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| 2013 Winner This is Not My Hat [1] by Jon Klassen |
2013 Honors Creepy Carrots! [2] by Aaron Reynolds Extra Yarn [3] by Mac Barnett Green [4] by Laura Vaccaro Seeger One Cool Friend [5] by Toni Buzzeo Sleep Like a Tiger [6] by Mary Logue |
| 2012 Winner A Ball for Daisy [7] by Chris Raschka |
2012 Honors Blackout [8] by John Rocco Grandpa Green [9] by Lane Smith Me ... Jane [10] by Patrick McDonnell |
| 2011 Winner A Sick Day for Amos McGhee [11] by Philip C. Stead |
2011 Honors Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave [12] by Laban Carrick Hill Interrupting Chicken [13] by David Ezra Stein |
| 2010 Winner The Lion and the Mouse [14] by Jerry Pinkney |
2010 Honors All the World [15] by Liz Garton Scanlon Red Sings from Treetops [16] by Joyce Sidman |
| 2009 Winner The House in the Night [17] by Susan Marie Swanson |
2009 Honors A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever [18] by Marla Frazee How I Learned Geography [19] by Uri Shulevitz A River of Words [20] by Jen Bryant |
| 2008 Winner The Invention of Hugo Cabret [21] by Brian Selznick |
2008 Honors Henry's Freedom Box [22] by Ellen Levine First the Egg [23] by Laura Vaccaro Seeger The Wall [24] by Peter Sis Knuffle Bunny Too [25] by Mo Willems |
| 2007 Winner Flotsam [26] by David Wiesner |
2007 Honors Gone Wild [27] by David McLimans Moses [28] by Carole Boston Weatherford |
| 2006 Winner The Hello, Goodbye Window [29] by Norman Juster |
2006 Honors Rosa [30] by Nikki Giovanni Zen Shorts [31] by Jon Muth Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride [32] by Marjorie Priceman Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems [33] by Joyce Sidman |
| 2005 Winner Kitten's First Full Moon [34] by Kevin Henkes |
2005 Honors The Red Book [35] by Barbara Lehman Coming On Home Soon [36] by E.B. Lewis and Jacqueline Woodson Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale [37] by Mo Willems |
| 2004 Winner The Man Who Walked Between the Towers [38] by Mordecai Gerstein |
2004 Honors Ella Sarah Gets Dressed [39] by Margaret Chodos-Irvine What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? [40] by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus [41] by Mo Willems |
| 2003 Winner My Friend Rabbit [42] by Eric Rohmann |
2003 Honors The Spider and the Fly [43] by Mary Howitt Hondo & Fabian [44] by Peter McCarty Noah's Ark [45] by Jerry Pinkney |
| 2002 Winner The Three Pigs [46] by David Wiesner |
2002 Honors The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins [47] by Barbara Kerley Martin's Big Words [48] by Doreen Rappaport The Stray Dog [49] by Marc Simont |
| 2001 Winner So You Want to be President? [50] by Judith St. George |
2001 Honors Casey at the Bat [51] by Ernest Lawrence Thayer Click, Clack, Moo [52] by Doreen Cronin Olivia [53] by Ian Falconer |
| 2000 Winner Joseph had a Little Overcoat [54] by Simms Taback |
2000 Honors A Child's Calendar [55] by John Updike Sector 7 [56] by David Wiesner When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry [57] by Molly Bang The Ugly Duckling [58] by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney |
| 1999 Winner Snowflake Bentley [59] by Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
1999 Honors Duke Ellington [60] by Andrea Davis Pinkney No, David! [61] by David Shannon Tibet Through the Red Box [62] by Peter Sis Snow [63] by Uri Shulevitz |
| 1998 Winner Rapunzel [64] by Paul O. Zelinsky |
1998 Honors The Gardener [65] by Sarah Stewart Harlem [66] by Walter Dean Myers There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly [67] by Simms Taback |
| 1997 Winner Golem [68] by David Wisniewski |
1997 Honors Hush! A Thai Lullaby [69] by Minfong Ho The Graphic Alphabet [70] by David Pelletier The Paperboy [71] by Dav Pilkey Starry Messenger [72] by Peter Sis |
| 1996 Winner Officer Buckle and Gloria [73] by Peggy Rathmann |
1996 Honors Alphabet City [74] by Stephen T. Johnson Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin [75] by Lloyd Moss The Faithful Friend [76] by Robert D. San Souci Tops & Bottoms [77] by Janet Stevens |
| 1995 Winner Smoky Night [78] by Eve Bunting |
1995 Honors John Henry [79] by Julius Lester Swamp Angel [80] by Anne Isaacs Time Flies [81] by Eric Rohmann |
| 1994 Winner Grandfather's Journey [82] by Allen Say |
1994 Honors Peppe the Lamplighter [83] by Elisa Bartone In the Small, Small Pond [84] by Denise Fleming Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest [85] by Gerald McDermott Owen [86] by Kevin Henkes Yo! Yes? [87] by Chris Raschka |
| 1993 Winner Mirette on the High Wire [88] by Emily Arnold McCully |
1993 Honors The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales [89] by Jon Scieszka Seven Blind Mice [90] by Ed Young Working Cotton [91] by Sherley Anne Williams |
| 1992 Winner Tuesday [92] by David Wiesner |
1992 Honors Tar Beach [93] by Faith Ringgold |
| 1991 Winner Black and White [94] by David Macaulay |
1991 Honors Puss in Boots [95] by Charles Perrault (trans. by Malcolm Arthur) "More, More, More," Said the Baby [96] by Vera B. Williams |
| 1990 Winner Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China [97] by Ed Young |
1990 Honors Bill Peet: An Autobiography [98] by Bill Peet Color Zoo [99] by Lois Ehlert The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South [100] by Robert D. San Souci Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins [101] by Eric Kimmel |
| 1989 Winner Song and Dance Man [102] by Karen Ackerman |
1989 Honors The Boy of the Three-Year Nap [103] by Allen Say Free Fall [104] by David Wiesner Goldilocks and the Three Bears [105] by James Marshall Mirandy and Brother Wind [106] by Patricia McKissack |
| 1988 Winner Owl Moon [107] by Jane Yolen |
1988 Honors Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale [108] by John Steptoe |
| 1987 Winner Hey Al! [109] by Arthur Yorinks |
1987 Honors The Village of Round and Square Houses [110] by Ann Grifalconi Alphabatics [111] by Suse MacDonald Rumplestiltskin [112] by Paul O. Zelinsky |
| 1986 Winner The Polar Express [113] by Chris Van Allsburg |
1986 Honors The Relatives Came [114] by Cynthia Rylant King Bidgood's in the Bathtub [115] by Audrey Wood |
| 1985 Winner Saint George and the Dragon [116] retold by Margaret Hodges |
1985 Honors Hansel and Gretel [117] by Rika Lesser Have You seen My Duckling? [118] by Nancy Tafuri The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend [119] retold by John Steptoe |
| 1984 Winner The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot [120] by Alice and Martin Provensen |
1984 Honors Little Red Riding Hood [121] retold by Trina Schart Hyman Ten, Nine, Eight [122] by Molly Bang |
| 1983 Winner Shadow [123] translated by Marcia Brown |
1983 Honors A Chair for My Mother [124] by Vera B. Williams When I Was Young in the Mountains [125] by Cynthia Rylant |
| 1982 Winner Jumanji [126] by Chris Van Allsburg |
1982 Honors Where the Buffaloes Begin [127] by Olaf Baker On Market Street [128] by Arnold Lobel Outside Over There [129] by Maurice Sendak A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers [130] by Nancy Willard |
| 1981 Winner Fables [131] by Arnold Lobel |
1981 Honors The Bremen-Town Musicians [132] retold by Ilse Plume The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher [133] by Molly Bang Mice Twice [134] by Joseph Low Truck [135] by Donald Crews |
| 1980 Winner The Ox-Cart Man [136] by Donald Hall |
1980 Honors Ben's Trumpet [137] by Rachel Isadora The Garden of Abdul Gasazi [138] by Chris Van Allsburg The Treasure [139] by Uri Shulevitz |
| 1979 Winner The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses [140] by Paul Goble |
1979 Honors Freight Train [141] by Donald Crews The Way to Start a Day [142] by Byrd Baylor |
| 1978 Winner Noah's Ark [143] by Peter Spier |
1978 Honors Castle [144] by David Macaulay It Could Always Be Worse [145] retold by Margot Zemach |
| 1977 Winner Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions [146] by Margaret Musgrove |
1977 Honors The Amazing Bone [147] by William Steig The Contest [148] retold by Nonny Hogrogian Fish for Supper [149] by M.B. Goffstein Hawk, I'm Your Brother [150] by Byrd Baylor The Golem: A Jewish Legend [151] by Beverly Brodsky McDermott |
| 1976 Winner Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears [152] by Verna Aardema |
1976 Honors The Desert is Theirs [153] by Byrd Baylor Strega Nona [154] by Tomie de Paola |
| 1975 Winner Arrow to the Sun [155] by Gerald McDermott |
1975 Honors Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book [156] by Muriel Feelings |
| 1974 Winner Duffy and the Devil [157] retold by Harve Zemach |
1974 Honors Three Jovial Huntsmen [158] by Susan Jeffers Cathedral [159] by David Macaulay |
| 1973 Winner The Funny Little Woman [160] retold by Arlene Mosel |
1973 Honors Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti [161] adapted by Gerald McDermott Hosie's Alphabet [162]- by Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs [163] translated by Randall Jarrell When Clay Sings [164] by Byrd Baylor |
| 1972 Winner One Fine Day [165] retold by Nonny Hogrogian |
1972 Honors Hildilid's Night [166] by Cheli Duran Ryan If All the Seas Were One Sea [167] by Janina Domanska Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book [168] by Muriel Feelings |
| 1971 Winner A Story A Story [169] retold by Gail E. Haley |
1971 Honors Angry Moon [170] retold by William Sleator Frog and Toad are Friends [171] by Arnold Lobel In the Night Kitchen [172] by Maurice Sendak |
| 1970 Winner Sylvester and the Magic Pebble [173] by William Steig |
1970 Honors Goggles! [174] by Ezra Jack Keats Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse [175] by Leo Lionni Pop Corn & Ma Goodness [176] by Edna Mitchell Preston Thy Friend, Obadiah [177] by Brinton Turkle The Judge: An Untrue Tale [178] by Harve Zemach |
| 1969 Winner The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship [179] retold by Arthur Ransome |
1969 Honors Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky [180] by Elphinstone Dayrell |
| 1968 Winner Drummer Hoff [181] adapted by Barbara Emberley |
1968 Honors Frederick [182] by Leo Lionni Seashore Story [183] by Taro Yashima The Emperor and the Kite [184] by Jane Yolen |
| 1967 Winner Sam, Bangs & Moonshine [185] by Evaline Ness |
1967 Honors One Wide River to Cross [186] adapted by Barbara Emberley |
| 1966 Winner Always Room for One More [187] by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclair Alger) |
1966 Honors Hide and Seek Fog [188] by Alvin Tresselt Just Me [189] by Marie Hall Ets Tom Tit Tot [190] by Evaline Ness |
| 1965 Winner May I Bring a Friend? [191] - by Beatrics Schenk de Regniers |
1965 Honors Rain Makes Applesauce [192] - by Julian Scheer The Wave [193] - by Margaret Hodges A Pocketful of Cricket [194] - by Rebecca Caudill |
| 1964 Winner Where the Wild Things Are [195] by Maurice Sendak |
1964 Honors Swimmy [196] by Leo Lionni All in the Morning Early [197] by Sorche Nic Leodhas (pseud. Leclaire Alger) Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes [198] illustrated by Phillip Reed |
| 1963 Winner The Snowy Day [199] by Ezra Jack Keats |
1963 Honors The Sun is a Golden Earring [200] by Natalia M. Belting Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present [201] by Charlotte Zolotow |
| 1962 Winner Once a Mouse [202] retold by Marcia Brown |
1962 Honors Fox Went out on a Chilly Night [203] by Peter Spier Little Bear's Visit [204] by Else H. Minarik The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up [205] by Alice E. Goudey |
| 1961 Winner Baboushka and the Three Kings [206] by Ruth Robbins |
1961 Honors Inch by Inch [207] by Leo Lionni |
| 1960 Winner Nine Days to Christmas [208] by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida |
1960 Honors Houses from the Sea [209] by Alice E. Goudey The Moon Jumpers [210] by Janice May Udry |
| 1959 Winner Chanticleer and the Fox [211] adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney |
1959 Honors The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jaques A Batie [212] by Antonio Frasconi What Do You Say, Dear? [213] by Sesyle Joslin Umbrella [214] by Taro Yashima |
| 1958 Winner Time of Wonder [215] by Robert McCloskey |
1958 Honors Fly High, Fly Low [216] by Don Freeman Anatole and the Cat [217] by Eve Titus |
| 1957 Winner A Tree is Nice [218] by Janice Udry |
1957 Honors Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets 1 is One [219] by Tasha Tudor Anatole [220] by Eve Titus Gillespie and the Guards by Benjamin Elkin Lion [221] by William Pene du Bois |
| 1956 Winner Frog Went A-Courtin' [222] retold by John Langstaff |
1956 Honors Play With Me [223] by Marie Hall Ets Crow Boy [224] by Taro Yashima |
| 1955 Winner Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper [225] by translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown |
1955 Honors Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes [226] illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli Wheel on the Chimney [227] by Marcia Wise Brown The Thanksgiving Story [228] by Alice Dalgliesh |
| 1954 Winner Madeline's Rescue [229] by Ludwig Bemelmans |
1954 Honors Journey Cake, Ho! [230] 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 [231] by Ruth Krauss Green Eyes [232] by A. Birnbaum |
| 1953 Winner The Biggest Bear [233] by Lynd Ward |
1953 Honors Puss in Boots [234] translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown One Morning in Maine [235] by Robert McCloskey Ape in a Cape: an Alphabet of Odd Animals [236] by Fritz Eichenberg The Storm Book [237] by Charlotte Zolotow Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes |
| 1952 Winner Finders Keepers [238] by Will (pseud. William Lipkind) |
1952 Honors Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown All Falling Down [239] by Gene Zion Bear Party [240] by William Pene du Bois Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds |
| 1951 Winner The Egg Tree [241] by Katherine Milhous |
1951 Honors Dick Whittington and his Cat [242] by Marcia Brown The Two Reds by Will (pseud. William Lipkind If I Ran the Zoo [243] by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel) The Most Wonderful Doll in the World [244] by Phyllis McGinley T-Bone, the Baby Sitter [245] by Clare Turlay Newberry |
| 1950 Winner Song of the Swallows [246] by Leo Politi |
1950 Honors America's Ethan Allen [247] by Stewart Holbrook The Wild Birthday Cake by Lavinia R. Davis The Happy Day [248] by Ruth Krauss Bartholomew and the Oobleck [249] by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel) Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown |
| 1949 Winner The Big Snow [250] by Berta & Elmer Hader |
1949 Honors Blueberries for Sal [251] by Robert McCloskey All Around the Town [252] by Phyllis McGinley Juanita [253] by Leo Politi Fish in the Air [254] by Kurt Wiese |
| 1948 Winner White Snow, Bright Snow [255] by Alvin Tresselt |
1948 Honors Stone Soup [256] by Marcia Brown McElligot's Pool [257] by Dr. Seuss (pseud. Theodore Geisel) Bambino the Clown [258] by Georges Schreiber Roger and the Fox by Lavinia R. Davis Song of Robin Hood edited by Anne Malcolmson |
| 1947 Winner The Little Island [259] by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown) |
1947 Honors Rain Drop Splash [260] by Alvin Tresselt Boats on the River [261] by Marjorie Flack Timothy Turtle [262] by Al Graham Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street [263] by Leo Politi Sing in Praise: A Collection of Best Loved Hymns selected by Opal Wheeler |
| 1946 Winner The Rooster Crows [264] by Maude & Miska Petersham |
1946 Honors Little Lost Lamb [265] by Golden MacDonald (pseud. Margaret Wise Brown) Sing Mother Goose music by Opal Wheeler My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World [266] by Becky Reyker You Can Write Chinese [267] by Kurt Wiese |
| 1945 Winner Prayer for a Child [268] by Rachel Field |
1945 Honors Mother Goose [269] illustrated by Tasha Tudor In the Forest [270] by Marie Hall Ets Yonie Wondernose [271] by Marguerite de Angeli The Christmas Anna Angel [272] by Ruth Sawyer |
| 1944 Winner Many Moons [273] by James Thurber |
1944 Honors Small Rain: Verses from The Bible [274] selected by Jessie Orton Jones Pierre Pigeon by Lee Kingman The Mighty Hunter by Berta and Elmer Hader A Child's Good Night book [275] by Margaret Wise Brown Good-Luck Horse by Chih-Yi Chan |
| 1943 Winner The Little House [276] by Virginia Lee Burton |
1943 Honors Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff Marshmallow [277] by Clare Turlay Newberry |
| 1942 Winner Make Way for Ducklings [278] by Robert McCloskey |
1942 Honors An American ABC [279] by Maud & Miska Petersham In My Mother's House [280] by Ann Nolan Clark Paddle-To-The-Sea [281] by Holling C. Holling Nothing At All [282] by Wanda Gag |
| 1941 Winner They Were Strong and Good [283] by Robert Lawson |
1941 Honors April's Kittens [284] Clare Turlay Newberry |
| 1940 Winner Abraham Lincoln [285] by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire |
1940 Honors Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader Madeline [286] by Ludwig Bemelmans The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford |
| 1939 Winner Mei Li [287] by Thomas Handforth |
1939 Honors Andy and the Lion [288] by James Daugherty Barkis [289] by Clare Turlay Newberry The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [290] by Wanda Gag Wee Gillis [291] by Munro Leaf |
| 1938 Winner Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book [292] selected by Helen Dean Fish |
1938 Honors Four and Twenty Blackbirds compiled by Helen Dean Fish Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale [293] retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff |