| YEAR |
TITLE |
AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR |
| The
2000s |
| 2009 |
A Couple of Boys have the Best Week Ever |
Marla
Frazee |
|
How I Learned Geography |
Uri
Shulevitz |
|
A River of Words : The Story of William Carlos Williams |
Jen
Bryant / Melissa Sweet, illustrator (il.) |
| 2008 |
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad |
Ellen
Levine / Kadir Nelson, il. |
|
First the Egg |
Laura
Vaccaro |
|
The Wall: Growing
Up Behind the Iron Curtain |
Peter
Sis |
|
Knuffle Bunny
Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity |
Mo
Willems |
| 2007 |
Gone
Wild : An Endangered Animal Alphabet |
David
McLimans |
|
Moses : When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom |
Carole
Boston Weatherford / Kadir Nelson, illustrator (il.) |
| 2006 |
Rosa |
Nikki
Giovanni / Bryan Collier, il. |
|
Zen
Shorts |
Jon
J Muth |
|
Hot
Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-air Balloon Ride |
Marjorie
Priceman |
|
Song
of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems |
Joyce
Sidman / Beckie Prange. il. |
| 2005 |
The
Red Book |
Barbara
Lehman |
|
Coming
on Home Soon |
Jacqueline
Woodson |
|
Knuffle
Bunny : A Cautionary Tale |
Mo
Willems |
| 2004 |
Ella
Sarah Gets Dressed |
Margaret
Chodos-Irvine |
|
What
Do You Do with a Tail Like This? |
Steve
Jenkins and Robin Page |
|
Don't
Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus |
Mo
Willems |
| 2003 |
The
Spider and the Fly |
Mary
Howitt / Tony DiTerlizzi, il. |
|
Hondo
& Fabian |
Peter
McCarty |
|
Noah's
Ark |
Jerry
Pinkney |
| 2002 |
The
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins |
Barbara
Kerley / Brian Selznick, il. |
|
Martin's
Big Words : The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Doreen
Rappaport / Bryan Collier, il. |
|
The
Stray Dog : From a True Story by Reiko Sassa |
Marc
Simont |
| 2001 |
Casey
at the Bat : A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 |
Ernest
L. Thayer / Christopher Bing, il. |
|
Click,
Clack, Moo : Cows that Type |
Doreen
Cronin / Betsy Lewin, il. |
|
Olivia |
Ian
Falconer |
| 2000 |
A
Child's Calendar |
John
Updike / Trina Schart Hyman, il. |
|
Sector
7 |
David
Wiesner |
|
When
Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry |
Molly
Bang |
|
The
Ugly Duckling |
Hans
Christian Andersen / Jerry Pinkney, il. |
| The
1990s |
| 1999 |
Duke
Ellington : The Piano Prince and his Orchestra |
Andrea
Davis Pinkney / Brian Pinkney, il. |
|
No,
David! |
David
Shannon |
|
Snow |
Uri
Shulevitz |
|
Tibet:
Through the Red Box |
Peter
Sis |
| 1998 |
The
Gardener |
Sarah
Stewart / David Small, il. |
|
Harlem:
A Poem |
Walter
Dean Myers / Christopher Myers, il. |
|
There
was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
Simms
Taback |
| 1997 |
Hush!
: A Thai Lullaby |
Minfong
Ho / Holly Meade, il. |
|
The
Graphic Alphabet |
David
Pelletier |
|
Paperboy |
Mary
Kay Kroeger and Louise Borden / Ted Lewin, il. |
|
Starry
Messenger : ... Galileo Galilei |
Peter
Sis |
| 1996 |
Alphabet
City |
Stephen
T. Johnson |
|
Zin!
Zin! Zin! : A Violin |
Lloyd
Moss / Marjorie Priceman, il. |
|
The
Faithful Friend |
Robert
D. San Souci / Brian Pinkney, il. |
|
Tops
& Bottoms |
Janet
Stevens |
| 1995 |
John
Henry |
Julius
Lester / Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
Swamp
Angel |
Anne
Isaacs / Paul O. Zelinsky, il. |
|
Time
Flies |
Eric
Rohmann |
| 1994 |
Peppe
the Lamplighter |
Elisa
Bartone / Ted Lewin, il. |
|
In
the Small, Small Pond |
Denise
Fleming |
|
Raven
: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest |
Gerald
McDermott |
|
Owen |
Kevin
Henkes |
|
Yo!
Yes? |
Richard
Jackson / Chris Raschka, il. |
| 1993 |
The
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales |
Jon
Scieszka & Lane Smith |
|
Seven
Blind Mice |
Ed
Young |
|
Working
Cotton |
Sherley
Anne Williams / Carole Byard, il. |
| 1992 |
Tar
Beach |
Faith
Ringgold |
| 1991 |
Puss
in Boots |
Charles
Perrault (tr. Malcolm Arthur) / Fred Marcellino, il. |
|
"More
More More" Said the Baby : 3 Love Stories |
Vera
B. Williams |
| 1990 |
Bill
Peet: An Autobiography |
Bill
Peet |
|
Color
Zoo |
Lois
Ehlert |
|
The
Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South |
Robert
D. San Souci / Jerry Pinkney, il. |
|
Hershel
and the Hanukkah Goblins |
Eric
Kimmel / Trina Schart Hyman, il. |
| The
1980s |
| 1989 |
The
Boy of the Three-Year Nap |
Diane
Snyder / Allen Say, il. |
|
Free
Fall |
David
Wiesner |
|
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears |
James
Marshall |
|
Mirandy
and Brother Wind |
Patricia
C. McKissack / Jerry Pinkney, il. |
| 1988 |
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale |
John
Steptoe |
| 1987 |
The
Village of Round and Square Houses |
Ann
Grifalconi |
|
Alphabatics |
Suse
MacDonald |
|
Rumpelstiltskin |
Paul
O. Zelinsky |
| 1986 |
The
Relatives Came |
Cynthia
Rylant / Stephen Gammell, il. |
|
King
Bidgood's in the Bathtub |
Audrey
Wood / Don Wood, il. |
| 1985 |
Hansel
and Gretel |
Rika
Lesser / Paul O. Zelinsky, il. |
|
Have
You Seen My Duckling? |
Nancy
Tafuri |
|
The
Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend |
John
Steptoe |
| 1984 |
Little
Red Riding Hood |
Trina
Schart Hyman |
|
Ten,
Nine, Eight |
Molly
Bang |
| 1983 |
A
Chair for My Mother |
Vera
B. Williams |
|
When
I was Young in the Mountains |
Cynthia
Rylant / Diane Goode, il. |
| 1982 |
Where
the Buffaloes Begin |
Olaf
Baker / Stephen Gammell, il. |
|
On
Market Street |
Arnold
Lobel / Anita Lobel, il. |
|
Outside
Over There |
Maurice
Sendak |
|
A
Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced
Travelers |
Nancy
Willard / Alice & Martin Provensen, ils. |
| 1981 |
The
Bremen-Town Musicians |
Ilse
Plume |
|
The
Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher |
Molly
Bang |
|
Mice
Twice |
Joseph
Low |
|
Truck |
Donald
Crew |
| 1980 |
Ben's
Trumpet |
Rachel
Isadora |
|
The
Garden of Abdul Gasazi |
Chris
Van Allsburg |
|
The
Treasure |
Uri
Shulevitz |
| The
1970s |
| 1979 |
Freight
Train |
Donald
Crews |
|
The
Way to Start a Day |
Byrd
Baylor / Peter Parnall, il. |
| 1978 |
Castle |
David
Macauley |
|
It
Could Always be Worse |
Margot
Zemach |
| 1977 |
The
Amazing Bone |
William
Steig |
|
The
Contest |
Nonny
Hogrogian |
|
Fish
for Supper |
M.
B. Goffstein |
|
The
Golem: A Jewish Legend |
Beverly
Brodsky McDermott |
|
Hawk,
I'm Your Brother |
Byrd
Baylor / Peter Parnall, il. |
| 1976 |
The
Desert is Theirs |
Byrd
Baylor / Peter Parnall, il. |
|
Strega Nona |
Tomie
de Paola |
| 1975 |
Jambo
Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book |
Muriel
Feelings / Tom Feelings, il. |
| 1974 |
Three
Jovial Huntsmen |
Susan
Jeffers |
|
Cathedral |
David
Macauley |
| 1973 |
Anasi
the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti |
Gerald
McDermott |
|
Hosie's
Alphabet |
Hosea,
Tobias & Lisa Baskin / Leonard Baskin, il. |
|
Snow-White
and the Seven Dwarfs |
Randall
Jarrell (retold from the Brothers Grimm) / Nancy Ekholm Burkert, il. |
|
When
Clay Sings |
Byrd
Baylor / Tom Bahti, il. |
| 1972 |
Hildilid's
Night |
Cheli
Duran Ryan / Arnold Lobel, il. |
|
If
All the Seas Were One Sea |
Janina
Domanska |
|
Moja
Means One: Swahili Counting Book |
Muriel
Feelings / Tom Feelings, il. |
| 1971 |
The
Angry Moon |
William
Sleator / Blair Lent, il. |
|
Frog
and Toad are Friends |
Arnold
Lobel |
|
In
the Night Kitchen |
Maurice
Sendak |
| 1970 |
Goggles! |
Ezra
Jack Keats |
|
Alexander
and the Wind-Up Mouse |
Leo
Lionni |
|
Pop
Corn & Ma Goodness |
Edna
Mitchell Preston / Robert Andrew Parker, il. |
|
Thy
Friend, Obadiah |
Brinton
Turkle |
|
The
Judge: An Untrue Tale |
Harve
Zemach / Margot Zemach, il. |
| The
1960s |
| 1969 |
Why
the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky |
Elphinstone
Dayrell / Blair Lent, il. |
| 1968 |
Frederick |
Leo
Lionni |
|
Seashore
Story |
Taro
Yashima |
|
The
Emperor and the Kite |
Jane
Yolen / Ed Young, il. |
| 1967 |
One
Wide River to Cross |
Barbara
Emberley / Ed Emberley, il. |
| 1966 |
Hide
and Seek Fog |
Alvin
Tresselt / Roger Duvoisin, il. |
|
Just
Me |
Marie
Hall Ets |
|
Tom
Tit Tot |
Evaline
Ness |
| 1965 |
Rain
Makes Applesauce |
Julian
Scheer / Marvin Bileck, il. |
|
The
Wave |
Margaret
Hodges / Blair Lent, il. |
|
A
Pocketful of Cricket |
Rebecca
Caudill / Evaline Ness, il. |
| 1964 |
Swimmy |
Leo
Lionni |
|
All
in the Morning Early |
Sorche
Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] / Evaline Ness, il. |
|
Mother
Goose and Nursery Rhymes |
Peter
Reed, il. |
| 1963 |
The
Sun is a Golden Earring |
Natalia
M. Belting / Bernarda Bryson, il. |
|
Mr.
Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
Charlotte
Zolotow / Maurice Sendak, il. |
| 1962 |
Fox
Went Out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song |
Peter
Spier |
|
Little
Bear's Visit |
Else
H. Minarik / Maurice Sendak, il. |
|
The
Day We Saw the Sun Come Up |
Alice
E. Goudey / Adrienne Adams, il. |
| 1961 |
Inch
by Inch |
Leo
Lionni |
| 1960 |
Houses
from the Sea |
Alice
E. Goudey / Adrienne Adams, il. |
|
The
Moon Jumpers |
Janice
May Udry / Maurice Sendak, il. |
| The
1950s |
| 1959 |
The
House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie |
Antonio
Frasconi |
|
What
Do You Say, Dear? |
Sesyle
Joslin / Maurice Sendak, il. |
|
Umbrella |
Taro
Yashima |
| 1958 |
Fly
High, Fly Low |
Don
Freeman |
|
Anatole
and the Cat |
Eve
Titus / Paul Galdone, il. |
| 1957 |
Mr.
Penny's Race Horse |
Marie
Hall Ets |
|
1
is One |
Tasha
Tudor |
| 1958 |
Anatole |
Eve
Titus / Paul Galdone, il. |
|
Gillespie
and the Guards |
Benjamin
Elkin / James Daugherty, il. |
|
Lion |
William
Pene du Bois |
| 1956 |
Play
with Me |
Marie
Hall Ets |
|
Crow
Boy |
Taro
Yashima |
| 1955 |
Book
of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes |
Marguerite
de Angeli, il. |
|
Wheel
on the Chimney |
Margaret
Wise Brown / Tibor Gergely, il. |
|
The
Thanksgiving Story |
Alice
Dalgliesh / Helen Sewell, il. |
| 1954 |
Journey
Cake, Ho! |
Ruth
Sawyer / Robert McCloskey, il. |
|
When
Will the World be Mine? |
Miriam
Schlein / Jean Charlot, il. |
|
The
Steadfast Tin Soldier |
Hans
Christian Andersen [M. R. James, tr.] / Marcia Brown, il. |
|
A
Very Special House |
Ruth
Krauss / Maurice Sendak, il. |
|
Green
Eyes |
A.
Birnbaum |
| 1953 |
Puss
in Boots |
Charles
Perrault [Marcia Brown, tr.] / Marcia Brown, il. |
|
One
Morning in Maine |
Robert
McCloskey |
|
Ape
in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals |
Fritz
Eichenberg |
|
The
Storm Book |
Charlotte
Zolotow / Margaret Bloy Graham, il. |
|
Five
Little Monkeys |
Juliet
Kepes |
| 1952 |
Mr.
T. W. Anthony Woo |
Marie
Hall Ets |
|
Skipper
John's Cook |
Marcia
Brown |
|
All
Falling Down |
Gene
Zion / Margaret Bloy Graham, il. |
|
Bear
Party |
Willaim
Pene du Bois |
|
Feather
Mountain |
Elizabeth
Olds |
| 1951 |
Dick
Whittington and his Cat |
Marcia
Brown |
|
The
Two Reds |
Will,
pseud. [William Lipkind] / Nicolas, pseud. [Nicholas Mordvinoff], il. |
|
If
I Ran the Zoo |
Dr.
Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] |
|
The
Most Wonderful Doll in the World |
Phyllis
McGinley / Helen Stone, il. |
|
T-Bone,
the Baby Sitter |
Clare
Turlay Newberry |
| 1950 |
America's
Ethan Allen |
Stewart
Holbrook / Lynd Ward, il. |
|
The
Wild Birthday Cake |
Lavinia
R. Davis / Hildegard Woodward, il. |
|
The
Happy Day |
Ruth
Krauss / Marc Simont, il. |
|
Bartholomew
and the Oobleck |
Dr.
Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] |
|
Henry,
Fisherman: A Story of the Virgin Islands |
Marcia
Brown |
| The
1940s |
| 1949 |
Blueberries
for Sal |
Robert
McCloskey |
|
All
Around the Town |
Phyllis
McGinley / Helen Stone, il. |
|
Juanita |
Leo
Politi |
|
Fish
in the Air |
Kurt
Wiese |
| 1948 |
Stone
Soup |
Marcia
Brown |
|
McElligot's
Pool |
Dr.
Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] |
|
Bambino
the Clown |
Georges
Schreiber |
|
Roger
and the Fox |
Lavinia
R. Davis / Hildegard Woodward, il. |
|
Song
of Robin Hood |
Anne
Malcolmson, ed. / Virginia Lee Burton, il. |
| 1947 |
Rain
Drop Splash |
Alvin
Tresselt / Leonard Weisgard, il. |
|
Boats
on the River |
Marjorie
Flack / Jay Hyde Barnum, il. |
|
Timothy
Turtle |
Al
Graham / Tony Palazzo, il. |
|
Pedro,
the Angel of Olvera Street |
Leo
Politi |
|
Sing
in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns |
Opal
Wheeler, ed. / Marjorie Torrey, il. |
| 1946 |
Little
Lost Lamb |
Golden
MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] / Leonard Weisgard, il. |
|
Sing
Mother Goose |
Opal
Wheeler, music / Marjorie Torrey, il. |
|
My
Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World |
Becky
Reyher / Ruth Gannett, il. |
|
You
Can Write Chinese |
Kurt
Wiese |
| 1945 |
Mother
Goose |
Tasha
Tudor |
|
In
the Forest |
Marie
Hall Ets |
|
Yonie
Wondernose |
Marguerite
de Angeli |
|
The
Christmas Anna Angel |
Ruth
Sawyer / Kate Seredy, il. |
| 1944 |
Small
Rain: Verses from the Bible |
Jessie
Orton Jones, ed. / Elizabeth Orton Jones, il. |
|
Pierre
Pigeon |
Lee
Kingman / Arnold E. Bare, il. |
|
The
Mighty Hunter |
Berta
& Elmer Hader |
|
A
Child's Good Night Book |
Margaret
Wise Brown / Jean Charlot, il. |
|
Good-Luck
Horse |
Chih-Yi
Chan / Plato Chan, il. |
| 1943 |
Dash
and Dart |
Mary
& Conrad Buff |
|
Marshmallow |
Clare
Turlay Newberry |
| 1942 |
An
American ABC |
Maud
& Miska Petersham |
|
In
My Mother's House |
Ann
Nolan Clark / Velino Herrera, il. |
|
Paddle-to-the-Sea |
Holling
C. Holling |
|
Nothing
at All |
Wanda
Gag |
| 1941 |
April's
Kittens |
Clare
Turlay Newberry |
| 1940 |
Cock-a-Doodle
Doo |
Berta
& Elmer Hader |
|
Madeline |
Ludwig
Bemelmans |
|
The
Ageless Story |
Lauren
Ford |
| The
1930s |
| 1939 |
Andy
and the Lion |
James
Daugherty |
|
Barkis |
Clare
Turlay Newberry |
|
The
Forest Pool |
Laura
Adams Armer |
|
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Wanda
Gag |
|
Wee
Gillis |
Munro
Leaf / Robert Lawson, il. |
| 1938 |
Four
and Twenty Blackbirds |
Helen
Dean Fish / Robert Lawson, il. |
|
Seven
Simeons: A Russian Tale |
Boris
Artzybasheff |