2008 Winner

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall by Peter Sis
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems

2007 Winner

Flotsam by David Wiesner

Gone Wild by David McLimans
Moses by Carole Boston Weatherford

2006 Winner

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norman Juster

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
Zen Shorts by Jon Muth
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman

2005 Winner

2005 Honors

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
Coming On Home Soon by E.B. Lewis and Jacqueline Woodson
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

2004 Winner

2004 Honors

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

2003 Winner

2003 Honors

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

2002 Winner

2002 Honors

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont

2001 Winner

2001 Honors

So You Want to be President? by Judith St. George

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Olivia by Ian Falconer

2000 Winner

2000 Honors

Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

A Child's Calendar by John Updike
Sector 7 by David Wiesner
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney

1999 Winner

1999 Honors

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney
No, David! by David Shannon
Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sis
Snow by Uri Shulevitz

1998 Winner

1998 Honors

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
Harlem by Walter Dean Myers
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

1997 Winner

1997 Honors

Golem by David Wisniewski

Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
Starry Messenger by Peter Sis

1996 Winner

1996 Honors

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss
The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens

1995 Winner

1995 Honors

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

John Henry by Julius Lester
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
Time Flies by Eric Rohmann

1994 Winner

1994 Honors

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say

Peppe the Lamplighter by 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? by Chris Raschka

1993 Winner

1993 Honors

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams

1992 Winner

1992 Honors

Tuesday by David Wiesner

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

1991 Winner

1991 Honors

Black and White by David Macaulay

Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault (trans. by Malcolm Arthur)
"More, More, More," Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams

1990 Winner

1990 Honors

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 by Robert D. San Souci
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel

1989 Winner

1989 Honors

Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Allen Say
Free Fall by David Wiesner
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack

1988 Winner

1988 Honors

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

1987 Winner

1987 Honors

Hey Al! by Arthur Yorinks

The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi
Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
Rumplestiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky

1986 Winner

1986 Honors

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood

1985 Winner

1985 Honors

Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges

Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser
Have You seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend retold by John Steptoe

1984 Winner

1984 Honors

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice and Martin Provensen

Little Red Riding Hood retold by Trina Schart Hyman
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

1983 Winner

1983 Honors

Shadow translated by Marcia Brown

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

1982 Winner

1982 Honors

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker
On Market Street by Arnold Lobel
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard

1981 Winner

1981 Honors

Fables by Arnold Lobel

The Bremen-Town Musicians retold by Ilse Plume
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
Mice Twice by Joseph Low
Truck by Donald Crews

1980 Winner

1980 Honors

The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

1979 Winner

1979 Honors

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

Freight Train by Donald Crews
The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor

1978 Winner

1978 Honors

Noah's Ark by Peter Spier

Castle by David Macaulay
It Could Always Be Worse retold by Margot Zemach

1977 Winner

1977 Honors

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove

The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Contest retold by Nonny Hogrogian
Fish for Supper by M.B. Goffstein
Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor
The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott

1976 Winner

1976 Honors

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola

1975 Winner

1975 Honors

Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott

Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings

1974 Winner

1974 Honors

Duffy and the Devil retold by Harve Zemach

Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers
Cathedral by David Macaulay

1973 Winner

1973 Honors

The Funny Little Woman retold by Arlene Mosel

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti adapted by Gerald McDermott
Hosie's Alphabet- by Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs translated by Randall Jarrell
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor

1972 Winner

1972 Honors

One Fine Day retold by Nonny Hogrogian

Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan
If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings

1971 Winner

1971 Honors

A Story A Story retold by Gail E. Haley

Angry Moon retold by William Sleator
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

1970 Winner

1970 Honors

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 by Edna Mitchell Preston
Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
The Judge: An Untrue Tale by Harve Zemach

1969 Winner

1969 Honors

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship retold by Arthur Ransome

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell

1968 Winner

1968 Honors

Drummer Hoff adapted by Barbara Emberley

Frederick by Leo Lionni
Seashore Story by Taro Yashima
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

1967 Winner

1967 Honors

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness

One Wide River to Cross adapted by Barbara Emberley

1966 Winner

1966 Honors

Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclair Alger)

Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt
Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
Tom Tit Tot by Evaline Ness

1965 Winner

1965 Honors

May I Bring a Friend? - by Beatrics Schenk de Regniers

Rain Makes Applesauce - by Julian Scheer
The Wave - by Margaret Hodges
A Pocketful of Cricket - by Rebecca Caudill

1964 Winner

1964 Honors

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Swimmy by Leo Lionni
All in the Morning Early by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclaire Alger)
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Phillip Reed

1963 Winner

1963 Honors

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

The Sun is a Golden Earring by Natalia M. Belting
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow

1962 Winner

1962 Honors

Once a Mouse retold by Marcia Brown

Fox Went out on a Chilly Night by Peter Spier
Little Bear's Visit by Else H. Minarik
The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice E. Goudey

1961 Winner

1961 Honors

Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

1960 Winner

1960 Honors

Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida

Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey
The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry

1959 Winner

1959 Honors

Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney

The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jaques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi
What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin
Umbrella by Taro Yashima

1958 Winner

1958 Honors

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey

Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
Anatole and the Cat by Eve Titus

1957 Winner

1957 Honors

A Tree is Nice by Janice Udry

Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
1 is One by Tasha Tudor
Anatole by Eve Titus
Gillespie and the Guards by Benjamin Elkin
Lion by William Pene du Bois

1956 Winner

1956 Honors

Frog Went A-Courtin' retold by John Langstaff

Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

1955 Winner

1955 Honors

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli
Wheel on the Chimney by Marcia Wise Brown
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh

1954 Winner

1954 Honors

Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans

Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer
When Will the World Be Mine? by Miriam Schlein
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M.R. James
A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss
Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum

1953 Winner

1953 Honors

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward

Puss in Boots 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 by Charlotte Zolotow
Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes

1952 Winner

1952 Honors

Finders Keepers by Will (pseud. William Lipkind)

Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets
Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown
All Falling Down by Gene Zion
Bear Party by William Pene du Bois
Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds

1951 Winner

1951 Honors

The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous

Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown
The Two Reds by Will (pseud. William Lipkind
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel)
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World by Phyllis McGinley
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry

1950 Winner

1950 Honors

Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi

America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook
The Wild Birthday Cake by Lavinia R. Davis
The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel)
Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949 Winner

1949 Honors

The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
All Around the Town by Phyllis McGinley
Juanita by Leo Politi
Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese

1948 Winner

1948 Honors

White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel)
Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber
Roger and the Fox by Lavinia R. Davis
Song of Robin Hood edited by Anne Malcolmson

1947 Winner

1947 Honors

The Little Island by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown)

Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt
Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack
Timothy Turtle by Al Graham
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
Sing in Praise: A Collection of Best Loved Hymns selected by Opal Wheeler

1946 Winner

1946 Honors

The Rooster Crows by Maude & Miska Petersham

Little Lost Lamb by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown)
Sing Mother Goose music by Opal Wheeler
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Becky Reyker
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese

1945 Winner

1945 Honors

Prayer for a Child by 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 by Ruth Sawyer

1944 Winner

1944 Honors

Many Moons by James Thurber

Small Rain: Verses from The Bible selected by Jessie Orton Jones
Pierre Pigeon by Lee Kingman
The Mighty Hunter by Berta and Elmer Hader
A Child's Good Night book by Margaret Wise Brown
Good-Luck Horse by Chih-Yi Chan

1943 Winner

1943 Honors

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff
Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry

1942 Winner

1942 Honors

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham
In My Mother's House by Ann Nolan Clark
Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling
Nothing At All by Wanda Gag

1941 Winner

1941 Honors

They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson

April's Kittens Clare Turlay Newberry

1940 Winner

1940 Honors

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 Winner

1939 Honors

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 Gag
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf

1938 Winner

1938 Honors

Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book selected by Helen Dean Fish

Four and Twenty Blackbirds compiled by Helen Dean Fish
Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff