Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
| Year |
Winner |
Nominations |
| 1993 |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by Various Artists, written by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman |
Chipmunks in Low Places performed by The Chipmunks; Snuggle Up: A Gift of Songs for Sweet Dreams performed by Barbara Bailey Hutchinson; Woody's Grow Big Songs 1 and 2 performed by Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie & Nora Guthrie; Pete Seeger's Family Concert by Pete Seeger |
| 1992 |
A Cappella Kids performed by Maranatha! Kids, produced by Clifford "Barney" Robinson |
Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby narrated by Danny Glover, music by Taj Mahal; The Emperor's New Clothes narrated by John Gielgud, music by Mark Isham; Paul Bunyan narrated by Jonathan Winters, music by Leo Kottke; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/A Zoo Called Earth/Gerald McBoing Boing performed by Dom DeLuise, Peter Schickele & Carol Channing, conducted by Dino Anagnost |
| 1991 |
The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack performed by Various Artists, written by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken |
Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers performed by Doc Watson; How the Leopard Got His Spots narrated by Danny Glover, music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo; The Little Mermaid: Read Along narrated by Roy Dotrice; The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 2 performed by Tanya Goodman |
| 1990 |
The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 performed by Tanya Goodman, produced by David R. Lehman & J. Aaron Brown |
Bullfrogs and Butterflies: I've Been Born Again performed by Various Artists; A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs) performed by Eric Kunzel conducting the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Oliver and Company: Story and Songs from the Motion Picture performed by Various Artists; Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band performed by Raffi; Thumbelina read by Kelly McGillis, music by Mark Isham |
| Year |
Winner |
Nominations |
| 1989 |
Pecos Bill narrated by Robin Williams, music by Ry Cooder, produced by Mark Sottnick & Ry Cooder |
The Bible: The Amazing Book performed by Candle; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow narrated by Glenn Close, music by Tim Story; Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals, Part II narrated by "Weird Al" Yankovic, music by Wendy Carlos; The Tailor of Gloucester narrated by Meryl Streep, music by The Chieftains; The Tale of Peter Rabbit narrated by Meryl Streep, music by Lyle Mays |
| 1988 |
Just So Stories#The Elephant's Child narrated by Jack Nicholson; music by Bobby McFerrin; produced by Bobby McFerrin, Mark Sottnick & Tom Bradshaw |
Bullfrogs and Butterflies Part III performed by Candle; The Emperor and the Nightingale narrated by Glenn Close, music by Mark Isham; Everything Grows performed by Raffi; Lullaby for Teddy performed by Barbara Fairchild |
| 1987 |
The Alphabet performed by the cast of Sesame Street;produced by Geri Van Rees, Jim Henson & Kathryn King |
A Child's Gift of Lullaby's performed by Tanya Goodman Sykes, Itsy Bitsy Spider performed by Carly Simon, A Light in the Attic performed by Shel Silverstein, One-Minute Bedtime Stories performed by Shari Lewis |
| 1986 |
Follow That Bird (Soundtrack) performed by Jim Henson's Muppets and Various Artists, produced by Jim Henson & Steve Buckington |
Bullfrogs and Butterflies II performed by Candle; E.T.A. Hoffman, Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker narrated by Christopher Plummer with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Philharmonica Orchestra; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by Dudley Moore, John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra; The Velveteen Rabbit narrated by Meryl Streep, music by George Winston; We Are the World performed by Children of the World |
| 1985 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends performed by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine |
Agapeland at Play with Holly Heart performed by Holly Heart, Flashbeagle performed by Charles Schulz's Peanuts, Jim Henson's Muppets Present Fraggle Rock performed by the cast of Fraggle Rock, Kids Praise 4 performed by Maranatha! Kids, The Muppets Take Manhattan performed by Jim Henson's Muppets and Cast |
| 1984 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook performed by Michael Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones |
Born to Add performed by the cast of Sesame Street, The Music Machine II performed by Candle, Rocky Mountain Holiday performed by John Denver & the Muppets |
| 1983 |
In Harmony 2 performed by Various Artists, produced by David Levine & Lucy Simon |
Animals and Other Things performed by Candle with the Agapeland Singers, Best of Friends performed by The Smurfs, The Chipmunks Go Hollywood performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks, Here Comes Garfield performed by Lou Rawls, I Am God's Project performed by Birdwing Kids Korus |
| 1982 |
Sesame Country performed by the cast of Sesame Street & Various Artists, produced by Dennis Scott & Jim Henson |
Ants'hillvania performed by Pat Boone & Various Artists, Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra performed by the cast of Sesame Street, A Chipmunks Christmas performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Fox and the Hound performed by Various Artists |
| 1981 |
In Harmony/A Sesame Street Record performed by Various Artists, produced by David Levine & Lucy Simon |
Big Bird's Bedtime Stories performed by the cast of Sesame Street, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street performed by the cast of Sesame Street, Love performed by the cast of Sesame Street, The People in Your Neighborhood performed by the cast of Sesame Street |
| 1980 |
The Muppet Movie performed by Jim Henson's Muppets,produced by Jim Henson & Paul Williams |
Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation performed by Anne Murray, Sesame Disco! performed by the cast of Sesame Street, The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street performed by the cast of Sesame Street, You're in Love, Charlie Brown performed by Charles Schulz's Peanuts |
| Year |
Winner |
Nominations |
| 1979 |
The Muppet Show performed by the cast of The Muppet Show, produced by Jim Henson |
Charlie Brown's All-Stars performed by Charles Schulz's Peanuts; The Hobbit performed by Orson Bean, John Huston, & Hans Conried; Peter and the Wolf performed by David Bowie with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra; Sesame Street Fever performed by the cast of Sesame Street |
| 1978 |
Aren't You Glad You're You? performed by the cast of Sesame Street, produced by Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens |
A Charlie Brown Christmas performed by Charles Schulz's Peanuts, Dope! The Dope King's Last Stand performed by Various Artists, Russell Hoban: The Mouse and His Child read by Peter Ustinov, The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album performed by the cast of Sesame Street |
| 1977 |
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals narrated by Hermione Gingold with Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic |
The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay performed by Muhammad Ali & His Gang, Disney's A Christmas Carol performed by Mickey Mouse & Scrooge McDuck, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs performed by Various Artists, Winnie-the-Pooh for President (Campaign Song) performed by Sterling Holloway |
| 1976 |
The Little Prince narrated by Richard Burton featuring Jonathan Winters & Billy Simpson |
Bert & Ernie Sing-Along performed by Bert and Ernie, Merry Christmas from Sesame Street performed by the cast of Sesame Street, Mr. Popper's Penguins performed by Jim Backus, Really Rosie performed by Carole King, Sesame Street Monsters performed by the cast of Sesame Street |
| 1975 |
Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger Too performed by Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway & Paul Winchell |
America Sings performed by Burl Ives and Others, Eli Wallach Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer performed by Eli Wallach, New Adventures of Bugs Bunny, Volume 2 performed by Mel Blanc, Robin Hood narrated by Roger Miller |
| 1974 |
Sesame Street Live performed by the cast of Sesame Street, produced by Joe Raposo |
Free to Be… You and Me performed by Marlo Thomas & Friends, The Little Prince performed by Peter Ustinov, Multiplication Rock performed by Bob Dorough, Songs from "The Electric Company" TV Show performed by Various Artists |
| 1973 |
The Electric Company performed by Lee Chamberlin, Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno; produced by Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo & Lee Chamberlin |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie performed by the cast of Kukla, Fran and Ollie, The Muppets Alphabet Album performed by Jim Henson's Muppets, Sesame Street II performed by the cast of Sesame Street, Snoopy, Come Home by Charles Schulz's Peanuts |
| 1972 |
Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs performed by Bill Cosby |
"Sesame Street", "Rubber Duckie" and Other Songs from "Sesame Street" performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus, Sex Explained for Children performed by Stanley Daniels, The Story of Sheherazade performed by Julie Harris, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory performed by Peter Moore conducting the Golden Orchestra and Chorus |
| 1971 |
Sesame Street performed by the cast of Sesame Street, produced by Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard |
The Aristocats (Soundtrack) performed by Various Artists, A Boy Named Charlie Brown performed by Charles Schulz's Peanuts, Rubber Duckie performed by the cast of Sesame Street, Susan Sings Songs from "Sesame Street" performed by Loretta Long |
| 1970 |
Peter, Paul and Mommy performed by Peter, Paul and Mary |
Yellow Submarine performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang performed by the Do-Re-Mi Chorus, Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa performed by Eartha Kitt, For All My Little Friends performed by Tiny Tim |
| Year |
Winner |
Nominations |
| 1968 |
Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas performed by Boris Karloff |
The Carnival of the Animals narrated by Tutti Camarata, music by Symphonie-Orchester Graunke; A Happy Birthday Book with Winnie-the-Pooh performed by Sterling Holloway; The Jungle Book performed by the motion picture cast; Jungle Books performed by Richard Kiley; Magic Fishbone/Happy Prince/Potted Princess performed by Julie Harris & Richard Kiley |
| 1967 |
Dr. Seuss Presents: "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book" performed by Marvin Miller |
Alice Through the Looking Glass performed by the motion picture cast, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't performed by Paul Tripp and Cast, For the Children of the World Art Linkletter Narrates the Bible performed by Art Linkletter, Happiness Is performed by Marty Gould conducting the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus |
| 1966 |
Dr. Seuss Presents "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham" performed by Marvin Miller |
Love Songs for Children: "A" You're Adorable performed by Diahann Carroll, Patrick Muldoon and His Magic Balloon performed by Carmel Quinn, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performed by David Seville and the Chipmunks, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree performed by Sterling Holloway & Sebastian Cabot |
| 1965 |
Mary Poppins (Soundtrack) performed by Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews |
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra narrated by Hugh Downs with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra, Chim Chim Cheree and Other Children's Choices performed by Burl Ives and Children's Chorus, Daniel Boone performed by Fess Parker, A Spoonful of Sugar performed by Marty Martin & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus |
| 1964 |
Bernstein Conducts For Young People performed by Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic |
Addition and Subtraction performed by Rica Owen Moore, Children's Concert performed by Pete Seeger, Let's Go to the Zoo performed by Various Artists, On Top of Spaghetii performed by Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus, Puff, the Magic Dragon performed by Peter, Paul & Mary, Winnie-the-Pooh performed by Jack Gilford |
| 1963 |
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra performed by Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic |
The Cat Who Walked by Herself performed by Boris Karloff, The Chipmunk Songbook performed by David Seville, Grimm's Fairy Tales performed by Danny Kaye, Shari in Storyland performed by Shari Lewis, Through Children's Eyes performed by The Limeliters, You Read to Me, I'll Read to You performed by John Ciardi |
| 1962 |
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic |
Golden Treasury of Great Music and Literature performed by Various Artists, One Hundred and One Dalmatians performed by original movie cast, The Soupy Sales Show performed by Soupy Sales, Young Abe Lincoln (Broadway recording) performed by the original Broadway cast |
| 1961 |
Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks performed by David Seville & The Chipmunks |
Adventures in Music, Grade 3, Volume 1 performed by Howard Mitchell, Dr. Seuss Presents: Bartholomew and the Oobleck performed by Dr. Seuss, Folk Songs for Young People performed by Pete Seeger, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes performed by Sterling Holloway, Stories and Songs of the Civil War performed by Ralph Bellamy |
| 1960 |
Peter and the Wolf narrated by Peter Ustinov with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra |
The Arabian Nights performed by Maria Ray, Hansel and Gretel performed by Franz Allers, Popeye's Favorite Sea Chanties performed by Captain Allen Swift, Three to Make Music/Cinderella performed by Mary Martin |
