Newbery Award Winners, Part 1

For item 24 for of my list, I'm reading an Newbery Award or Honor book for each year since I've been born. I decided to go ahead and knock these out now. They're short books generally, and they're lovely reads.

So far I've read:

• (1988) Lincoln, A Photobiography
• (1989) Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
• (1990) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
• (1991) Maniac Magee
• (1992) Nothing But the Truth
• (1993) Missing May
• (1994) Dragon's Gate
• (1995) The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
• (1996) The Great Fire
• (1997) The Moorchild
• (1998) Lily's Crossing
• (1999) A Long Way From Chicago
• (2000) Bud, Not Buddy
  

I think my favorites so far have been Joyful Noise, The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, and The Moorchild. Great stuff!

I'm up to age 13, and I'm reading Hope Was Here. I've read a lot of the nominees and winners already, but it's great to catch the ones I haven't. I feel like this should be a lifelong goal - to always read the nominees and winner for each year. Kids' books are just so great!