Audio Newbery
By popular request, here is a list of most of the Newbery Award winners, many of which are available on cassette, CD (links are to Amazon) or Audio Download (from Audible).
A quick warning about used tapes/CDs: Some third party or "used" sellers will list books rather than audio products where audio is indicated. Please contact the sellers to determine the actual product offered, unless specifically stated in the description, or buy new and be sure.
About the Newbery Award (from the ALA* website):
"The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Some books, especially those published after 1963, may include questionable content, including graphic descriptions, foul language, and "edgy" content. As with all unfamiliar books, listen before your child to determine suitability. Books we have read or heard, and loved, are marked with a
. Some others we have read, and not cared for. Still others are awaiting our attention.
*(MacBeth's Opinion does not endorse the political agenda of the ALA)
How this page is organized:
The books are listed by date of award. Titles are links to the actual books, while CD and cassette editions, as well as audio to download, are linked by media type after the title. Please double check the media format before purchasing, to ensure satisfaction. Thanks!!
1922
Medal: The Story of Mankind
(no audio available)
1923
1924
1925
(no audio available)
1926
(no audio available)
1927
1928
Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon
(no audio available)
1929
1930
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
1931
1932
(no audio available)
1933
(no audio available)
1934
(no audio available)
1935
(no audio available)
1936
1937
1938
(no audio available)
1939
1940
(no audio available)
1941
1942
(no audio available)
1943
(the abridged recording of this book is so poor that I cannot recommend it)
1944
1945
1946
Cassette (see warning on purchasing used audio)
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
(no audio available)
1954
1955
1956
(no audio available)
1957
1958
1959
1960
(no audio available)
1961
1962
Cassette CD Audio download
MP3 CD
1963
1964
(no audio available)
1965
1966
(no audio available)
1967
1968
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1969
1970
1971
1972
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1973
1974
1975
1976
The Grey King
1977
1978
1979
(no audio available)
1980
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
1981
1982
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
1983
1984
1985
1986
Cassette CD Audio Download (3 book collection!)
1987
1988
(no audio available)
1989
Joyful Noise: Poems of Two Voices
(no audio available)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
The Midwife's Apprentice (graphic birth scenes; impersonation of devil; adultery)
Cassette (includes author's interview calling some Catholic traditions "superstitions")
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
A Single Shard
2003
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Warning--this book is rather anti-Catholic)
2004
2005
2006?
