The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by W. L. Konigsburg

1968 Newbery Honor

Two suburban children run away from their Connecticut home and go to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where their ingenuity enables them to live in luxury.

Comments by: Robert L., Codie S., Nick L., Alexis S., Josh S., Kalley L., Emily U., Maddy C., Abigail W., Kyle S., Kaitlyn S., Zimri R., Hannah S., Carson R., Maia B., Dean M., Justin L., Sean G.,Sarah S., Sam C., Jacob C., Jamie T., Rylie R., Angela J., Akiko T., Tevin W., John Austin S., and Caroline C., Josh B., 5th grade

Caddie Woodlawn by

Newbery Medal, 1936

The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

Comments by: Kaden C., Madi A., Emily S., Caitlyn W., Kaitlyn W., Michaela R., Travis B., Kyle C., Olivia T., Lauren K., 5th grade

Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz

1966 Newbery Honor

A humorous portrait of a happy family and their relationships with the rest of the world.

Comments by: Bayleigh B., Claire E., Emily G., Sidney W., Laney T., Victoria M., Megan E., Taylor M., 5th grade

Number the Stars by Louis Lowry

Newbery Medal.

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

Comments by: Bayleigh B., 5th grade

Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

1953 Newbery Honor

There was a child named Jonathan. Ond day his mother had to cook for 20 people. She asked to go get a pot. He was at his aunt's house. He ate and rocked himself to sleep. Finally he got home with the big pot. Now she can make the soup.

It's really good.

4 stars

by Jordan S., 3rd grade

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

There was an Old Woman and an Old Man. The woman said she was lonely. The man went to Cat Hills. He got all of the cats without noticing. Then they chose 1 cat and kept it.

It was very good.

4 stars

by Jordan S., 3rd grade