2021: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom – P LIN
2020: The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander – J 811.6 ALE
2019: Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall – P BLA
2018: Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell – SEASONS P COR
2017: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe – J B BAS
2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick – P MAT
2015: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat – P SAN
2014: Locomotive by Brian Floca – J 385 FLO
2013: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen – P KLA
2012: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka – P RAS
2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead – P STE
2010: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney – P PIN
2009: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson – P SWA
2008: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick – J F SEL
2007: Flotsam by David Wiesner – P WIE
2006: The Hello, Goodbye Window written by Norton Juster – P JUS
2005: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes – P HEN
2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein – P GER
2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann – P ROH
2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner – P WIE
2001: So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George – P STG
2000: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback – P TAB
1999: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin – P MAR
1998: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky – J 398.2 ZEL
1997: Golem by David Wisniewski – P WIS
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann – P RAT
1995: Smoky Night by Eve Bunting – P BUN
1994: Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say – P SAY
1993: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully – P MCC
1992: Tuesday by David Wiesner – P WIE
1991: Black and White by David Macaulay – P MAC
1990: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young – J 398.2 YOU
1989: Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman – P ACK
1988: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen – P YOL
1987: Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks – P YOR
1986: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg – P VAN
1985: Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges – P HOD
1984: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen – J B BLE
1983: Shadow by Blaise Cendrars – P CEN
1982: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg – P VAN
1981: Fables by Arnold Lobel – J 398.2 LOB
1980: Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall – P HAL
1979: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble – P GOB
1978: Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier – P SPI
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove – P MUS
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears retold by Verna Aardema – P AAR
1975: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott – P MCD
1974: Duffy and the Devil retold by Harve Zemach – P ZEM
1973: The Funny Little Woman retold by Arlene Mosel – P MOS
1972: One Fine Day retold by Nonny Hogrogian – P HOG
1971: A Story, A Story retold by Gail E. Haley – P HAL
1970: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig – P STE
1969: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Christopher Denise – J 398.21 DEN
1968: Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley – P EMB
1967: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness – P NES
1966: Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas – P LEO
1965: May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers – P DER
1964: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak – P SEN
1963: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats – P KEA
1962: Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown – P BRO
1961: Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins – P ROB
1960: Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
1959: Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney – P CHA
