Teach with Newbery Medal Winners

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We've gathered the winners of the Newbery Awards, including this year's titles.

Many of these titles have online teaching plans, author biographies, and author interview transcripts.

Year	Book Title	Lesson Ideas
2007	The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2006	Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2005	Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2004	The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo	Author Biography
2003	Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi	Author Biography Author Interview
2002	A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park	Author Biography Author Interview
2001	A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck	Teaching Plan Author Biography
2000	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis	Discussion Guide Author Biography
1999	Holes by Louis Sachar Flashlight Readers Collection A Reading Guide to Holes by Louis Sachar Literature Circle Guide: Holes	Discussion Guide Author Biography Flashlight Readers Club
1998	Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse	Teaching Ideas and Author Study
1997	The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg	Author Biography Interview Transcript
1996	The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman	Author Biography
1995	Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1994	The Giver by Lois Lowry A Reading Guide to The Giver by Lois Lowry Literature Guide: The Giver	Reading Strategies for The Giver (PDF)
1993	Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1992	Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli	Reading Strategies (PDF)
1990	Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

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