| Year |
Category |
Book |
Author |
Illustrator |
| 2007 |
Picture Book |
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories |
Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
| 2007 |
Fiction and Poetry |
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party |
M.T. Anderson |
|
| 2007 |
Nonfiction |
The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr |
Nicolas Debon |
Nicolas Debon |
| 2006 |
Picture Book |
Leaf Man |
Lois Ehlert |
Lois Ehlert |
| 2006 |
Fiction and Poetry |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane |
Kate DiCamillo |
Bagram Ibatoulline |
| 2006 |
Nonfiction |
If You Decide to Go to the Moon |
Faith McNulty |
Steven Kellogg |
| 2005 |
Fiction and Poetry |
The Schwa Was Here |
Neal Schusterman |
|
| 2005 |
Nonfiction |
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird |
Phillip Hoose |
|
| 2005 |
Picture Book |
Traction Man Is Here! |
Mini Grey |
Mini Grey |
| 2004 |
Fiction and Poetry |
The Fire-Eaters |
David Almond |
|
| 2004 |
Nonfiction |
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 |
Jim Murphy |
|
| 2004 |
Picture Book |
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
Mordicai Gerstein |
Mordicai Gerstein |
| 2003 |
Fiction and Poetry |
The Jamie and Angus Stories |
Anne Fine |
Penny Dale |
| 2003 |
Nonfiction |
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey |
Maira Kalman |
|
| 2003 |
Picture Book |
Big Momma Makes the World |
Phyllis Root |
Helen Oxenbury |
| 2002 |
Fiction and Poetry |
Lord of the Deep |
Graham Salisbury |
|
| 2002 |
Nonfiction |
This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie |
Elizabeth Partridge |
|
| 2002 |
Picture Book |
“Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate |
Bob Graham |
Bob Graham |
| 2001 |
Fiction and Poetry |
Carver: A Life in Poems |
Marilyn Nelson |
|
| 2001 |
Nonfiction |
The Longitude Prize |
Joan Dash |
Dusan Petricic |
| 2001 |
Picture Book |
Cold Feet |
Cynthia DeFelice |
Robert Andrew Parker |
| 2000 |
Fiction |
The Folk Keeper |
Franny Billingsley |
|
| 2000 |
Nonfiction |
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado |
Marc Aronson |
|
| 2000 |
Picture Book |
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg |
D. B. Johnson |
D. B. Johnson |
| 1999 |
Fiction |
Holes |
Louis Sachar |
|
| 1999 |
Nonfiction |
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest |
Steve Jenkins |
|
| 1999 |
Picture Book |
Red-Eyed Tree Frog |
Joy Cowley |
Nic Bishop |
| 1999 |
Special Citation |
Tibet: Through the Red Box |
Peter Sis |
|
| 1998 |
Fiction |
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child |
Francisco Jiménez |
|
| 1998 |
Nonfiction |
Leon’s Story |
Leon Walter Tillage |
Susan L. Roth |
| 1998 |
Picture Book |
And If the Moon Could Talk |
Kate Banks |
Georg Hallensleben |
| 1997 |
Fiction |
The Friends |
Kazumi Yumoto, translated by Cathy Hirano |
|
| 1997 |
Nonfiction |
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder |
Walter Wick |
Walter Wick |
| 1997 |
Picture Book |
The Adventures of Sparrowboy |
Brian Pinkney |
|
| 1996 |
Fiction |
Poppy |
Avi |
Brian Floca |
| 1996 |
Nonfiction |
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story |
Andrea Warren |
|
| 1996 |
Picture Book |
In the Rain with Baby Duck |
Amy Hest |
Jill Barton |
| 1995 |
Fiction |
Some of the Kinder Planets |
Tim Wynne-Jones |
|
| 1995 |
Nonfiction |
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution |
Natalie S. Bober |
|
| 1995 |
Picture Book |
John Henry |
Julius Lester |
Jerry Pinkney |
| 1994 |
Fiction |
Scooter |
Vera Williams |
|
| 1994 |
Nonfiction |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery |
Russell Freedman |
|
| 1994 |
Picture Book |
Grandfather's Journey |
Allen Say |
Allen Say |
| 1993 |
Fiction |
Ajeemah and His Son |
James Berry |
|
| 1993 |
Nonfiction |
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? |
Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack |
|
| 1993 |
Picture Book |
The Fortune Tellers |
Lloyd Alexander |
Trina Schart Hyman |
| 1992 |
Fiction |
Missing May |
Cynthia Rylant |
|
| 1992 |
Nonfiction |
Talking with Artists |
Pat Cummings |
|
| 1992 |
Picture Book |
Seven Blind Mice |
Ed Young |
Ed Young |
| 1991 |
Fiction |
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle |
Avi |
|
| 1991 |
Nonfiction |
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds |
Cynthia Rylant |
Barry Moser |
| 1991 |
Picture Book |
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks |
Katherine Paterson |
Leo and Diane Dillon |
| 1990 |
Fiction |
Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
|
| 1990 |
Nonfiction |
The Great Little Madison |
Jean Fritz |
|
| 1990 |
Picture Book |
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
Ed Young |
Ed Young |
| 1990 |
Special Citation |
Valentine and Orson |
Nancy Ekholm Burkert |
|
| 1989 |
Fiction |
The Village by the Sea |
Paula Fox |
|
| 1989 |
Nonfiction |
The Way Things Work |
David Macaulay |
David Macaulay |
| 1989 |
Picture Book |
Shy Charles |
Rosemary Wells |
Rosemary Wells |
| 1988 |
Fiction |
The Friendship |
Mildred D. Taylor |
Max Ginsburg |
| 1988 |
Nonfiction |
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
| 1988 |
Picture Book |
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap |
Dianne Snyder |
Allen Say |
| 1987 |
Fiction |
Rabble Starkey |
Lois Lowry |
|
| 1987 |
Nonfiction |
The Pilgrims of Plimoth |
Marcia Sewall |
|
| 1987 |
Picture Book |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
John Steptoe |
John Steptoe |
| 1986 |
Fiction |
In Summer Light |
Zibby Oneal |
|
| 1986 |
Nonfiction |
Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur |
Peggy Thomson |
|
| 1986 |
Picture Book |
The Paper Crane |
Molly Bang |
Molly Bang |
| 1985 |
Fiction |
The Moves Make the Man |
Bruce Brooks |
|
| 1985 |
Nonfiction |
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun |
Rhoda Blumberg |
|
| 1985 |
Picture Book |
Mama Don't Allow |
Thacher Hurd |
Thacher Hurd |
| 1985 |
Special Citation |
1,2,3 |
Tana Hoban |
Tana Hoban |
| 1984 |
Fiction |
A Little Fear |
Patricia Wrightson |
|
| 1984 |
Nonfiction |
The Double Life of Pocahontas |
Jean Fritz |
Ed Young |
| 1984 |
Picture Book |
Jonah and the Great Fish |
Warwick Hutton |
Warwick Hutton |
| 1983 |
Fiction |
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
| 1983 |
Nonfiction |
Behind Barbed Wire |
Daniel S. Davis |
|
| 1983 |
Picture Book |
A Chair for My Mother |
Vera B. Williams |
Vera B. Williams |
| 1982 |
Fiction |
Playing Beatie Bow |
Ruth Park |
|
| 1982 |
Nonfiction |
Upon the Head of the Goat |
Aranka Siegal |
|
| 1982 |
Picture Book |
A Visit to William Blake's Inn |
Nancy Willard |
Alice and Martin Provensen |
| 1981 |
Fiction |
The Leaving |
Lynn Hall |
|
| 1981 |
Nonfiction |
The Weaver's Gift |
Kathryn Lasky |
Christopher G. Knight |
| 1981 |
Picture Book |
Outside Over There |
Maurice Sendak |
Maurice Sendak |
| 1980 |
Fiction |
Conrad's War |
Andrew Davies |
|
| 1980 |
Nonfiction |
Building: The Fight Against Gravity |
Mario Salvadori |
Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus |
| 1980 |
Picture Book |
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi |
Chris Van Allsburg |
Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1980 |
Special Citation |
Graham Oakley's Magical Changes |
Graham Oakley |
|
| 1979 |
Fiction |
Humbug Mountain |
Sid Fleischman |
|
| 1979 |
Nonfiction |
The Road from Home |
David Kherdian |
|
| 1979 |
Picture Book |
The Snowman |
Raymond Briggs |
Raymond Briggs |
| 1978 |
Fiction |
The Westing Game |
Ellen Raskin |
|
| 1978 |
Nonfiction |
Mischling, Second Degree |
Ilse Koehn |
|
| 1978 |
Picture Book |
Anno's Journey |
Mitsumasa Anno |
Mitsumasa Anno |
| 1977 |
Fiction |
Child of the Owl |
Laurence Yep |
|
| 1977 |
Nonfiction |
Chance, Luck and Destiny |
Peter Dickinson |
|
| 1977 |
Picture Book |
Granfa' Grig Had a Pig |
Wallace Tripp |
Wallace Tripp |
| 1977 |
Special Citation |
The Changing City and The Changing Countryside |
Jorg Mueller |
|
| 1976 |
Fiction |
Unleaving |
Jill Paton Walsh |
|
| 1976 |
Nonfiction |
Voyaging to Cathay |
Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Glubok |
|
| 1976 |
Picture Book |
Thirteen |
Remy Charlip |
Jerry Joyner |
| 1975 |
Fiction |
Transport 7-41-R |
T. Degens |
|
| 1975 |
Picture Book |
Anno's Alphabet |
Mitsumasa Anno |
Mitsumasa Anno |
| 1974 |
Fiction |
M. C. Higgins, the Great |
Virginia Hamilton |
|
| 1974 |
Picture Book |
Jambo Means Hello |
Muriel Feelings |
Tom Feelings |
| 1973 |
Fiction |
The Dark Is Rising |
Susan Cooper |
|
| 1973 |
Picture Book |
King Stork |
Howard Pyle |
Trina Schart Hyman |
| 1972 |
Fiction |
Tristan and Iseult |
Rosemary Sutcliff |
|
| 1972 |
Picture Book |
Mr. Gumpy's Outing |
John Burningham |
John Burningham |
| 1971 |
Fiction |
A Room Made of Windows |
Eleanor Cameron |
|
| 1971 |
Picture Book |
If I Built a Village . . . |
Kazue Mizumura |
Kazue Mizumura |
| 1970 |
Fiction |
The Intruder |
John Rowe Townsend |
|
| 1970 |
Picture Book |
Hi, Cat! |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Ezra Jack Keats |
| 1969 |
Fiction |
A Wizard of Earthsea |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
| 1969 |
Picture Book |
The Adventures of Paddy Pork |
John S. Goodall |
John S. Goodall |
| 1968 |
Fiction |
The Spring Rider |
John Lawson |
|
| 1968 |
Picture Book |
Tikki Tikki Tembo |
Arlene Mosel |
Blair Lent |
| 1967 |
Fiction |
The Little Fishes |
Erik Christian Haugaard |
|
| 1967 |
Picture Book |
London Bridge Is Falling Down |
Peter Spier |
Peter Spier |
