2010

The lion & the mouse

Jerry Pinkney

2009

The house in the night

Beth Krommes

2008

The invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

2007

Flotsam

David Wiesner

2006

The hello, goodbye window

Chris Raschka

2005

Kitten’s first full moon

Kevin Henkes

2004

The man who walked between the towers

Mordicai Gerstein

2003

My friend Rabbit

Eric Rohmann

2002

The three little pigs

David Wiesner

2001

So You Want to be President

David Small

2000

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Simms Taback

1999

Snowflake Bentley

Mary Azarian

1998

Rapunzel

Paul Zelinsky

1997

Golem

David Wisniewski

1996

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Peggy Rathmann

1995

Smoky Night

David Diaz

1994

Grandfather’s Journey

Allen Say

1993

Mirette on the High Wire

Emily McCully

1992

Tuesday

David Wiesner

1991

Black and White

David Macauley

1990

Lon Po Po

Ed Young

1989

Song and Dance Man

Stephen Gammell

1988

Owl Moon

John Schoenherr

1987

Hey Al

Richard Egielski

1986

Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg

1985

Saint George and the Dragon

Trina Schart Hyman

1984

The Glorious Flight

Alice & Martin Provensen

1983

Shadow

Marcia Brown

1982

Jumanji

Chris Van Allsburg

1981

 Fables

Arnold Lobel

1980

Ox-Cart Man

Barbara Cooney

1979

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Paul Goble

1978

Noah’s Ark

Peter Spier

1977

Ashanti to Zulu

Leo & Diane Dillon

1976

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

Leo & Diane Dillon

1975

Arrow to the Sun

Gerald McDermott

1974

Duffy and the Devil

Margot Zemach

1973

The Funny Little Woman

Blair Lent

1972

One Fine Day

Nonny Hogrogrian

1971

A Story, a Story

Gail Haley

1970

Sylvester & the Magic Pebble

Willaim Steig

1969

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Uri Shulevitz

1968

Drummer Hoff

Ed Emberley

1967

Sam, Bangs and Moonshine

Evaline Ness

1966

Always Room for One More

Nonny Hogrogrian

1965

May I Bring a Friend?

Beni Montresor

1964

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

1963

The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

1962

Once a Mouse

Marcia Brown

1961

Baboushka and the Three Kings

Nicolas Sidjakov

1960

Nine Days to Christmas

Marie Hall Ets

1959

Chanticleer and the Fox

Barbara Cooney

1958

Time of Wonder

Robert McCloskey

1957

A Tree is Nice

Marc Simont

1956

Frog Went A-Courtin’

Feodor Rojanovsky

1955

Cinderella

Marcia Brown

1954

Madeline’s Rescue

Ludwig Bemelmans

1953

Biggest Bear

Lynd Ward

1952

Finders Keepers

Nicolas Mordvinoff

1951

The Egg Tree

Katherine Milhous

1950

Song of the Swallows

Leo Politi

1949

The Big Snow

Berta and Elmer Hader

1948

White Snow, Bright Snow

Roger Duvoisin

1947

The Little Island

Leonard Weisgard

1946

The Rooster Crows

Maud & Miska Petersham

1945

Prayer for a Child

Elizabeth Orton Jones

1944

Many Moons

Louis Slobodkin

1943

The Little House

Virginia Burton

1942

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

1941

They Were Strong and Good

Robert Lawson

1940

Abraham Lincoln

Ingri Parin D’Aulaire

1939

Mei Li

Thomas Handforth

1938

Animals of the Bible

Dorothy P. Lathrop