunday, January 13, 2008

Poll results: Newbery

And we have a Newbery winner! Not for the 2008 Newbery... that will be announced tomorrow, but for my equally important poll about favorite past Newbery winners.

The winner is one of my all time favorite books: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg.

I was surprised at how few votes King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry got (only 2)... and was impressed at how many obscure Newbery winner recieved votes. See below for the rest of the intriguing results.

Question: What are your favorite Newbery Medal books?

Answers:

1st place (26 votes)

  • 1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

2nd place (24 votes)

  • 1994: The Giver

3rd place (23 votes each)

  • 1979: The Westing Game
  • 1978: Bridge to Terabithia
  • 1963: A Wrinkle in Time

4th place (22 votes)

  • 1999: Holes

5th place (21 votes)

  • 1990: Number the Stars

6th place (18 votes)

  • 1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

7th place (15 votes)

  • 1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

8th place (14 votes)

  • 1981: Jacob Have I Loved

9th place (13 votes)

  • 1944: Johnny Tremain

10th place (12 votes each)

  • 1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall
  • 1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins

11th place (11 votes)

  • 1995: Walk Two Moons

12th place (10 votes each)

  • 1991: Maniac Magee
  • 1983: Dicey's Song
  • 1936: Caddie Woodlawn

13th place (9 votes each)

  • 2004: The Tale of Despereaux
  • 1997: The View from Saturday
  • 1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  • 1973: Julie of the Wolves

14th place (8 votes each)

  • 2001: A Year Down Yonder
  • 2000: Bud, Not Buddy
  • 1996: The Midwife's Apprentice
  • 1985: The Hero and the Crown
  • 1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw

15th place (7 votes)

  • 2002: A Single Shard

16th place (6 votes each)

  • 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky
  • 1998: Out of the Dust
  • 1976: The Grey King
  • 1969: The High King
  • 1950: The Door in the Wall

17th place (5 votes each)

  • 2005: Kira-Kira
  • 1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography

18th place (4 votes each)

  • 1989: Joyful Noise
  • 1970: Sounder
  • 1967: Up a Road Slowly
  • 1962: The Bronze Bow
  • 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

19th place (3 votes each)

  • 2003: Crispin
  • 1993: Missing May
  • 1987: The Whipping Boy
  • 1974: The Slave Dancer
  • 1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
  • 1955: The Wheel on the School
  • 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons
  • 1945: Rabbit Hill

20th place (2 votes each)

  • 2006: Criss Cross
  • 1964: It's Like This, Cat
  • 1958: Rifles for Watie
  • 1949: King of the Wind
  • 1941: Call It Courage
  • 1937: Roller Skates
  • 1934: Invincible Louisa
  • 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
  • 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

21st place (1 vote each)

  • 1992: Shiloh
  • 1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn
  • 1980: A Gathering of Days
  • 1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great
  • 1971: Summer of the Swans
  • 1954: And Now Miguel
  • 1953: Secret of the Andes
  • 1952: Ginger Pye
  • 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man
  • 1947: Miss Hickory
  • 1946: Strawberry Girl
  • 1943: Adam of the Road
  • 1942: The Matchlock Gun
  • 1940: Daniel Boone
  • 1939: Thimble Summer
  • 1938: The White Stag
  • 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
  • 1932: Waterless Mountain
  • 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow
  • 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse
  • 1922: The Story of Mankind

22nd place (0 votes each)

  • 1966: I, Juan de Pareja
  • 1965: Shadow of a Bull
  • 1960: Onion John
  • 1957: Miracles on Maple Hill
  • 1935: Dobry
  • 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
  • 1926: Shen of the Sea
  • 1925: Tales from Silver Lands
  • 1924: The Dark Frigate
See this post for the results of the Caldecott poll I conducted.

4 comments:

  1. You must be so thrilled about Hugo Cabret! I'm glad I ordered the book from the library a few days ago.

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  2. A local librarian is the winner!

    http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/booksmags/bal-lifestyle-newberry-0114,0,1829647.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout

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  3. Interesting! I love these polls. So much fun! Now I have to go get busy reading all the award winners that I haven't yet...which, sadly, is nearly all of them. Ay yi yi.

    EFB

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  4. Alkelda- I am THRILLED about Hugo!!! I couldn't be happier.

    Anonymous- Isn't it great A Baltimore librarian won the Newbery! I'm thrilled about that, too.

    EFB- Glad you enjoy the polls. I have a lot of fun doing them. Just think of how many wonderful books you still have to discover. =)

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