Search Results: Awarded Books / Newbery Medal from Books Tell You Why, Inc.

New York: Delacorte Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385323069 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Bud Caldwell is a young boy with his whole life ahead of him. He sets out in 1936 during The Great Depression in search of his father who he thinks just might be the very famous bandleader Herman E. Calloway. Told with great humor and a lively style, Christopher Curtis steals your heart with Bud, Not Buddy. 2000 Newbery Award winning best juvenile book ; 8vo; x, 245, [1] pages .

New York: Hyperion Books for Children. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786808284 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Avi dircetly on the title-page; Avi's Newbery Award winning tale about thirteen-year-old boy Crispin. Set in Medieval England, he has been accused of a crime he didn't commit. Crispin, who has been declared a "wolf's head", must flee his village if he wishes to remain alive; 8vo; [viii], 262, [2] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Greenwillow Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060092726 . A stunning first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED, decorated with a drawing of a flower, and dated 2/23/06 by author Lynne Rae Perkins directly on the title page; Told in a series of 38 vignettes, this is the story of a group of 14-year-old neighbors and friends and about how life's decisions can send a person down one path instead of another. Debbie, wishing she could be a different person, and Hector, feeling "unfinished," narrate most of the novel. Full of Perkins' amusing drawings and a few photographs. Winner of the 2006 Newbery Medal; 8vo ; 337 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. As New. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. ARC. Advance Reader's edition of the first edition/first printing in unread As New condition. Signed and dated "2011" by author Jack Gantos on the half-title page; Jack Gantos' semi-autobiographical story and Winner of the John Newbery Award in 2012 is his tale of a twelve year old boy, Jack Gantos, who spends his entire summer being grounded; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374379939 . A stunning first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in like dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Jack Gantos; Jack Gantos' semi-autobiographical story and Winner of the John Newbery Award in 2012 is his tale of a twelve year old boy, Jack Gantos, who spends his entire summer being grounded; 8vo; [viii]. 341, [3] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374379939 . A stunning first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in like dust-jacket; Jack Gantos' semi-autobiographical story and Winner of the John Newbery Award in 2012 is his tale of a twelve year old boy, Jack Gantos, who spends his entire summer being grounded; 8vo; [viii]. 341, [3] pages .

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 076366040X . A first printing of the first edition in As New condition in equally unblemished dust-jacket; DiCamillo's second Newbery Medal winning book in 2014, after her initial success with The Tale of Despereaux ten years earlier. Flora is a 10 year old girl whose parents were divorced. One day, the neighbor's vacuum cleaner sucked up a squirrel and somehow the squirrel gained a superpower. Flora named the squirrel Ulysses and they became best friends; B&W Illustrations; 8vo ; [vi], 231, [2] pages .

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 076366040X . A first printing of the first edition in just about Fine condition in with minute bumping to tips in alike dust-jacket; DiCamillo's second Newbery Medal winning book in 2014, after her initial success with The Tale of Despereaux ten years earlier. Flora is a 10 year old girl whose parents were divorced. One day, the neighbor's vacuum cleaner sucked up a squirrel and somehow the squirrel gained a superpower. Flora named the squirrel Ulysses and they became best friends; B&W Illustrations; 8vo ; [vi], 231, [2] pages .

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1616205679 . A fine first printing of the first edition in equally fine, illustrated dust jacket, priced at $16.95. Signed and dated (2/15/17) on the title page by author Kelly Barnhill. Scarce in the first printing, rare to find signed; Every year, the people of the protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey (from the dust jacket). This book was awarded the 2017 John Newbery Medal; 8vo; [x], 388, [2] pages; Signed by Author .

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1616205679 . A fine first printing of the first edition in equally fine, illustrated dust jacket, priced at $16.95. Scarce in the first printing. ; Every year, the people of the protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey (from the dust jacket). This book was awarded the 2017 John Newbery Medal; 8vo; [x], 388, [2] pages .

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1616205679 . A fine first printing of the first edition in equally fine, illustrated dust jacket, priced at $16.95. Scarce in the first printing. ; Every year, the people of the protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey (from the dust jacket). This book was awarded the 2017 John Newbery Medal; 8vo; [x], 388, [2] pages .

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers. Fine. 2016. Advance Reading Copy; First Printing. Softcover. 1616205679 . A fine Advance Reading Copy of the first edition, soft cover as provided by the publisher. Signed by author Kelly Barnhill on the title page ; Every year, the people of the protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey (from the dust jacket). This book was awarded the 2017 John Newbery Medal; 8vo; [x], 386, [4] pages; Signed by Author .

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0763615781 . A charming first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Laura Amy Schlitz dirctly on the title-page; Schlitz series of portraits to illustrate what it took to survive in the Middle Ages. Winner of the 2008 Newbery Award; 4to; x, 85, [1] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Margaret K. McElderberry/Atheneum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Cloth. 0689500297 . Stated first edition in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket without the Newbery Medal, light foxing to top of page block. Variant state in green cloth, gray end papers with ISBN below the price on jacket front-flap; Susan Cooper's Newbery Medal winner of 1976 is the fourth book in The Dark is Rising sequence and tells the story of eleven-year-old Will, the youngest of the Old Ones, who uses considerable powers to find the golden harp that will awaken the sleepers. Not an easy quest with only the mysterious Bran and his dog Cafall helping him fight the forces of dark and evil; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; [xii], 208, [4] pages .

New York: Atheneum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689856393 . A very beautiful first edition, first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Cynthia Kadohata on the title page. Scarce; Cynthia Kadohata's 2005 Newbery Medal Winner is the tale of Katie and her Japanese-American family moving from Iowa to Georgia in the 1950s. Kindergardener Katie calls everything she likes Kira-kira (japanese for glittering; shining) , but soon faces tremendous challenges to find her own way in a family torn by illness and horrendous work conditions. Includes Newbery Medal book mark listing all winners up until 2005, also signed by Cynthia Kadohata; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2018. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 076369049X . A first printing of the first edition in fine condition housed in a dust-jacket of the same condition. This book is the winner of the John Newberry award in 2019. ; A tale of growing up and the importance of family, a young girl Merci Suarez struggles with overcoming middle school and her interpersonal relationships. ; 8vo; 361 pages .

New York: Orchard Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0531059960 . A charming first printing of the first edition, flawless Very Fine condition in equally unblemished dustjacket; The winner of the 1993 Newbery Medal has twelve-year-old Summer experience the death of Aunt May. As Summer, Uncle Ob and her friend Cletus grieve and try to get her back, they begin to understand that love is never truly lost ; 8vo; [vi], 88, [2] pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385738838 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread, about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Rather scarce; Clare Vanderpool Newbery Medal winning tale of Abilene Tucker, who jumps of the train in Manifest, Kansas, trying to find out about the boy her father once was; 8vo; x, 351, [7] pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385738838 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author Clare Vanderpool directly on the title page. A scarce signed copy in exceptional condition; Clare Vanderpool Newbery Medal winning tale of Abilene Tucker, who jumps of the train in Manifest, Kansas, trying to find out about the boy her father once was; 8vo; x, 351, [7] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385738838 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread condition with a small unobstrusive binding defect at the back board, else Fine in alike dust-jacket. Rather scarce; Clare Vanderpool Newbery Medal winning tale of Abilene Tucker, who jumps of the train in Manifest, Kansas, trying to find out about the boy her father once was; 8vo; x, 351, [7] pages .