| 2004 |
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata |
| 2003 |
The
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo |
| 2002 |
A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park |
| 2001 |
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck |
| 2000 |
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis |
| 1999 |
Holes
by Louis Sachar |
| 1998 |
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse |
| 1997 |
The View From
Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg |
| 1996 |
The Midwife's
Apprentice by Cushman |
| 1995 |
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech |
| 1994 |
The Giver
by Lois Lowry |
| 1993 |
Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant |
| 1992 |
Shiloh
by Phyllis R. Naylor |
| 1991 |
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli |
| 1990 |
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry |
| 1989 |
Joyful Noise:
Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman |
| 1988 |
Lincoln: A Photobiography
by Russell Freedman |
| 1987 |
The Whipping
Boy by Sid Fleischman |
| 1986 |
Sarah, Plain
and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan |
| 1985 |
The Hero and
the Crown by Robin McKinley |
| 1984 |
Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary |
| 1983 |
Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt |
| 1982 |
A Visit to William
Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced
by Nancy Willard |
| 1981 |
Jacob Have I
Loved by Katherine Paterson |
| 1980 |
Gathering of
Days by Joan W. Blos |
| 1979 |
The Westing
Game by Ellen Raskin |
| 1978 |
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson |
| 1977 |
Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor |
| 1976 |
Grey King
by Susan Cooper |
| 1975 |
M.C. Higgins,
the Great by Virginia Hamilton |
| 1974 |
The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox |
| 1973 |
Julie of the
Wolves by Jean C. George |
| 1972 |
Mrs. Frisby and
the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien |
| 1971 |
Summer of the
Swans by Betsy C. Byars |
| 1970 |
Sounder - Review
by Will Armstrong |
| 1969 |
The High King
by Lloyd Alexander |
| 1968 |
From the Mixed
Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by
E.L. Konigsburg |
| 1967 |
Up a Road Slowly
by Irene Hunt |
| 1966 |
I Juan De Paraja
by Elizabeth Trevino |
| 1965 |
Shadow of a Bull
by Wojciechowska |
| 1964 |
It's Like This,
Cat by Neville |
| 1963 |
A Wrinkle in
Time by L'Engle |
| 1962 |
The Bronze Bow
by Speare |
| 1961 |
Island of the
Blue Dolphin by O'Dell |
| 1960 |
Onion John
by Krumgold |
| 1959 |
The Witch of
Blackbird Pond by Speare |
| 1958 |
Rifles for Watieby
Keith |
| 1957 |
Miracles on Maple
Hillby Sorensen |
| 1956 |
Carry On, Mr.
Bowditch by Latham |
| 1955 |
The Wheel on
the School by DeJong |
| 1954 |
. . . And Now
Miguel by Krumgold |
| 1953 |
Secret of the
Andes by Clark |
| 1952 |
Ginger Pye
by Estes |
| 1951 |
Amos Fortune,
Free Man by Yates |
| 1950 |
The Door in the
Wall by DeAngeli |
| 1949 |
King of the Wind
by Henry |
| 1948 |
The Twenty-one
Balloons by Dubois |
| 1947 |
Miss Hickory
by Bailey |
| 1946 |
Strawberry Girl
by Lenski |
| 1945 |
Rabbit Hill
by Lawson |
| 1944 |
Johnny Tremain
by Forbes |
| 1943 |
Adam of the Road
by Gray |
| 1942 |
The Matchlock
Gun by Edmonds |
| 1941 |
Call it Courage
by Sperry |
| 1940 |
Daniel Boone
Daugherty |
| 1939 |
Thimble Summer
by Enright |
| 1938 |
The White Stag
by Seredy |
| 1937 |
Roller Skates
by Sawyer |
| 1936 |
Caddie Woodlawn
by Brink |
| 1935 |
Dobryby
Shannon |
| 1934 |
Invincible Louis
by A Meigs |
| 1933 |
Young Fu of
the Upper Yangtze by Lewis |
| 1932 |
Waterless Mountain
by Armer |
| 1931 |
The Cat Who
Went to Heaven by Coatsworth |
| 1930 |
Hitty, Her First
Hundred Years by Field |
| 1929 |
The Trumpeter
of Krakow by Kelly |
| 1928 |
by Gay-Neck,
The Story of A Pigeon by Mukerj |
| 1927 |
Smoky, The Cowhorse
by James |
| 1926 |
Shen by the
Sea by Chrisman |
| 1925 |
Tales from Silver
Lands by Finger |
| 1924 |
The Dark Frigate
by Hawes |
| 1923 |
The Voyages
of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting |
