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