紐伯瑞兒童文學(xué)獎Newbery Medal,是為了紀(jì)念杰出的英國兒童文學(xué)家紐伯瑞對歐美兒童文學(xué)的開創(chuàng)之功,由美國圖書館學(xué)會的分支機(jī)構(gòu)美國圖書館兒童服務(wù)學(xué)會于1922年創(chuàng)立。
該獎每年頒發(fā)一次,專門獎勵上一年度出版的英語兒童文學(xué)優(yōu)秀作品。這一獎項(xiàng)設(shè)立以來,獲獎作品的規(guī)模和水準(zhǔn),已是舉世公認(rèn)。
2015年有3部作品獲獎,其中一個(gè)金獎,兩個(gè)銀獎。這三部作品兩部是詩歌體,一部是漫畫體,不僅文采飛揚(yáng)、畫面生動,還蘊(yùn)含生活的溫情和生命的精彩等孩子去慢慢領(lǐng)悟。
The Crossover 2015年紐伯瑞金獎
The Crossover《跨界》又譯《交叉運(yùn)球》
作者:Kwame Alexander
主角是12歲的少年Josh Bell,他還有一個(gè)孿生兄弟Jordan。他們都是熱愛籃球的少年,Josh向往北卡羅來納大學(xué),Jordan向往杜克大學(xué)(北卡羅萊納大學(xué)和杜克大學(xué)的籃球隊(duì)都是美國的傳統(tǒng)強(qiáng)隊(duì))。
可是他們的生活中不僅有最愛的籃球,還正在面對一場家庭危機(jī),兄弟兩人一度交惡,父親生病住院去世。不過最終,他們倆在母親幫助下走出父親去世的悲痛并和好如初,重新變成一個(gè)緊密團(tuán)結(jié)的家庭。
全書117篇章節(jié)里有34篇是表現(xiàn)籃球比賽的?!安捎妙愃圃姼璧难喉崳x起來朗朗上口。用尾音-ing表述他們運(yùn)動著并雀躍著?!北緯茿mazon兒童籃球書籍銷量冠軍,4好評高達(dá)4.8星。適合10到12歲兒童。
EI Deafo 2015年紐伯瑞銀獎
El Deafo《聾子》
作者:Cece Bell
文中的主人公小女孩Cece就是作者本人。她從小有聽力障礙,需要天天要帶著助聽器上學(xué)。助聽器雖然給她的世界帶來聲音,但是讓同班同學(xué)孤立了她。雖然歷經(jīng)了很多困難,但是她最終找到了屬于自己的位置,也獲得了她渴望已久的珍貴友誼。
漫畫書式彩色繪本。這個(gè)勵志故事向孩子們展示了殘缺并不是意味著不幸,與眾不同也是上天賜予的禮物。本書是Amazon兒童傳紀(jì)漫畫書銷量冠軍,好評高達(dá)4.8星,適合8到12歲兒童。
Brown Girl Dreaming 2015紐伯瑞銀獎
Brown Girl Dreaming《棕皮膚女孩的夢想》
作者:Jacqueline Woodson
也是一部自傳體小說,作者就是那個(gè)棕皮膚的女孩,講述在走上文學(xué)創(chuàng)作之路前發(fā)生在她青少年時(shí)期的往事。作者出生于俄亥俄州,在南卡羅拉納州和紐約成長。書中充滿了對年幼時(shí)朋友和家人的溫馨回憶。
“那些微不足道的小事——糖果店的冰淇淋,祖父的花園,果凍罐子里的螢火蟲”都在她的筆下變得生動而精彩。
全書都是生動詩歌體,“文字優(yōu)雅、意味深長,是一部令人難以忘懷的作品。為讀者們呈現(xiàn)了溫暖且不應(yīng)錯(cuò)過的感悟"。本書是Amazon兒童多文化背景傳記銷量冠軍,好評高達(dá)4.8星,適合10歲以上兒童。
近百年來,Newbery Medal評出了數(shù)十本金獎童書,其中不乏我們耳熟能詳?shù)拈喿x精品。書單列表如下:
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 Trevi?o
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
歷年紐伯瑞獲獎作品都已經(jīng)放在我們書友會的書單里,在書單板塊,選擇 “原版書” 類別,就可以找到。