我们确信一本好的书、一个童话，如果在童年的眼前搁放了，那么很可能就把一生的美好方向决定了。——儿童文学作家梅子涵

大名鼎鼎的“纽伯瑞儿童文学奖”已经100岁啦！

 

The Newbery Medal

纽伯瑞儿童文学奖

纽伯瑞奖由美国图书馆儿童服务学会（ALSC）创设于1922年，旨在嘉奖于美国出版的优秀儿童文学作品。它是第一个世界级童书大奖，在全球各地都享有极高的认可度。

奖项以英语世界的“儿童文学之父”约翰·纽伯瑞的名字命名。他在18世纪开办了第一间儿童读物印刷厂和第一家童书书店，累计发售100多种平价童书，深受孩子欢迎。

其“快乐至上、寓教于乐”的教育理念打破当时严肃保守的社会风气，开辟英美儿童文学的创作新路。

 

△John Newbery, 1713-1767

一个世纪以来，数百部优质童书从评选中脱颖而出，组成孩子们流连忘返的精神宝库。

在时间洗练下，这些作品的光芒愈加耀眼，每个故事都堪称滋养童年、助力成长的当世经典，蕴含着发掘自我、发现世界的无穷智慧。

孩子深谙“如果有一天”的通关密语，经由幻想世界的大门深入一场又一场图文并茂的奇幻历险记，尽情探索未知疆域，学习解决问题的方法和创造未来的能力……

○ 如果有一天，你的好朋友突然遭遇生死存亡的大危机，只有你能救他，却必须付出沉重代价。你会怎样抉择，你们的友谊还能否牢固不变？

 

 

○ 如果有一天，一座博物馆向你敞开大门，你可以在游人如织的展馆内美美地“借宿”几晚，还能化身“福尔摩斯”参与探案，你会如何抓住这个机会？

 

 

如果有一天，你“挖”到了一个震惊世界的秘密，你是否有胆量深入调查蛛丝马迹，又是否有智慧揭开层层迷雾，让埋藏数百年的真相重见天日？

 

 

作为权威、标杆的童书大奖，纽伯瑞奖坚持“以儿童为中心”的评选准则，正如ALSC主席柯比·麦柯蒂斯所说：“致力于为孩子们发掘更广阔的表达和故事。”

获奖图书无论是语言难度、内容深度还是题材广度，都十分契合儿童认知水平，其影响和价值超越国界！

在美国，大大小小的儿童阅览室内几乎都有专门摆放纽伯瑞奖获奖图书的书架；我国教育部也将纽伯瑞奖获奖作品纳入《中小学生阅读指导目录》中，推荐给全国的小读者们。

 

△《夏洛的网》入选教育部阅读指导目录

丰富多彩的故事不仅是孩子学习英语的一扇窗口，更是全世界青少年共飨阅读的文学盛宴——纽伯瑞奖无愧“童书界奥斯卡”的盛名！

小阁精心安排了「12部纽伯瑞必读书单」，收录了小读者爱不释手、老师家长好评满满的纽伯瑞获奖作品。

在素以“苛刻”闻名的豆瓣平台，这12部图书获得了平均8.5分的亮眼分数！

 

 

更有教育学者和儿童文学专家盛赞：“宝藏”童书触及青少年成长教育的深处，带来对生活和生命的丰富体验。

○“这实在是一本宝书。”——复旦大学教授严峰评《夏洛的网》

○“经典的书会随着我们的生命长大。”——儿童文学作家梅子涵评《时代广场的蟋蟀》

○“简单的情节并不影响故事的惊心动魄，触及到青少年成长教育的深处。”——国际安徒生奖得主、儿童文学作家曹文轩评《手斧男孩》

○“一本如同高难度拼图的童书。它尊重你的智商，检验你的智商，挑战你的智商。”——儿童文学作家彭懿评《洞》

○“一部没有任何说教的成长教育笔记，无论大人还是孩子都能受益匪浅。”——豆瓣读者“巴伐利亞酒神”评《坟场之书》

○“可以在这个故事里找到如何进行日常生活的观察与写作，这是很多小学中年级的孩子最缺乏的。”——豆瓣读者“种瓜得瓜”评《市场街最后一站》

学子们大可按照自己的英语水平和阅读兴趣，挑选其中几本细细品读，定能潜移默化提升语言能力和综合素养，收获无限~

Book 1 夏洛的网 Charlotte's Web

蓝思值680L  豆瓣分9.0

 

 

☆ 1953年纽伯瑞银奖 ☆

在朱克曼家的谷仓里，小猪威尔伯与蜘蛛夏洛建立了深厚的友谊，然而作为一只猪，威尔伯“成为熏肉火腿”的命运似乎已经注定。在威尔伯即将被宰杀的时候，看似渺小的夏洛用尽全力逆转了好友的命运，自己的生命却走到了尽头……

对孩子来说，生命和友谊的意义太抽象，作者E.B·怀特用春日暖阳般明媚的笔触，写下这样一个超越物种、相濡以沫的感人故事，把关于爱、友情和生死的哲思向小读者娓娓道来。

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"You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

（*另有精装版可选，戳这里）

Book 2 时代广场的蟋蟀 The Cricket in Times Square

蓝思值780L  豆瓣分8.7

 

☆ 1961年纽伯瑞银奖 ☆

柴斯特，一只出生在乡下的蟋蟀，因为贪吃误打误撞来到全世界最繁华的纽约时代广场。在陌生都市里，他幸运地收获了友情，并用音乐才华帮助朋友摆脱困境，名震全城。面对鲜花掌声和对自由的向往，柴斯特会如何选择呢？

乡村与城市隔着遥远的距离，但真挚的友情和美妙的音乐足以冲破地理上的桎梏，让心与心挨得很近。当孩子长大成人、外出闯荡的时候，故事里的思乡之情一定会成为他温暖的慰藉。

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Traffic came to a standstill. The buses, the cars, men and women walking—everything stopped. And what was strangest of all, no one minded. Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was as still as a meadow at evening, with the sun streaming in on the people there and the wind moving among them as if they were only tall blades of grass.

Book 3 时间的皱纹 A Wrinkle in Time

蓝思值740L  豆瓣分7.2

 

☆ 1963年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

古灵精怪的女孩梅格，生活突然一团乱麻：她的科学家老爸神秘失踪了！为了寻找爸爸，梅格和弟弟查尔斯、朋友凯文一同踏上了蛰伏着未知危险的时空之旅。光明与黑暗、善良与邪恶的终极较量即将展开！

这是一本写给青少年的奇幻/科幻冒险小说，时空变幻和星际穿梭的剧情设定充满想象力，字里行间饱藏温润人心的爱与宽容。怎样从一个星球跳到另一个星球？书名已经悄悄“剧透”答案啦~

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Mr. Murry bent over her, massaging her cold fingers. She could not see his face. "My daughter, I am not a Mrs. Whatsit, a Mrs. Who, or a Mrs. Which. Yes, Calvin has told me everything he could. I am a human being, and a very fallible one. But I agree with Calvin. We were sent here for something. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

（*另有五册套装可选，戳这里）

Book 4 天使雕像 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

蓝思值700L  豆瓣分9.5

 

 

☆ 1968年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

年少轻狂的小姑娘克劳迪娅厌倦了家里和学校两点一线的生活，伙同弟弟偷偷策划了一场“离家出走”，在纽约大都会艺术博物馆“借宿”了整整一星期。他们遍览藏品，化身侦探，一步步接近了米开朗基罗“天使雕像”背后的秘密。

谁的童年没有憧憬过“冒险”和“探案”？但在千篇一律的日常中，人们总是缺少一个计划、一种动力。也许孩子正需要这样一场说走就走的小小历险记，去探寻关于成长和生命的意义。

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"The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It’s the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don’t pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home."

Book 5 仙境之桥 Bridge to Terabithia

蓝思值810L  豆瓣分8.5

 

 

☆ 1978年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

男孩杰西想和女孩莱斯莉比一场赛跑来证明自己，结果两人不“打”不相识，成了无话不说的好朋友。他们在森林深处荡着“施了魔咒”的绳子，进入一个叫特雷比西亚的幻想王国肆意玩耍。直到有一天，绳子突然断了……

当友谊遭受考验，当好友意外离去，我们应该怎样面对让人流泪的残酷现实？这个悲伤却温情的幻想故事能为孩子的心灵注入强大力量，让他们相信：即便是死神，也永远无法带走友情、梦想和希望。

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Terabithia was their secret, which was a good thing, for how could Jess have ever explained it to an outsider? Just walking down the hill toward the woods made something warm and liquid steal through his body. The closer he came to the dry creek bed and the crab apple tree rope the more he could feel the beating of his heart. He grabbed the end of the rope and swung out toward the other bank with a kind of wild exhilaration and landed gently on his feet, taller and stronger and wiser in that mysterious land.

Book 6 手斧男孩 Hatchet

蓝思值1020L  豆瓣分7.7

 

☆ 1988年纽伯瑞银奖 ☆

如果你是一个13岁男孩，你能在野兽出没的丛林中生存多久？少年布莱恩在探望父亲的路上遭遇飞机事故，独自被困于荒野大地，手边只有一把母亲送的手斧。在救援到来前，他必须坚持自力更生活下去……

自带满满的热血正能量的故事，开创了“青少年荒野生存”主题先河。当危险降临在身边，内心最恐惧、最孤独、最绝望的时候，就是成长的时候。那些藏在心底的爱和回忆，就是抵抗孤独的火把。

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At dark he settled in again for the night, next to the fire with the stack of short pieces ready to put on, and he ate the rest of the raspberries. During all the work of the day his leg had loosened but it still ached a bit, and he rubbed it and watched the fire and thought for the first time since the crash that he might be getting a handle on things, might be starting to do something other than just sit.

Book 7 记忆传授人 The Giver

蓝思值760L  豆瓣分8.4

 

 

☆ 1994年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

故事发生在一个安居乐业、衣食无忧的乌托邦世界里，每个孩子的人生轨迹从一开始就已经确定，没有改变的可能。当12岁的乔纳思被选为新任“记忆传授人”后，却发现整个社会都建立于谎言之上，而他决心要改变一切……

堪称儿童版《1984》的反乌托邦小说，读来就像看了一场科幻电影，出乎意料的情节和对未来的隐喻让人震撼不已。一个只有快乐和笑容的世界究竟好还是不好，小读者们大可说出自己的思考。

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He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.

Book 8 洞 / 别有洞天 Holes

蓝思值660L  豆瓣分8.8

 

 

☆ 1999年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

少年史丹利含冤被关入少管营，这里奉行“只要让孩子每天挖一个洞，他们就能改过自新”的奇怪理念。在日复一日的挖洞苦役中，他和小伙伴们竟挖出一个牵扯几个家族上百年恩怨的惊天秘密！

整个故事充满传奇和悬疑色彩，被称为少年版《肖申克的救赎》，一波三折的剧情足以让读者惊掉下巴！人生在世，难免遭遇偏见和恶意，书里的自信和勇气将为孩子提供最有力的武器。

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Stanley had no trouble falling asleep, but morning came much too quickly. Every muscle and joint in his body ached as he tried to get out of bed. He didn't think it was possible but his body hurt more than it had the day before. It wasn't just his arms and back, but his legs, ankles, and waist also hurt. The only thing that got him out of bed was knowing that every second he wasted meant he was one second closer to the rising of the sun. He hated the sun.

（*另有续作《追梦少年》Small Steps可选，戳这里）

Book 9 坟场之书 The Graveyard Book

蓝思值820L  豆瓣分9.1

 

 

☆ 2009年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

坟场千年来的平静在今夜被打破了：在神秘杀手的追杀下，一个失去父母的小婴儿误入坟场，被游荡的鬼魂们取名诺伯蒂，并抚养长大。坟场成了诺伯蒂的家和学校，但人鬼注定殊途，转眼到了他离开的时候……

“坟场”作为经典恐怖场景，总是与鬼怪惊悚联系在一起。但有“故事宝库”之称的尼尔·盖曼打破了这种刻板印象，让坟场多了一抹温暖明亮的颜色，也让孩子不再害怕孤独、黑暗与死亡。

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There was a passport in his bag, money in his pocket. There was a smile dancing on his lips, although it was a wary smile, for the world is a bigger place than a little graveyard on a hill; and there would be dangers in it and mysteries, new friends to make, old friends to rediscover, mistakes to be made and many paths to be walked before he would, finally, return to the graveyard or ride with the Lady on the broad back of her great grey stallion.

Book 10 诺福镇的奇幻夏天 Dead End In Norvelt

蓝思值920L   豆瓣分8.1

 

 

☆ 2012年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

暑假终于到了，小男孩杰克却过得并不开心。因为犯了大错，他被妈妈强行安排了一份“暑期工”：帮助邻居沃尔克小姐打印讣告。随着一篇篇讣告发出，杰克发现自己被卷入了一场惊险刺激、悬念迭起的奇幻历史之旅……

小小的诺福镇是那么的平凡、没落，也许有一天，这个城镇会从地图上消失，但曾经住在这里的人、发生在这里的事件，都会随着回忆成为永不褪色的历史。这个“解谜探案”的夏天，注定不凡！

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I waited for Miss Volker to continue but she had run out of gas and slumped back into her chair. "That's all I have to say," she said. "Mrs. Droogie was a lovely woman who proved that you don’t have to do what your parents want or what your boyfriend wants for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self-love."

Book 11 市场街最后一站 Last Stop on Market Street

蓝思值AD610L  豆瓣分8.9

 

 

☆ 2016年纽伯瑞金奖 ☆

每个星期天，小杰都要和奶奶一起坐公交车去市场街的最后一站，他却不知道为什么要这样做。一路上，小杰满腹牢骚，不停抱怨这抱怨那，但奶奶用温柔耐心、充满智慧的回答，让小杰渐渐看到了不一样的世界……

“有时你被灰尘包围了，所以才更容易发现生活中的美丽。”两代人的日常故事揭示了一个道理：我们能给予孩子最好的东西，是一双发现美的眼睛，和一颗时时被幸福温柔滋养的心灵。

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And in the darkness, the rhythm lifted CJ out of the bus, out of the busy city.

He saw sunset colors swirling over crashing waves.

Saw a family of hawks slicing through the sky.

Saw the old woman's butterflies dancing free in the light of the moon.

CJ's chest grew full and he was lost in the sound and the sound gave him the feeling of magic.

Book 12 最长的一分钟 Long Way Down

蓝思值HL720L  豆瓣分8.2

 

 

☆ 2018年纽伯瑞银奖 ☆

黑人男孩威廉从小和妈妈、哥哥相依为命。一家人过得辛苦，可仍有不幸降临：他的哥哥竟然被人枪杀街头！面对痛不欲生的母亲，威廉准备踏上复仇之路，在电梯下降的这一分钟时间里，他该如何面对心中的悲愤和犹疑？

故事是有巨大力量的，这部叩问心灵的诗体小说再一次证明了这一点。超现实的情节，直白尖锐的文字，全篇都是与悲痛的抗争和对希望的渴求，向世人敲响了“关注青少年心理健康和成长”的警钟。

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MY MOTHER USED TO SAY,

I know you're young,

gotta get it out,

but just remember, when

you're walking in the nighttime,

make sure the nighttime

ain't walking into you.

百年纽伯瑞，经典永流传。

近日盛大上市的“弘书阁英语文库”的“十大儿童英语文学名著”中，收录了获奖作品《夏洛的网》（Charlotte's Web）和《洞》（Holes），为小读者们搭建了一座直奔经典、直奔儿童文学高峰的桥梁。

儿童文学作家梅子涵说：“一个出色的、高贵的、蓬勃的生命，它的现在和未来，是注定离不开书本的。”

经典文学的养料不仅能引导孩子有效提升英语能力、阅读能力和综合素养，还能为他们的人生奠定丰富温暖的精神底色，勾勒远大开阔的未来版图。

童心不老，阅读不停。期待下一个100年，纽伯瑞奖仍能为全世界孩子发掘更多英语文学的传世财富~