2020 Newbery Reading Challenge

Newbery Reading Challenge 2020: Rules and Sign-ups

Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2020
Hosted by:  Julie @ Smiling Shelves

Guidelines:

• Choose books from among Newbery Award winners and Honor Books; Caldecott Medal winners and Honor books.
• Rereads count.
• Audiobooks and e-books count.
• All books must be read between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. Books begun before January 1 don’t count. 
• Books can overlap with other challenges.
• Reviews are encouraged, but not necessary.
• Choose your point level. You can always aim for a higher point level, but you can't move to a lower one.

Each book you read is worth points:

• 3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner
• 2 points for a Newbery Honor Book
• 1 point for a Caldecott Medal Winner or Honor Book

Choose a level to aim for.  "You can get to this level with any combination of points you want. You can read all Newbery Medal winners. You can throw in a few Honor Books. If you want, you can even read 75 Caldecott Medal winners! How you get to your point level is totally up to you."

1. L'Engle: 15 - 29 points
2. Spinelli: 30 - 44 points
3. Avi: 45 - 59 points
4. Lowry: 60 - 74 points
5. Konigsburg: 75+ points

✷ I'm signing up at the first level (L'Engle = 15-29 points)

• List of Newbery Medal and Honor books.
• List of Caldecott Medal and Honor books.

• See my original blog post about the challenge HERE.
• See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.


MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to any reviews):

1. Ramona and Her Father (Ramona Quimby #4). Beverly Cleary (1977; 1978 Honor = 2 points)
2. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1983; 1984 Caldecott Honor = 1 point) 
3. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (1983; 1984 Newbery Medal = 3 points)
4. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan (1985; 1986 Newbery Medal = 3 points)
   

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Winners (3 points each)

• The Bronze Bow. Elizabeth George Speare (1961; 1962 Medal) 
• Caddie Woodlawn. Carol Ryrie Brink (1935; 1936 Medal)
• Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos (2011; 2012 Medal)
• The Door in the Wall. Marguerite De Angeli (1949; 1950 Medal)
• Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes (1951; 1952 Medal) 
• The Giver. Lois Lowry (1993; 1994 Medal) 
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schlitz (2007; 2008 Medal) 
• The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman (2008; 2009 Medal) 
• The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron (2006; 2007 Medal) 
• Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Field; illus. by Dorothy Lathrop (1929; 1930 Medal) 
• It's Like This, Cat. Emily Cheney Neville (1963; 1964 Medal) 
• Miracles on Maple Hill. Virginia Sorensen (1956; 1957 Medal) 
• Miss Hickory. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1946; 1947 Medal) 
• Rabbit Hill. Robert Lawson (1944; 1945 Medal) 
• Roller Skates. Ruth Sawyer (1936; 1937 Medal) 
• Secret of the Andes. Ann Nolan Clark (1952; 1953 Medal) 
• Strawberry Girl. Lois Lenski (1945; 1946 Medal)
• Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright (1938; 1939 Medal)
• The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric P. Kelly (1928; 1929 Medal) 
• The Twenty-One Balloons. William Pène du Bois (1947; 1948 Medal) 
• Up a Road Slowly. Irene Hunt (1966; 1967 Medal) 
• The View from Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg (1996; 1997 Medal)
• A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. Nancy Willard; illus. by Alice & Martin Provensen (1981; 1982 Medal) 
• The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin (1978; 1979 Medal) 
• The Wheel on the School. Meindert De Jong (1954; 1955 Medal) 
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare (1958; 1959 Medal)
• A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L'Engle (1962; 1963 Medal) [re-read?] 
• A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck (2000; 2001 Medal) 
• Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Lewis (1933 Medal)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Honor Books (2 points each)

• The ABC Bunny. Wanda Gág (1933; 1934 Honor)
• Afternoon of the Elves. Janet Taylor Lisle (1989; 1990 Honor) 
• The Animal Family. Randall Jarrell (1965; 1966 Honor) 
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. Alice Dalgliesh (1952; 1953 Honor) 
• Because of Winn-Dixie. Kate DiCamillo (2000; 2001 Honor) 
• Belling the Tiger. Mary Stolz (1961; 1962 Honor) 
• Black Fox of Lorne. Marguerite De Angeli (1956; 1957 Honor) 
• Blue Willow. Doris Gates (1940; 1941 Honor) 
• By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House #5). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1939; 1940 Honor) 
• The Cricket in Times Square. George Selden (1960; 1961 Honor) 
• Doll Bones. Holly Black (2013; 2014 Honor) 
• Downright Dencey. Caroline Dale Snedeker (1927; 1928 Honor) 
• Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine (1997; 1998 Honor)
• The Fearsome Inn. Isaac Bashevis Singer; illus. by Nonny Hogrogian (1967; 1968 Honor) 
• Feathers. Jacqueline Woodson (2007; 2008 Honor) 
• Floating Island. Anne Parrish (1930; 1931 Honor) 
• The Gammage Cup. Carol Kendall (1959; 1960 Honor) 
• The Golden Name Day. Jennie Lindquist (1955; 1956 Honor)
• Gone-Away Lake. Elizabeth Enright (1957; 1958 Honor) 
• The Great Wheel. Robert Lawson (1957; 1958 Honor) 
• The Headless Cupid. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1971; 1972 Honor) 
• Jane's Island. Marjorie Hill Allee (1931; 1932 Honor) 
• Little Town on the Prairie (Little House #7). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1941; 1942 Honor) 
• A Long Way from Chicago. Richard Peck (1998; 1999 Honor) 
• The Long Winter (Little House #6). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1940; 1941 Honor) 
• Mice Twice. Joseph Low (1980; 1981 Honor) 
• Misty of Chincoteague. Marguerite Henry (1947; 1948 Honor)
• The Moorchild. Eloise McGraw (1996; 1997 Honor) 
• Mr. Popper's Penguins. Florence & Richard Atwater (1938; 1939 Honor) [re-read] 
• Olive's Ocean. Kevin Henkes (2001; 2004 Honor) 
• On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House #4). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1937; 1938 Honor) 
• Penny from Heaven. Jennifer L. Holm (2006; 2007 Honor) 
• The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe-King's Son. Catherine Besterman (1947; 1948 Honor) 
• Ramona and Her Father (Ramona #4). Beverly Cleary (1977; 1978 Honor) 
• Rascal. Sterling North (1963; 1964 Honor) 
• The Silver Pencil. Alice Dalgliesh (1944; 1945 Honor) 
• Splendors and Glooms. Laura Amy Schlitz (2012; 2013 Honor) 
• A String in the Harp. Nancy Bond (1976; 1977 Honor) 
• Surviving the Applewhites. Stephanie S. Tolan (2002; 2003 Honor)
• These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1943; 1944 Honor)
• Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries #1). Sheila Turnage (2012; 2013 Honor) 
• Whittington. Alan Armstrong; illus. by S.D. Schindler (2005; 2006 Honor) 
• The Windy Hill. Cornelia Meigs (1921; 1922 Honor) 
• The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1972; 1973 Honor)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Winners (1 point each)

• The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Dan Santat (2914; 2015 Medal) 
• Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Marcia Brown (1954; 1955 Medal)
• The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous (1950; 1951 Medal) 
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Arthur Ransome; illus. by Uri Shulevitz (1968; 1969 Medal) 
• The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel; illus. by Blair Lent (1972; 1973 Medal) 
• Hello Lighthouse. Sophie Blackall (2018; 2019 Medal) 
• Hey, Al. Richard Egielski (illus.); text by Arthur Yorinks (1986; 1987 Medal) 
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick (2007; 2008 Medal) 
• Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg (1981; 1982 Medal) 
• Many Moons. James Thurber; illus. by Louis Slobodkin (1943; 1944 Medal)
• Owl Moon. Jane Yolen; illus. by John Schoenherr (1987; 1988 Medal)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig (1969; 1970 Medal)
• This is Not My Hat. Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 Medal) 

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Honor Books (1 point each)

• Blueberries for Sal. Robert McCloskey (1949) 
• Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. David Macaulay (1973; 1974 Honor) 
• Extra Yarn. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 Honor)
• Flora and the Flamingo. Molly Idle (2013; 2014 Honor) 
• Hansel and Gretel. Rika Lesser; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (1984; 1985 Honor) 
• In the Night Kitchen. Maurice Sendak (1971) 
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. Audrey Wood; illus. by Don Wood (1985; 1986 Honor) 
• Little Red Riding Hood. Trina Schart Hyman (1983; 1984 Honor) 
• The Most Wonderful Doll in the World. Phyllis McGinley; illus. by Helen Stone (1950; 1951 Honor) 
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale. John Steptoe (1986; 1988 Honor) 
• Nana in the City. Lauren Castillo (2014; 2015 Honor) 
• On Market Street. Arnold Lobel; illus. by Anita Lobel (1981; 1982 Honor) 
• Outside Over There. Maurice Sendak (1981; 1982 Honor) 
• The Relatives Came. Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Stephen Gammell (1985; 1986 Honor) 
• Rumpelstiltskin. Paul O. Zelinsky (1986; 1987 Honor) 
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2014; 2015 Honor) 
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. Randall Jarrell; illus. by Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1972; 1973 Honor) 
• Strega Nona. Tomi dePaola (1975; 1976 Honor) 
• The Treasure. Uri Shulevitz (1978; 1980 Honor)