Newbery Winners From The Nineteen Eighties
This was an amazing decade for Newbery Medal and Honor Books. During this period two of the winners were poetic. A non-fiction book won the medal for the first time in many years, and two others were honor books. Plus there were many excellent novels including memorable historical fiction.
My choices for best novels (of those I've read) are Hatchet and Sarah, Plain and Tall.
Contents of this lens:
1989 Newbery Medal Winner
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009) 
1989 Newbery Honor Books
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 11/21/2009)
Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1988 Newbery Medal Winner
Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
1988 Newbery Honor Books
After the Rain
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Hatchet
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Hatchet: 20th Anniversary Edition
Amazon Price: $15.59 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Literature Unit for Hatchet
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Guts : The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1987 Newbery Medal Winner
The Whipping Boy
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using The Whipping Boy in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Whipping Boy LITERATURE KIT
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The Whipping Boy Study Guide
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The whipping boy, by Sid Fleischman: Teacher Guide
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1987 Newbery Honor Books
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
On My Honor
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using On My Honor in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Fine White Dust
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
1986 Newbery Medal Winner
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Set on a rural early-America farm, a mail-order bride arrives to help two children and their father. This is one of my favorite Newbery Medal books. It is short but very, very sweet. Even though I'd already seen the made-for-tv movie, I was deeply moved by the little boy's need for a mother. This should be part of every American child's education.
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Sarah Plain and Tall/Journey in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Scholastic Book Guides, Grades 3-5)
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1986 Newbery Honor Books
Dogsong
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1985 Newbery Medal Winner
The Hero and the Crown
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 11/21/2009)
1985 Newbery Honor Books
Like Jake and Me
Amazon Price: $6.50 (as of 11/21/2009)
One-Eyed Cat
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Moves Make the Man (Newbery Honor Book)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1984 Newbery Medal Winner
Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (Avon Camelot Books)
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using Dear Mr. Henshaw in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Dear Mr. Henshaw: A study guide (Novel-ties)
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1984 Newbery Honor Books
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
The Sign of the Beaver
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Guide for Using The Sign of the Beaver in the Classroom
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Sugaring Time
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
A Solitary Blue (The Tillerman Series #3)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1983 Newbery Medal Winner
Dicey's Song (The Tillerman Series #2)
This is the second book in the Tillerman Series. In the first book Dicey, the oldest of four lost siblings, guides her brothers and sister toward the safety of a relative's home after their mother fails to return to them where they're parked at a shopping center in a strange town. This second book shows how Dicey adjusts to life with her grandmother after her long perilous journey.
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1983 Newbery Honor Books
Blue Sword
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Homesick, My Own Story (Paperstar Book)
Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 11/21/2009)
Graven Images
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Doctor Desoto
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1982 Newbery Medal Winner
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
Amazon Price: $7.00 (as of 11/21/2009)
1982 Newbery Honor Books
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books)
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Ramona Boxed Set (4 Volumes) (Ramona the Brave, Ramona the Pest, Beezus and Ramona, Ramona Quimby - age 8)
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Student Packet by Novel Units, Inc.
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 LITERATURE KIT
Amazon Price: $11.01 (as of 11/21/2009)
1981 Newbery Medal Winner
Jacob Have I Loved
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
Student's Discussion Guide to Jacob Have I Loved
Amazon Price: $6.00 (as of 11/21/2009)
Puzzle Pack: Jacob Have I Loved
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 11/21/2009)
1981 Newbery Honor Books
A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family)
Amazon Price: $17.15 (as of 11/21/2009)
Fledgling
Amazon Price: $10.07 (as of 11/21/2009)
1980 Newbery Medal Winner
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
1980 Newbery Honor Book
The Road From Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival and Hope
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/21/2009)
About the Lensmaster
Lensmaster Linda Jo Martin writes children's novels, so has spent many years reading books from the Newbery list. From the 1980-1989 selections she's read A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832, Jacob I Have Loved, Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Dicey's Song, The Sign of the Beaver, Sarah Plain and Tall, On My Honor, and Hatchet.Linda maintains a writer's blog: Perspectives on Writing.
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