| YEAR |
TITLE |
AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR |
| 2008 |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
Brian Selznick |
| 2007 |
Flotsam |
David Wiesner |
| 2006 |
The Hello, Goodbye Window |
Norton Juster / Chris Raschka, il. |
| 2005 |
Kitten's First Full Moon |
Kevin Henkes |
| 2004 |
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
Mordicai Gerstein |
| 2003 |
My Friend Rabbit |
Eric Rohmann |
| 2002 |
The Three Pigs |
David Wiesner |
| 2001 |
So You Want to be President? |
Judith St. George / David Small, illustrator (il.) |
| 2000 |
Joseph
Had a Little Overcoat |
Simms Taback |
| 1999 |
Snowflake Bentley |
Jacqueline Briggs Martin / Mary Azarian, il. |
| 1998 |
Rapunzel |
Paul O. Zelinsky |
| 1997 |
Golem |
David Wisniewski |
| 1996 |
Officer
Buckle and Gloria |
Peggy Rathmann |
| 1995 |
Smoky Night |
Eve Bunting / David Diaz, il. |
| 1994 |
Grandfather's
Journey |
Allen Say |
| 1993 |
Mirette
on the High Wire |
Emily Arnold McCully |
| 1992 |
Tuesday |
David Wiesner |
| 1991 |
Black
and White |
David Macaulay |
| 1990 |
Lon Po Po: A
Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
Ed Young |
| 1989 |
Song
and Dance Man |
Karen Ackerman / Stephen Gammell, il. |
| 1988 |
Owl Moon |
Jane Yolen / John Schoenherr, il. |
| 1987 |
Hey, Al |
Arthur Yorinks / Richard Egielski, il. |
| 1986 |
The Polar
Express |
Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1985 |
Saint
George and the Dragon |
Margaret Hodges / Trina Schart Hyman, il. |
| 1984 |
The Glorious
Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
Alice and Martin Provensen |
| 1983 |
Shadow |
Blaise Cendrars / Marcia Brown, tr. & il. |
| 1982 |
Jumanji |
Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1981 |
Fables |
Arnold Lobel |
| 1980 |
Ox-Cart Man |
Donald Hall / Barbara Cooney, il. |
| 1979 |
The
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
Paul Goble |
| 1978 |
Noah's
Ark |
Peter Spier |
| 1977 |
Ashanti
to Zulu: African Traditions |
Margaret Musgrove / Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
| 1976 |
Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
Verna Aardema / Leo & Diane Dillon, ils. |
| 1975 |
Arrow
to the Sun |
Gerald McDermott |
| 1974 |
Duffy
and the Devil |
Harve Zemach / Margot Zemach, il. |
| 1973 |
The
Funny Little Woman |
Arlene Mosel / Blair Lent, il. |
| 1972 |
One
Fine Day |
Nonny Hogrogian |
| 1971 |
A Story,
A Story |
Gail E. Haley |
| 1970 |
Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble |
William Steig |
| 1969 |
The
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
Arthur Ransome / Uri Shulevitz, il. |
| 1968 |
Drummer Hoff |
Barbara Emberley / Ed Emberley, il. |
| 1967 |
Sam,
Bangs & Moonshine |
Evaline Ness |
| 1966 |
Always
Room for One More |
Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] / Nonny Hogrogian, il. |
| 1965 |
May
I Bring a Friend? |
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers / Beni Montresor, il. |
| 1964 |
Where
the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
| 1963 |
The
Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
| 1962 |
Once a Mouse |
Marcia Brown |
| 1961 |
Baboushka
and the Three Kings |
Ruth Robbins / Nicolas Sidjakov, il. |
| 1960 |
Nine
Days to Christmas |
Marie Hall Ets & Aurora Labastida / Marie Hall Ets, il. |
| 1959 |
Chanticleer
and the Fox |
Adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales / Barbara Cooney, il. |
| 1958 |
Time of
Wonder |
Robert McCloskey |
| 1957 |
A Tree Is
Nice |
Janice Udry / Marc Simont, il. |
| 1956 |
Frog
Went A-Courtin' |
John Langstaff / Feodor Rojankovsky, il. |
| 1955 |
Cinderella,
or the Little Glass Slipper |
Marcia Brown / Charles Perrault, tr. & il. |
| 1954 |
Madeline's
Rescue |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
| 1953 |
The Biggest
Bear |
Lynd Ward |
| 1952 |
Finders
Keepers |
Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] / Nicolas, [pseud. Nicolas Mordvinoff], il. |
| 1951 |
The Egg Tree |
Katherine Milhous |
| 1950 |
Song
of the Swallows |
Leo Politi |
| 1949 |
The
Big Snow |
Berta & Elmer Hader |
| 1948 |
White
Snow, Bright Snow |
Alvin Tresselt / Roger Duvoisin, il. |
| 1947 |
The Little
Island |
Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] / Leonard Weisgard, il. |
| 1946 |
The Rooster
Crows |
Maud & Miska Petersham |
| 1945 |
Prayer
for a Child |
Rachel Field / Elizabeth Orton Jones, il. |
| 1944 |
Many
Moons |
James Thurber / Louis Slobodkin, il. |
| 1943 |
The
Little House |
Virginia Lee Burton |
| 1942 |
Make
Way for Ducklings |
Robert McCloskey |
| 1941 |
They
Were Strong and Good |
Robert Lawson |
| 1940 |
Abraham
Lincoln (1957 edition) |
Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire |
| 1939 |
Mei
Li |
Thomas Handforth |
| 1938 |
Animals
of the Bible, a Picture Book |
Helen Dean Fish / Dorothy P. Lathrop, il. |