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Adventure Books
Easy/Picture Books
- Mr. Gumpy's Motorcar by John Burningham E BURNING
- Left Behind by Carol Carrick E CARRICK
- Sail Away by Donald Crews E CREWS
- The Shepherd Boy by Kristine L. Franklin E FRANKLI
- Jocasta Carr, Movie Star by Roy Gerrard E GERRARD
- Lester's Dog by Karen Hesse E HESSE
- Into the Jungle by Judy Hindley E HINDLEY
- Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson E HOPKINS
- Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric A. Kimmel E KIMMEL
- Beaten by a Balloon by Margaret Mahy E MAHY
- Swish! by Bill Martin E MARTIN
- Grandpa was a Cowboy by Silky Sullivan E SULLIVA
- Brave Irene by William Steig E STEIG
- Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale by Tynia Thomassie E THOMASS
- Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera B. Williams E WILLIAM
Chapter Books
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken J AIKEN
- Captain Grey by Avi J AVI
- Adrift by Allan Baillie J BAILLIE
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer J BAUER
- A Boy of Tache by Ann Blades J BLADES
- The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey J CAREY
- Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright J ENRIGHT
- The Half-a-Moon Inn by Paul Fleischman J FLEISCH
- How Many Miles to Babylon? A Novel by Paula Fox J FOX
- Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade by Jack Gantos J GANTOS
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George J GEORGE
- The Treasure Bird by Peni R. Griffin J GRIFFIN
- The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton J HAMILTO
- The Hideout by Peg Kehret J KEHRET
- Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry J SPERRY
- Holes by Louis Sachar J SACHAR
Young Adult Books
- The Trial of Anna Cotman by Vivien Alcock Y ALCOCK
- The Place of Lions by Eric Campbell Y CAMPBEL
- The Shark Callers by Eric Campbell Y CAMPBEL
- On the Edge by Gillian Cross Y CROSS
- Lostman's River by Cynthia C. DeFelice Y DEFELIC
- The Silent Storm by Sherry Garland Y GARLAND
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding Y GOLDING
- Downriver by Will Hobbs Y HOBBS
- The Maze by Will Hobbs Y HOBBS
- Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman Y HOLMAN
- Tomorrow, When the War Began by James Marsden Y MARSDEN
- The Island Keeper by Harry Mazer Y MAZER
- Thunder Cave by Roland Smith Y SMITH
- Lucy the Giant by Sherri L. Smith Y SMITH
- Fool's Gold by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Y SNYDER
- The Grounding of Group 6 by Julian F. Thompson Y THOMPSO
- The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor Y TAYLOR
- Deathwatch by Rob White YPB WHITE
Enchanting Fiction
Picture Books
- The House Gobbalen by Lloyd Alexander E ALEXAND
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett E BARRETT
- Too Many Monsters by Eve Bunting E BUNTING
- Click, Clack, Moo!: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin E CRONIN
- Sheep in Wolves' Clothing by Satoshi Kitamura E KITAMUR
- How Humans Make Friends by Loreen Leedy E LEEDY
- There's a Cow in the Road! by Reeve Lindbergh E LINDBER
- Mud Puddle by Robert E. Munsch E MUNSCH
- Wind Child by Shirley Rousseau Murphy E MURPHY
- Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh E PATON
- I Can Hear the Sun by Patricia Polacco E POLACCO
- Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak E SENDAK
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig E STEIG
- Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg E VAN ALL
- The Mountains of Quilt by Nancy Willard E WILLARD
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen E YOLEN
Chapter Books
- The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander J ALEXAND
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt J BABBITT
- The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum J BAUM
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl JPB DAHL
- Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs J HOBBS
- The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson J IBBOTSO
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster J JUSTER
- Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsberg J KONIGSB
- Catwings by Ursula K. LeGuin J LEGUIN
- The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis J LEWIS
- Dangerous Spaces by Margaret Mahy J MAHY
- The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw JPB M
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien J OBRIEN
- I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman J PULLMAN
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling J ROWLING
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket J SNICKET
- Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede J WREDE
Young Adult Books
- City of Light, City of Dark: A Comic Book Novel by Avi YC AVI
- The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle YPB BEAGLE
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Y COLFER
- The Knight's Wyrd by Debra Doyle YPB DOYLE
- Wishing Season by Esther M. Friesner Y FRIESNER
- Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson Y DICKINS
- Answer My Prayer by Sid Hite Y HITE
- The Fool's War by Lee R. Kisling Y KISLING
- Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee Y LEE
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle Y LENGLE
- Riddlemaster: The Complete Trilogy by Patricia McKillip Y MCKILLI
- The Blue Sword by Robin McKInley Y MCKINLE
- Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
by Garth Nix Y NIX - Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce Y PIERCE
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Y PULLMAN
- Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss Y REISS
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien YPB TOLKIEN
Newbery
- 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Amy Schlitz
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
- 2007 The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
- Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- 2006 Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Whittington by Alan Armstrong
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
- 2005 Kira-Kira,by Cynthia Kadohata
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
- The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
- 2004 Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
- Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
- An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
- 2003 Crispin by Avi
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin
- Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
- 2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
- Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson
- 2001 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
- Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
- The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
- 2000 Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Getting Near to Baby by by Audrey Couloumbis
- Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
- 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
- 1999 Holes by Louis Sachar
- A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
- 1998 Out of The Dust by Karen Hesse
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
- 1997 The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
- A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
- Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
- 1996 The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
- What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
- The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
- 1995 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
- The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
- 1994 The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
- Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep
- Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman
- 1993 Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
- What Hearts by Bruce Brooks
- The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack
- Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
- 1992 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel by Avi
- The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman
- 1991 Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- 1990 Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
- Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
- Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
- 1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, by Paul Fleischman
- In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton
- Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
- 1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman
- After The Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- 1987 The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman
- A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber
- 1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
- Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg
- Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
- 1985 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
- The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
- One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox
- 1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, by Beverly Cleary
- The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
- A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
- Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky
- The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain
- 1983 Dicey's Song, by Cynthia Voigt
- The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
- Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
- Graven Images by Paul Fleischman
- Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
- 1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn, by Nancy Willard
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Morrow)
- Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal
- 1981 Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson
- The Fledgling by Jane Langton
- A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
- 1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, by Joan W. Blos
- The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian
- 1979 The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- 1978 Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
- Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater
- 1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
- Abel's Island by William Steig
- A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond
- 1976 The Grey King, by Susan Cooper
- The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
- Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
- 1975 M. C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton
- Figgs & Phantoms by Ellen Raskin
- My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
- The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
- Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene
- 1974 The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox
- The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
- 1973 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
- Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
- The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
- The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- 1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien
- Incident At Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert
- The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
- The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
- The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- 1971 Summer of the Swans, by Betsy Byars
- Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
- Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
- Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
- 1970 Sounder, by William H. Armstrong
- Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
- The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art by Janet Gaylord Moore
- Journey Outside by Mary Q. Steele
- 1969 The High King, by Lloyd Alexander
- To Be a Slave by Julius Lester
- When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
- Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
- The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- 1967 Up a Road Slowly, by Irene Hunt
- The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell
- Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- The Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik
- 1966 I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
- The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
- The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
- The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz
- 1965 Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska
- Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
- 1964 It's Like This, Cat, by Emily Neville
- Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era by Sterling North
- The Loner by Ester Wier
- 1963 A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
- Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. (Leclaire Alger)
- Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge
- 1962 The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
- Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis
- The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- Belling The Tiger by Mary Stolz
- 1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
- America Moves Forward: A History for Peter by Gerald W. Johnson
- Old Ramon by Jack Schaefer
- The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden, pseud. (George Thompson)
- 1960 Onion John, by Joseph Krumgold
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- America Is Born: A History for Peter by Gerald W. Johnson
- The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall
- 1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
- The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
- Along Came A Dog by Meindert Dejong
- Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa by Francis Kalnay
- The Perilous Road by William O. Steele
- 1958 Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
- The Horsecatcher by Mari Sandoz
- Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
- The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson
- Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko
- 1957 Miracles on Maple Hill, by Virginia Sorensen
- Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
- The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong
- Mr. Justice Holmes by Clara Ingram Judson
- The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
- Black Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli
- 1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
- The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- The Golden Name Day by Jennie Lindquist
- Men, Microscopes, and Living Things by Katherine Shippen
- 1955 The Wheel on the School, by Meindert DeJong
- Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
- Banner In The Sky by James Ullman
- 1954 ...And Now Miguel, by Joseph Krumgold
- All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop
- Shadrach by Meindert Dejong
- Hurry Home, Candy by Meindert Dejong
- Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot by Clara Ingram Judson
- Magic Maize by Mary & Conrad Buff
- 1953 Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil
- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
- Birthdays of Freedom, Vol. 1 by Genevieve Foster
- 1952 Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
- Americans Before Columbus by Elizabeth Baity
- Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
- The Defender by Nicholas Kalashnikoff
- The Light at Tern Rock by Julia Sauer
- The Apple and the Arrow by Mary & Conrad Buff
- 1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates
- Better Known as Johnny Appleseed by Mabel Leigh Hunt
- Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword by Jeanette Eaton
- Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People by Clara Ingram Judson
- The Story of Appleby Capple by Anne Parrish
- 1950 The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
- Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
- The Blue Cat of Castle Town by Catherine Coblentz
- Kildee House by Rutherford Montgomery
- George Washington by Genevieve Foster
- Song of The Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin by Walter & Marion Havighurst
- 1949 King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
- Seabird by Holling C. Holling
- Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin
- My Father's Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett
- Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps
- 1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pène du Bois
- Pancakes-Paris by Claire Huchet Bishop
- Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
- The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman
- The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander
- Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- 1947 Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
- Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes
- Big Tree by Mary & Conrad Buff
- The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell
- The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, pseud. (Darwin L. Teilhet)
- The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewett
- 1946 Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski
- Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
- The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means
- Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston
- New Found World by Katherine Shippen
- 1945 Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson
- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
- The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh
- Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster
- Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanetter Eaton
- 1944 Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Fog Magic by Julia Sauer
- Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
- Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
- 1943 Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes
- Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt
- 1942 The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds
- Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
- Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
- Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin
- 1941 Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry
- Blue Willow by Doris Gates
- Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hal
- 1940 Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty
- The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
- Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson
- By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader
- 1939 Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright
- Nino by Valenti Angelo
- Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater
- Hello the Boat! by Phyllis Crawford
- Leader By Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot by Jeanette Eaton
- Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- 1938 The White Stag, by Kate Seredy
- Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman
- Bright Island by Mabel Robinson
- On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 1937 Roller Skates, by Ruth Sawyer
- Phebe Fairchild: Her Book by Lois Lenski
- Whistler's Van by Idwal Jones
- The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Winterbound by Margery Bianco
- The Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes
- Audubon by Constance Rourke
- 1936 Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Honk, the Moose by Phil Stong
- The Good Master by Kate Seredy
- Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry
- 1935 Dobry, by Monica Shannon
- Pageant of Chinese History by Elizabeth Seeger
- Davy Crockett by Constance Rourke
- Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic by Hilda Von Stockum
- 1934 Invincible Louisa, by Cornelia Meigs
- The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Snedeker
- Swords of Steel by Elsie Singmaster
- ABC Bunny by Wanda Gág
- Winged Girl of Knossos by Erik Berry, pseud. (Allena Best)
- New Land by Sarah Schmidt
- Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside by Padraic Colum
- Glory of the Seas by Agnes Hewes
- Apprentice of Florence by Ann Kyle
- 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, by Elizabeth Lewis
- Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs
- The Railroad To Freedom: A Story of the Civil War by Hildegarde Swift
- Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon
- 1932 Waterless Mountain, by Laura Adams Armer
- The Fairy Circus by Dorothy P. Lathrop
- Calico Bush by Rachel Field
- Boy of the South Seas by Eunice Tietjens
- Out of the Flame by Eloise Lownsbery
- Jane's Island by Marjorie Allee
- Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy by Mary Gould Davis
- 1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven, by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Floating Island by Anne Parrish
- The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of A Pagan Princess by Alida Malkus
- Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard
- Mountains are Free by Julie Davis Adams
- Spice and the Devil's Cave by Agnes Hewes
- Meggy MacIntosh by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes by Herbert Best
- Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen
- 1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field
- A Daughter of the Seine: The Life of Madame Roland by Jeanette Eaton
- Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Miller
- Jumping-Off Place by Marion Hurd McNeely
- The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales by Ella Young
- Vaino by Julia Davis Adams
- Little Blacknose by Hildegarde Swift
- 1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. Kelly
- Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett
- Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
- The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock
- Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs
- Runaway Papoose by Grace Moon
- Tod of the Fens by Elinor Whitney
- 1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- The Wonder Smith and His Son by Ella Young
- Downright Dencey by Caroline Snedeker
- 1927 Smoky, the Cowhorse, by Will James
- [None recorded]
- 1926 Shen of the Sea, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum
- 1925 Tales from Silver Lands, by Charles Finger
- Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story by Annie Carroll Moore
- The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish
- 1924 The Dark Frigate, by Charles Hawes
- [None recorded]
- 1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
- [None recorded]
- 1922 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The Great Quest by Charles Hawes
- Cedric the Forester by Bernard Marshall
- The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by William Bowen
- The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
- The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs
Caldecott
Caldecott Medal
- 2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
- First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
- Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
- 2007
Flotsam by David Wiesner
- Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford
- 2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster
- Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni
- Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth
- Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman.
- Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman
- 2005
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
- The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
- Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems
- 2004
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
- Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
- What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
- 2003
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
- The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty - Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney
- The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt
- 2002
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
- The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley
- Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport
- The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
- 2001
So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George
- Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer
- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin
- Olivia by Ian Falconer
- 2000
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback
- A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: John Updike
- Sector 7 by David Wiesner
- When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
- The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney
- 1999
Snowflake Bentley Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney
- No, David! by David Shannon
- Snow by Uri Shulevitz
- Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís
- 1998
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
- The Gardener illustrated by David Small Text: Sarah Stewart
- Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers Text: Walter Dean Myers
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
- 1997
Golem by David Wisniewski
- Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho
- The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
- The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
- Starry Messenger by Peter Sís
- 1996
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
- Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
- Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss
- The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci
- Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens
- 1995
Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting
- John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester
- Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs
- Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
- 1994
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine
- Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone
- In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
- Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
- Owen by Kevin Henkes
- Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson
- 1993
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka
- Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
- Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams
- 1992
Tuesday by David Wiesner
- Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
- 1991
Black and White by David Macaulay
- Puss in Boots, illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur
- "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams
- 1990
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
- Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet
- Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
- The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci
- Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel
- 1989
Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman
- The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder
- Free Fall by David Wiesner
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
- Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack
- 1988
Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen
- Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe
- 1987
Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks
- The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi
- Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
- Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
- 1986
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- The Relatives Came, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant
- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood
- 1985
Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges
- Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser
- Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
- The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe
- 1984
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen
- Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
- Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
- 1983
Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant
- 1982
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
- Where the Buffaloes Begin, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker
- On Market Street, illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel
- Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
- A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard
- 1981
Fables by Arnold Lobel
- The Bremen-Town Musicians, retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume
- The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
- Mice Twice by Joseph Low
- Truck by Donald Crews
- 1980
Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall
- Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
- The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
- The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
- 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor
- 1978
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier
- Castle by David Macaulay
- It Could Always Be Worse, retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach
- 1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove
- The Amazing Bone by William Steig
- The Contest, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
- Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein
- The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott
- Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor
- 1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema
- The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor
- Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
- 1975
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
- Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings
- 1974
Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach
- Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers
- Cathedral by David Macaulay
- 1973
The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel
- Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
- Hosie's Alphabet, illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin
- Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm
- When Clay Sings, illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor
- 1972
One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
- Hildilid's Night, illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan
- If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
- Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings
- 1971
A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
- The Angry Moon, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator
- Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
- 1970
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats
- Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
- Pop Corn & Ma Goodness, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston
- Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
- The Judge: An Untrue Tale, illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach
- 1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome
- Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell
- 1968
Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
- Frederick by Leo Lionni
- Seashore Story by Taro Yashima
- The Emperor and the Kite, illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen
- 1967
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- One Wide River to Cross, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley
- 1966
Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]
- Hide and Seek Fog, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
- Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
- Tom Tit Tot, retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness
- 1965
May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
- Rain Makes Applesauce, illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer
- The Wave, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges
- A Pocketful of Cricket, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill
- 1964
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni
- All in the Morning Early, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger]
- Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Philip Reed
- 1963
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- The Sun is a Golden Earring, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting
- Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow
- 1962
Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
- Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier
- Little Bear's Visit, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik
- The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey
- 1961
Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins
- Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni
- 1960
Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
- Houses from the Sea, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey
- The Moon Jumpers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry
- 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney
- The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi
- What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin
- Umbrella by Taro Yashima
- 1958
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
- Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
- Anatole and the Cat, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus
- 1957
A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry
- Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
- 1 is One by Tasha Tudor
- Anatole, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus
- Gillespie and the Guards, illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin
- Lion by William Pène du Bois
- 1956
Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff
- Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets
- Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
- 1955
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
- Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli
- Wheel On The Chimney, illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown
- The Thanksgiving Story, illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh
- 1954
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer
- When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James
- A Very Special House, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss
- Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum
- 1953
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
- Puss in Boots, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown
- One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
- Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg
- The Storm Book, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow
- Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes
- 1952
Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
- Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets
- Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown
- All Falling Down, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion
- Bear Party by William Pène du Bois
- Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds
- 1951
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
- Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown
- The Two Reds, ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]
- If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley
- T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry
- 1950
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
- America's Ethan Allen, illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook
- The Wild Birthday Cake, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis
- The Happy Day, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss
- Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown
- 1949
The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
- All Around the Town, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley
- Juanita by Leo Politi
- Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese
- 1948
White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt
- Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
- McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber
- Roger and the Fox, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis
- Song of Robin Hood, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson
- 1947
The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
- Rain Drop Splash, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt
- Boats on the River, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack
- Timothy Turtle, illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham
- Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
- Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler
- 1946
The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
- Little Lost Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]
- Sing Mother Goose, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler
- My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher
- You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese
- 1945
Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field
- Mother Goose, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
- In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets
- Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli
- The Christmas Anna Angel, illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer
- 1944
Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber
- Small Rain: Verses From The Bible, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones
- Pierre Pidgeon, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman
- The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader
- A Child's Good Night Book, illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown
- Good-Luck Horse, illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Cha
- 1943
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
- Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff
- Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry
- 1942
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham
- In My Mother's House, illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark
- Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling
- Nothing At All, by Wanda Gág
- 1941
They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson
- April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry
- 1940
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford
- 1939 Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
- Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
- Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry
- The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág
- Wee Gillis, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf
- 1938
Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish
- Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff
Treasure State Nominees
2008
- Asher, Sandy Too Many Frogs!
- Collard, Sneed B, Shep
- Howard, Arthur, Serious Trouble
- McKissack, Patricia C. and Onawumi Jean Moss, Precious and the Boo Hag
- White, Linda Arms, I Could do That: Esther morris gets Women the Vote
2007
- Auch, Mary Jane & Herme Superchicken
- Bridges, Shirin. Ruby’s Wish
- Hatkoff, Isabella. Owen and Mzee
- McDonald, Megan. Saving the Liberty Bell
- Stevens, Janet. The Great Fuzz Frenzy
2006
- Funke, Cornelia. The Princess Knight
- Icenoggle,Jodi. 'Til the Cows Come Home
- Kaza, Keiko. My Lucky Day
- Orloff, Karen Kaufman. I Wanna Iguana
- Rodanas, Kristina. The Blind Hunter
2005
- Eubank, Patty Reader. Seaman's Journal
- Haseley, Dennis. A Story for Bear
- Ketteman, Helen. Armadillo Tattletale
- Melling, David. The Kiss That Missed
- Nolen, Jerdine. Thunder Rose
2004
- Calmenson, Stephanie. The Frog Principal
- Harris, Jim. The Three Little Dinosaurs
- MacDonald, Allan. The Pig in a Wig
- Tchana, Katrin. Sense Pass King: A Story from Camaroon
- White, Linda Arms. Comes A Wind
2003
- Garland, Michael Icarus Swinebuckle
- O'Neill, Alexis The Recess Queen
- Reiss, Mike The Great Show-and-tell disaster
- Willey, Margaret Clever Beatrice
- Wilson, Gina Ignis
2002
- San Souci, Robert D Callie Ann and Mistah Bear
- Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
- Munson, Derek Enemy Pie
- Kimmel, Eric A. Robin Hook, Pirate Hunter!
- Lester, Helen Tacky and the Emperor
Back to Top
2001
- Blake, Robert J. Akiak : A Tale From The Iditarod
- Eversole, Robyn Harbert Red Berry Wool
- Lasky, Kathryn The Emperor's Old Clothes
- Nolen, Jerdine Raising Dragons
- Wood, Audrey The Red Racer
2000
- Wardlaw, Lee Punia And The King Of Sharks: A Hawaiian Folktale
- Ernst, Lisa Campbell Stella Louella's Runaway Book
- Howe, James Horace And Morris But Mostly Dolores
- Roddie, Shen Too Close Friends
- Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May
Back to Top
1999
- Shannon, David A Bad Case Of Stripes
- Lowell, Susan Little Red Cowboy Hat
- Hoberman, Mary Ann The Seven Silly Eaters
- Kurtz, Jane Trouble
- Ryder, Joanne Winter WhiteBack to Top
1998
- Bernhard, Emery. The Girl Who Wanted To Hunt
- Brown, Marc. Arthur Writes a Story
- Harper, Jo. Outrageous, Bodacious Boliver Boggs!
- Silverman, Erica. Mrs. Peachtree's Bicycle
- Stanley, Diane. Saving Sweetness
1997
- Brown, Laurene Krasny. Rex and Lilly: Family Time
- Bruchac, Joseph. First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story
- Lester, Helen. Three Cheers for Tacky
- Viorst, Judith. Alexander Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going To Move
- Yorinks, Arthur. Whitefish Will Rides Again
Young Readers Choice Award
2009 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- The Road of the Dead
by Kevin Brooks - Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn - An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green - The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
by Barry Lyga - New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer - Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer - American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang - The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Intermediate Division, Grades 7-8
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable
by John Boyne - Half-Moon Investigations
by Eoin Colfer - Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz - The Pinhoe Egg
by Diana Wynne Jones - Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull - Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Small Steps
by Louis Sachar - Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Room One: A Mystery or Two
by Andrew Clements - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate Dicamillo - The Homework Machine
by Dan Gutman - The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin - Rules
by Cynthia Lord - Gossamer
by Lois Lowry - The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron - To Dance
by Siena Cherson Siegel
2008 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman - Dark Sons
by Nikki Grimes - Midshipwizard Halcyon-Blithe
by James M Ward - Peaches
by Jodi Lynn Anderson - Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Intermediate Division, Grades 7-8
- Code Orange
by Caroline B. Cooney - Flush
by Carl Hiaasen - Alice Macleaod, Realist at Last
by Susan Juby - Eldest
by Christopher Paolini - Criss Cross
by Lynne Rae Perkins - The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling - Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- The Day Joanie Frankenhauser Became a Boy
by Francess Lin Lantz - A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
by Ann M. Martin - Double Identity
by Margaret Peterson Haddix - Listening for Lions
by Gloria Whelan - Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale - The Scarecrow and His Servant
by Philip Pullman - Shakespeare's Secret
by Elise Broach - Whales on Stilts!
by M.T. Anderson
2007 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Airborn
by Kenneth Oppel - Hat Full of Sky
by Terry Pratchett - How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff - Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman
by Eleanor Updale - My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Intermediate Division, Grades 7-8
- Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko - Bucking the Sarge
by Christopher Paul Curtis - Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata - The Outcasts of 19 Schyuler Place
by E. L. Konigsburg - Red Kayak
by Priscilla Cummings - The Sea of Trolls
by Nancy Farmer - The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer - Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Richard Peck
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
by Jenny Nimmo - Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett - Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Caroline Funke - Heartbeat
by Sharon Creech - Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun Avoid Disaster, And (Possibly) Save The World
by Katherine Hannigan - Indigo's Star
by Hilary McKay - Peter and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
2006 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Acceleration
by Graham McNamee - Breakout
by Paul Fleischman - Fat Kid Rules the World
by K. L. Going - A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly - Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Intermediate Division, Grades 7-8
- The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau - The Conch Bearer
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - East
by Edith Pattou - Eragon
by Christopher Paolini - Into the Wild
by Erin Hunter - Millicent Min, Girl Genius
by Lisa Yee - The River Between Us
by Richard Peck - Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
by Ron Koertge
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech - Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins - Kensuke's Kingdom
by Michael Morpurgo - The Mayor of Central Park
by Avi - Olive's Ocean
by Kevin Henkes - Rodzina
by Karen Cushman - Sahara Special
by Esme Raji Codell - The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
2005 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
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Catalyst
by Laurie Anderson -
First French Kiss: And Other Traumas
by Adam Bagdasarian -
Hanging on to Max
by Margaret Bechard -
House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer -
What Happened to Lani Garver
by Carol Plum-Ucci
Intermediate Division, Grades 7-8
- Crispin
by Avi - Stravaganza: City of Masks
by Mary Hoffman - Search of the Moon King’s Daughter
by Linda Holeman - Son of the Mob
by Gordon Korman - Same Stuff as Stars
by Katherine Paterson - A Dance of Sisters
by Tracey Porter - Surviving the Applewhites
by Stephanie Tolan - Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- The Runt
by Marion Dane Bauer - The Beloved Dearly
by Doug Cooney - The Secret Life of Owen Skye
by Alan Cumyn - Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke - Coraline
by Neil Gaiman - Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen - Saffy’s Angel
by Hilary McKay - Camp X
by Eric Walters
2004 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- The Boy in the Burning House
by Tim Wynne-Jones - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares - Slap Your Sides
by M.E. Kerr - True Believer
by Virginia Euwer Wolff - Whale Talk
by Chris Crutcher
Middle Division, Grades 7-8
- Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer - Fair Weather
by Richard Peck - Flipped
by Wendelin Van Draanen - The Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo - A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park - Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen - The Witness
by Karen Hesse - Zach's Lie
by Roland Smith
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Dial-A-Ghost
by Eva Ibbotson - Everything on a Waffle
by Polly Horvath - Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech - Rowan of Rin
by Emily Rodda - Parsifal's Page
by Gerald Morris - The School Story
by Andrew Clements - Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac - Walk Across the Sea
by Susan Fletcher
2003 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Battle Dress
by Amy Efaw - Dreamland
by Sarah Dressen - Hope Was Here
by Joan Bauer - Men of Stone
by Gayle Friesen - Sterkarm Handshake
by Susan Price
Middle Division, Grades 7-8
- The Amber Spyglass
by Phillip Pullman - The Book of the Lion
by Michael Cadnum - Homeless Bird
by Gloria Whelan - Kit's Wilderness
by David Almond - No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman - Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli - Turnabout
by Margaret Peterson Haddix - The Wanderer
by Sharon Creech
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- After Hamelin
by Bill Richardson - Austere Academy
by Lemony Snicket - Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate Dicamillo - The Doll People
by Ann M. Martin - Don't Tell Anyone
by Peg Kehret - I Was a Rat
by Phillip Pullman - Joey Pigza Loses Control
by Jack Gantos - Nory Ryan's Song
by Patricia Reilly GiffBack to Top
2002 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Biting the Moon
by Martha Grimes - Raging Quiet
by Sherryl Jordan - Rewind
by William Sleator - Ties that Bind, Ties that Break
by Lensey Namioka - Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star
by Randy Powell
Middle Division, Grades 7-8
- Alone at Ninety Foot
by Katherine Holubitsky - Backwater
by Joan Bauer - Can of Worms
by Kathy Mackel - Jason's Gold
by Will Hobbs - Mary, Bloody Mary
by Carolyn Meyer - Midnight Magic
by Avi - The Mirror of Merlin
by Thomas A. Barron - Skellig
by David Almond
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich - Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis - Bunnicula Strikes Again
by James Howe - The Landry News
by Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick - Our Only May Amelia
by Jennifer L. Holm - Ramona's World
by Beverly Cleary - Tucket's Gold
by Gary Paulsen - Zooman Sam
by Lois Lowry; Diane De Groat (Illustrator)
2001 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Armageddon Summer
by Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville - Boxes
by William Sleater - Rules of the Road
by Joan Bauer - Whirligig
by Paul Fleischman - Wreckers
by Iain Laurence
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix - Bat 6
by Virginia Euwer Wolff - Bloomability
by Sharon Creech - Case of the Lion Dance
by Laurence Yep - Great Turkey Walk
by Kathleen Karr - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (a.k.a. The Philosopher's Stone)
by J. K. Rowling - Holes
by Louis Sachar - Janey's Girl
by Gayle Friesen - Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
by Jack Gantos - A Long Way from Chicago
by Richard Peck - Nose from Jupiter
by Richard Scrimger - Sasquatch
by Roland Smith
2000 Nominees
Senior Division, Grades 9-12
- Doing Time: notes from the Undergrad
by Rob Thomas - Murdered, My Sweet
by Joan Lowry Nixon - Painting the Black
by Carl Deuker - Shade's Children
by Garth Nix - The Taking of Room 114
by Mel Glenn
Junior Division, Grades 4-6
- Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
by Kristiana Gregory - Chasing Redbird
by Sharon Creech - Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine - The Iron Ring
by Lloyd Alexander - A Mouse Called Wolf
by Dick King-Smith - Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse - The Schernoff Discoveries
by Gary Paulsen - Searching for Candlestick Park
by Peg Kehret - The Skull of Truth
by Bruce Coville - The Virtual War
by Gloria Skurzynski - Wings to Fly
by Celia Barker Lottridge - Wringer
by Jerry Spinelli
1999 Nominees
- DeFelice, Cynthia C.
The Apprenticeship Of Lucas Whitaker - Cushman, Karen
The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple - Pearson, Kit
Awake And Dreaming - White, Ruth
Belle Prater's Boy - Korman, Gordon
The Chicken Doesn't Skate - Spinelli, Jerry
Crash - Clements, Andrew
Frindle - Hahn, Mary Downing
Gentleman Outlaw And Me--Eli - Bawden, Nina
Granny the Pag - Paterson, Katherine
Jip: His Story - Hesse, Karen
The Music Of Dolphins - Konigsburg, E. L.
The View From Saturday - Klass, David
Danger Zone - Pullman, Philip
The Golden Compass - Thomas, Rob
Rats Saw God - Bunting, Eve
SOS Titanic - Trembath, Don
Tuesday Cafe
1998 Nominees
- Avi
Poppy - Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 - Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Running Out Of Time - Kehret, Peg
Danger At The Fair - Mikaelsen, Ben
Stranded - Park, Barbara
Mick Harte Was Here - Rubinstein, Gillian
Galax-Arena - Wynne-Jones, Tim
Some Of The Kinder Planets - Yep, Laurence
Later, Gator - Cormier, Robert
In The Middle Of The Night - Cushman, Karen
The Midwife's Apprentice - Lynch, Chris
Slot Machine - White, Ellen Emerson
The Road Home - Sachar, Louis
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
1997 Nominees
- Bunting, Eve
Nasty Stinky Sneakers - Byars, Betsy Cromer
The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery - Coville, Bruce
Dragonslayers - DeFelice, Cynthia C.
Lostman's River - Gantos, Jack
Heads Or Tails: Stories From The Sixth Grade - King-Smith, Dick
Three Terrible Trins - Myers, Walter Dean
Darnell Rock Reporting - Nelson, Theresa
Earthshine - Paterson, Katherine
Flip-Flop Girl - Reaver, Chap.
Bill - Salisbury, Graham
Under The Blood-Red Sun - Cooney, Caroline B.
Driver's Ed - Cushman, Karen
Catherine, Called Birdy - Farmer, Nancy
Ear, The Eye, And The Arm - Johnston, Julie
Adam and Eve and Pinch-me - Myers, Walter Dean
The Glory Field
1996 Nominees
- Bauer, Marion Dane
A Taste Of Smoke - Conly, Jane Leslie
Crazy Lady! - Cooper, Susan
The Boggart - Hill, Kirkpatrick
Winter Camp - Johnston, Julie
Hero Of Lesser Causes - Klause, Annette Curtis
Alien Secrets - Meyer, Carolyn
White Lilacs - Mikaelsen, Ben
Sparrow Hawk Red - Paulsen, Gary
Harris And Me: A Summer Remembered - Ross, Ramon Royal
Harper & Moon - Crutcher, Chris
Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes - Dickinson, Peter
A Bone From A Dry Sea - Lowry, Lois
The Giver - Mori, Kyoko
Shizuko's Daughter - Wolff, Virginia Euwer
Make Lemonade
1995 Nominees
- Avi
"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?" - Barron, T. A.
The Ancient One - Dorris, Michael
Morning Girl - Ellis, Sarah
Pick-Up Sticks - Henkes, Kevin
Words Of Stone - Howe, James
Return to Howliday Inn - Kehret, Peg
Terror At The Zoo - Lowry, Lois
Attaboy, Sam! - Fleischman, Paul
Borning Room - Namioka, Lensey
Yang The Youngest And His Terrible Ear - Petersen, P. J.
Liars - Service, Pamela F.
Weirdos Of The Universe, Unite! - Skurzynski, Gloria
Goodbye, Billy Radish - Duncan, Lois
Who Killed My Daughter? - Gould, Steven
Jumper - Lipsyte, Robert
Chemo Kid - Temple, Frances
Taste Of Salt: A Story Of Modern Haiti - 18. Wallace, Bill
Buffalo Gal
Children's Historical Fiction Picture Books
- Ringgold, Faith
Aunt Harriet's underground railroad in the sky
E RINGGOL - Say, Allen
The bicycle man
E SAY - Lydon, Kerry Raines
A birthday for Blue
E LYDON - Cox, David
Bossyboots
E COX - Kay, Verla
Covered wagons, bumpy trails
E KAY - Turner, Ann Warren
Dakota dugout
E TURNER - Goble, Paul
Death of the iron horse
E GOBLE - Monjo, F. N.
The drinking gourd
E BEG MONJO - McPhail, David M.
Farm boy's year
E MCPHAIL - Nixon, Joan Lowery
Fat chance, Claude
E NIXON - Van Leeuwen, Jean
A Fourth of July on the plains
E VAN LEE - Benchley, Nathaniel
George, the drummer boy
E BEG BENCHLE - Gammell, Stephen
Git along, Old Scudder
E GAMMELL - Byars, Betsy Cromer
The Golly Sisters go West
E BEG BYARS - Van Leeuwen, Jean
Going West
E VAN LEE - Waddell, Martin
Going West
E WADDELL - Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell)
Here comes the mystery man
E SANDERS
- Lewis, Thomas P.
Hill of fire
E BEG LEWIS - Hendershot, Judith
In coal country
E HENDERS - Monjo, F. N.
Indian summer
E BEG MONJO - Cooney, Barbara
Island boy: story and pictures
E COONEY - Coerr, Eleanor
The Josefina story quilt
E BEG COERR - Karim, Roberta
Kindle me a riddle
E KARIM - Emberley, Ed
Klippity klop
E EMBERLE - Hazen, Barbara Shook
The knight who was afraid of the dark
E HAZEN - Sandin, Joan
The long way to a new land
E BEG SANDIN - Pryor, Bonnie
Lottie's dream
E PRYOR - Cooney, Barbara
Miss Rumphius
E COONEY - Harvey, Brett
My prairie Christmas
E HARVEY (holiday collection) - Turner, Ann Warren
Nettie's trip South
E TURNER - Monjo, F. N.
The one bad thing about father
E BEG MONJO - Hall, Donald
Ox-cart man
E HALL - Baker, Betty
The pig war
E BEG BAKER - Benchley, Nathaniel
Running Owl the hunter
E BEG BENCHLE - Benchley, Nathaniel
Sam, the minuteman
E BEG BENCHLE - Turner, Ann Warren
Sewing quilts
E TURNER - Gerrard, Roy
Sir Cedric rides again
E GERRARD - Benchley, Nathaniel
Small Wolf
E BEG BENCHLE - Lucas, Barbara M.
Snowed in
E LUCAS - Hoguet, Susan Ramsay
Solomon Grundy
E HOGUET - Hopkinson, Deborah
Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt
E HOPKINS - Levitin, Sonia
Taking charge
E LEVITIN - Spier, Peter
Tin Lizzie
E SPIER - Coleman, Evelyn
To be a drum
E COLEMAN - Wells, Rosemary
Waiting for the evening star
E WELLS - Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell)
Warm as wool
E SANDERS - Krensky, Stephen
We just moved!
E BEG KRENSKY - Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie
Wilderness cat
E KINSEY
John Pierce/ Sigma Xi Science Book Collection
- Author: Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw
Garden of the Spirit Bear: Life in the Great Northern Rainforest - Call Number: 599.785 PATENT
- Author: Simon, Seymour
The Moon - Call Number: J 523.3 SIMON
- Knight, Tim
Dramatic Displays
J 5591.4 KNIGHT - Knight, Tim
Fantastic Feeders
J 591.53 KNIGHT - Cobb, Vicki
I Face the Wind
J 551.518 COBB - Micucci, Charles
Life and Times of the Ant
J 595.796 MICUCCI - Schyffert, Bea
Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
J B Collins - Tanaka, Shelley
New Dinos: The Latest Finds! The Coolest Dinosaur Discoveries!
J 567.9 TANAKA - Cerullo, Mary
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
J 597.928 CERULLO - Sis, Peter
Tree of Life: A book depicting the life of Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist and thinker
J B Darwin - Scheller, William
Amazing archaeologists and their finds
J 930.109 SCHELLE - Esbensen, Barbara Juster
Baby whales dr
