纽伯瑞儿童文学奖Newbery Medal,是为了纪念杰出的英国儿童文学家纽伯瑞对欧美儿童文学的开创之功,由美国图书馆学会的分支机构美国图书馆儿童服务学会于1922年创立。
该奖每年颁发一次,专门奖励上一年度出版的英语儿童文学优秀作品。这一奖项设立以来,获奖作品的规模和水准,已是举世公认。
2015年有3部作品获奖,其中一个金奖,两个银奖。这三部作品两部是诗歌体,一部是漫画体,不仅文采飞扬、画面生动,还蕴含生活的温情和生命的精彩等孩子去慢慢领悟。
The Crossover 2015年纽伯瑞金奖
The Crossover《跨界》又译《交叉运球》
作者:Kwame Alexander
主角是12岁的少年Josh Bell,他还有一个孪生兄弟Jordan。他们都是热爱篮球的少年,Josh向往北卡罗来纳大学,Jordan向往杜克大学(北卡罗莱纳大学和杜克大学的篮球队都是美国的传统强队)。
可是他们的生活中不仅有最爱的篮球,还正在面对一场家庭危机,兄弟两人一度交恶,父亲生病住院去世。不过最终,他们俩在母亲帮助下走出父亲去世的悲痛并和好如初,重新变成一个紧密团结的家庭。
全书117篇章节里有34篇是表现篮球比赛的。“采用类似诗歌的押韵,读起来朗朗上口。用尾音-ing表述他们运动着并雀跃着。”本书是Amazon儿童篮球书籍销量冠军,4好评高达4.8星。适合10到12岁儿童。
EI Deafo 2015年纽伯瑞银奖
El Deafo《聋子》
作者:Cece Bell
文中的主人公小女孩Cece就是作者本人。她从小有听力障碍,需要天天要带着助听器上学。助听器虽然给她的世界带来声音,但是让同班同学孤立了她。虽然历经了很多困难,但是她最终找到了属于自己的位置,也获得了她渴望已久的珍贵友谊。
漫画书式彩色绘本。这个励志故事向孩子们展示了残缺并不是意味着不幸,与众不同也是上天赐予的礼物。本书是Amazon儿童传纪漫画书销量冠军,好评高达4.8星,适合8到12岁儿童。
Brown Girl Dreaming 2015纽伯瑞银奖
Brown Girl Dreaming《棕皮肤女孩的梦想》
作者:Jacqueline Woodson
也是一部自传体小说,作者就是那个棕皮肤的女孩,讲述在走上文学创作之路前发生在她青少年时期的往事。作者出生于俄亥俄州,在南卡罗拉纳州和纽约成长。书中充满了对年幼时朋友和家人的温馨回忆。
“那些微不足道的小事——糖果店的冰淇淋,祖父的花园,果冻罐子里的萤火虫”都在她的笔下变得生动而精彩。
全书都是生动诗歌体,“文字优雅、意味深长,是一部令人难以忘怀的作品。为读者们呈现了温暖且不应错过的感悟"。本书是Amazon儿童多文化背景传记销量冠军,好评高达4.8星,适合10岁以上儿童。
近百年来,Newbery Medal评出了数十本金奖童书,其中不乏我们耳熟能详的阅读精品。书单列表如下:
Year
Author
Book
1922
Hendrik Willem van Loon
The Story of Mankind
1923
Hugh Lofting
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
1924
Charles Hawes
The Dark Frigate
1925
Charles Finger
Tales from Silver Lands
1926
Arthur Bowie Chrisman
Shen of the Sea
1927
Will James
Smoky the Cow Horse
1928
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
1929
Eric P. Kelly
The Trumpeter of Krakow
1930
Rachel Field
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1931
Elizabeth Coatsworth
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1932
Laura Adams Armer
Waterless Mountain
1933
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1934
Cornelia Meigs
Invincible Louisa
1935
Monica Shannon
Dobry
1936
Carol Ryrie Brink
Caddie Woodlawn
1937
Ruth Sawyer
Roller Skates
1938
Kate Seredy
The White Stag
1939
Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer
1940
James Daugherty
Daniel Boone
1941
Armstrong Sperry
Call It Courage
1942
Walter D. Edmonds
The Matchlock Gun
1943
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Adam of the Road
1944
Esther Forbes
Johnny Tremain
1945
Robert Lawson
Rabbit Hill
1946
Lois Lenski
Strawberry Girl
1947
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Miss Hickory
1948
William Pène du Bois
The Twenty-One Balloons
1949
Marguerite Henry
King of the Wind
1950
Marguerite de Angeli
The Door in the Wall
1951
Elizabeth Yates
Amos Fortune, Free Man
1952
Eleanor Estes
Ginger Pye
1953
Ann Nolan Clark
Secret of the Andes
1954
Joseph Krumgold
...And Now Miguel
1955
Meindert DeJong
The Wheel on the School
1956
Jean Lee Latham
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
1957
Virginia Sorensen
Miracles on Maple Hill
1958
Harold Keith
Rifles for Watie
1959
Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
1960
Joseph Krumgold
Onion John
1961
Scott O'Dell
Island of the Blue Dolphins
1962
Elizabeth George Speare
The Bronze Bow
1963
Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
1964
Emily Cheney Neville
It's Like This, Cat
1965
Maia Wojciechowska
Shadow of a Bull
1966
Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
I, Juan de Pareja
1967
Irene Hunt
Up a Road Slowly
1968
E. L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1969
Lloyd Alexander
The High King
1970
William H. Armstrong
Sounder
1971
Betsy Byars
Summer of the Swans
1972
Robert C. O'Brien
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1973
Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves
1974
Paula Fox
The Slave Dancer
1975
Virginia Hamilton
M. C. Higgins, the Great
1976
Susan Cooper
The Grey King
1977
Mildred Taylor
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia
1979
Ellen Raskin
The Westing Game
1980
Joan Blos
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal
1981
Katherine Paterson
Jacob Have I Loved
1982
Nancy Willard
A Visit to William Blake's Inn
1983
Cynthia Voigt
Dicey's Song
1984
Beverly Cleary
Dear Mr. Henshaw
1985
Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown
1986
Patricia MacLachlan
Sarah, Plain and Tall
1987
Sid Fleischman
The Whipping Boy
1988
Russell Freedman
Lincoln: A Photobiography
1989
Paul Fleischman
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
1990
Lois Lowry
Number the Stars
1991
Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee
1992
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shiloh
1993
Cynthia Rylant
Missing May
1994
Lois Lowry
The Giver
1995
Sharon Creech
Walk Two Moons
1996
Karen Cushman
The Midwife's Apprentice
1997
E. L. Konigsburg
The View from Saturday
1998
Karen Hesse
Out of the Dust
1999
Louis Sachar
Holes
2000
Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy
2001
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
2002
Linda Sue Park
A Single Shard
2003
Avi
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
2004
Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux
2005
Cynthia Kadohata
Kira-Kira
2006
Lynne Rae Perkins
Criss Cross
2007
Susan Patron
The Higher Power of Lucky
2008
Laura Amy Schlitz
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
2009
Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book
2010
Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me
2011
Clare Vanderpool
Moon Over Manifest
2012
Jack Gantos
Dead End in Norvelt
2013
Katherine Applegate
The One and Only Ivan
2014
Kate DiCamillo
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
2015
Kwame Alexander
The Crossover
历年纽伯瑞获奖作品都已经放在我们书友会的书单里,在书单板块,选择 “原版书” 类别,就可以找到。