| YEAR |
TITLE |
AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR |
| The 2000s |
| 2008 |
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad |
Ellen Levine / Kadir Nelson, illustrator (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 |