Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
2014 |
|
Brian Floca |
Locomotive |
2014 |
|
Aaron Becker |
Journey |
2014 |
|
Molly Idle |
Flora and the Flamingo |
2014 |
|
David Wiesner |
Mr. Wuffles! |
2013 |
|
Jon Klassen |
This Is Not My Hat |
2013 |
|
Peter Brown |
Creepy Carrots! |
2013 |
|
Jon Klassen |
Extra Yarn |
2013 |
|
Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
Green |
2013 |
|
David Small |
One Cool Friend |
2013 |
|
Pamela Zagarenski |
Sleep Like a Tiger |
2012 |
|
Chris Raschka |
A Ball for Daisy |
2012 |
|
John Rocco |
Blackout |
2012 |
|
Lane Smith |
Grandpa Green |
2012 |
|
Patrick McDonnell |
Me . . . Jane |
2011 |
|
Erin E. Stead |
A Sick Day for Amos McGee |
2011 |
|
Bryan Collier |
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave |
2011 |
|
David Ezra Stein |
Interrupting Chicken |
2010 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
The Lion & the Mouse |
2010 |
|
Marla Frazee |
All the World |
2010 |
|
Pamela Zagarenski |
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors |
2009 |
|
Beth Krommes |
The House in the Night |
2009 |
|
Uri Shulevitz |
How I Learned Geography |
2009 |
|
Melissa Sweet |
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams |
2009 |
|
Marla Frazee |
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever |
2008 |
|
Brian Selznick |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
2008 |
|
Peter Sís |
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain |
2008 |
|
Kadir Nelson |
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad |
2008 |
|
Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
First the Egg |
2008 |
|
Mo Willems |
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity |
2007 |
|
David Wiesner |
Flotsam |
2007 |
|
Kadir Nelson |
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom |
2007 |
|
David McLimans |
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet |
2006 |
|
Chris Raschka |
The Hello, Goodbye Window |
2006 |
|
Jon J. Muth |
Zen Shorts |
2006 |
|
Beckie Prange |
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems |
2006 |
|
Bryan Collier |
Rosa |
2006 |
|
Marjorie Priceman |
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride |
2005 |
|
Kevin Henkes |
Kitten's First Full Moon |
2005 |
|
Barbara Lehman |
The Red Book |
2005 |
|
E. B. Lewis |
Coming On Home Soon |
2005 |
|
Mo Willems |
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale |
2004 |
|
Mordicai Gerstein |
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
2004 |
|
Steve Jenkins |
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? |
|
Robin Page |
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? |
2004 |
|
Margaret Chodos-Irvine |
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed |
2004 |
|
Mo Willems |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! |
2003 |
|
Eric Rohmann |
My Friend Rabbit |
2003 |
|
Tony DiTerlizzi |
The Spider and the Fly |
2003 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
Noah's Ark |
2003 |
|
Peter McCarty |
Hondo & Fabian |
2002 |
|
David Wiesner |
The Three Pigs |
2002 |
|
Marc Simont |
The Stray Dog |
2002 |
|
Brian Selznick |
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer |
2002 |
|
Bryan Collier |
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
2001 |
|
David Small |
So You Want to Be President? |
2001 |
|
Ian Falconer |
Olivia |
2001 |
|
Betsy Lewin |
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type |
2001 |
|
Christopher Bing |
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 |
2000 |
|
Simms Taback |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
2000 |
|
Molly Bang |
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... |
2000 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
The Ugly Duckling |
2000 |
|
David Wiesner |
Sector 7 |
2000 |
|
Trina Schart Hyman |
A Child's Calendar |
1999 |
|
Mary Azarian |
Snowflake Bentley |
1999 |
|
Peter Sís |
Tibet Through the Red Box |
1999 |
|
Uri Shulevitz |
Snow |
1999 |
|
David Shannon |
No, David! |
1999 |
|
Brian Pinkney |
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra |
1998 |
|
Paul O. Zelinsky |
Rapunzel |
1998 |
|
Simms Taback |
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
1998 |
|
David Small |
The Gardener |
1998 |
|
Christopher Myers |
Harlem |
1997 |
|
David Wisniewski |
Golem |
1997 |
|
Dav Pilkey |
The Paperboy |
1997 |
|
David Pelletier |
The Graphic Alphabet |
1997 |
|
Peter Sís |
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei |
1997 |
|
Holly Meade |
Hush!: A Thai Lullaby |
1996 |
|
Peggy Rathmann |
Officer Buckle and Gloria |
1996 |
|
Marjorie Priceman |
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin |
1996 |
|
Janet Stevens |
Tops & Bottoms |
1996 |
|
Brian Pinkney |
The Faithful Friend |
1996 |
|
Stephen T. Johnson |
Alphabet City |
1995 |
|
David Díaz |
Smoky Night |
1995 |
|
Eric Rohmann |
Time Flies |
1995 |
|
Paul O. Zelinsky |
Swamp Angel |
1995 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
John Henry |
1994 |
|
Allen Say |
Grandfather's Journey |
1994 |
|
Chris Raschka |
Yo! Yes? |
1994 |
|
Gerald McDermott |
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest |
1994 |
|
Ted Lewin |
Peppe the Lamplighter |
1994 |
|
Kevin Henkes |
Owen |
1994 |
|
Denise Fleming |
In the Small, Small Pond |
1993 |
|
Emily Arnold McCully |
Mirette on the High Wire |
1993 |
|
Lane Smith |
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales |
1993 |
|
Ed Young |
Seven Blind Mice |
1993 |
|
Carole Byard |
Working Cotton |
1992 |
|
David Wiesner |
Tuesday |
1992 |
|
Faith Ringgold |
Tar Beach |
1991 |
|
David Macaulay |
Black and White |
1991 |
|
Fred Marcellino |
Puss in Boots |
1991 |
|
Vera Williams |
More More More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories |
1990 |
|
Ed Young |
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
1990 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
The Talking Eggs |
1990 |
|
Trina Schart Hyman |
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins |
1990 |
|
Lois Ehlert |
Color Zoo Board Book |
1990 |
|
Bill Peet |
Bill Peet: An Autobiography |
1989 |
|
Stephen Gammell |
Song and Dance Man |
1989 |
|
Allen Say |
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap |
1989 |
|
Jerry Pinkney |
Mirandy and Brother Wind |
1989 |
|
James Marshall |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
1989 |
|
David Wiesner |
Free Fall |
1988 |
|
John Schoenherr |
Owl Moon |
1988 |
|
John Steptoe |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale |
1987 |
|
Richard Egielski |
Hey, Al |
1987 |
|
Ann Grifalconi |
The Village of Round and Square Houses |
1987 |
|
Suse MacDonald |
Alphabatics |
1987 |
|
Paul O. Zelinsky |
Rumpelstiltskin |
1986 |
|
Chris Van Allsburg |
The Polar Express |
1986 |
|
Stephen Gammell |
The Relatives Came |
1986 |
|
Don Wood |
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub |
1985 |
|
Trina Schart Hyman |
Saint George and the Dragon |
1985 |
|
Paul O. Zelinsky |
Hansel and Gretel |
1985 |
|
John Steptoe |
The Story of Jumping Mouse |
1985 |
|
Nancy Tafuri |
Have You Seen My Duckling? |
1984 |
|
Martin Provensen |
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
|
Alice Provensen |
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
1984 |
|
Molly Bang |
Ten, Nine, Eight |
1984 |
|
Trina Schart Hyman |
Little Red Riding Hood |
1983 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Shadow |
1983 |
|
Diane Goode |
When I Was Young in the Mountains |
1983 |
|
Vera Williams |
A Chair for My Mother |
1982 |
|
Chris Van Allsburg |
Jumanji |
1982 |
|
Stephen Gammell |
Where the Buffaloes Begin |
1982 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
Outside Over There |
1982 |
|
Anita Lobel |
On Market Street |
1982 |
|
Martin Provensen |
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers |
|
Alice Provensen |
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers |
1981 |
|
Arnold Lobel |
Fables |
1981 |
|
Donald Crews |
Truck |
1981 |
|
Molly Bang |
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher |
1981 |
|
Ilse Plume |
The Bremen-Town Musicians |
1981 |
|
Joseph Low |
Mice Twice |
1980 |
|
Barbara Cooney |
Ox-Cart Man |
1980 |
|
Uri Shulevitz |
The Treasure |
1980 |
|
Chris Van Allsburg |
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi |
1980 |
|
Rachel Isadora |
Ben's Trumpet |
1979 |
|
Paul Goble |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
1979 |
|
Peter Parnall |
The Way to Start a Day |
1979 |
|
Donald Crews |
Inside freight train |
1978 |
|
Peter Spier |
Noah's Ark |
1978 |
|
Margot Zemach |
It Could Always Be Worse |
1978 |
|
David Macaulay |
Castle |
1977 |
|
Diane Dillon |
Ashanti to Zulu |
|
Leo Dillon |
Ashanti to Zulu |
1977 |
|
Beverly Brodsky |
The Golem: A Jewish Legend |
1977 |
|
Nonny Hogrogian |
The Contest |
1977 |
|
William Steig |
The Amazing Bone |
1977 |
|
Peter Parnall |
Hawk, I'm Your Brother |
1977 |
|
M. Goffstein |
Fish for Supper |
1976 |
|
Leo Dillon |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
|
Diane Dillon |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
1976 |
|
Peter Parnall |
The Desert Is Theirs |
1976 |
|
Tomie dePaola |
Strega Nona |
1975 |
|
Gerald McDermott |
Arrow to the Sun |
1975 |
|
Tom Feelings |
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book |
1974 |
|
Margot Zemach |
Duffy and the Devil |
1974 |
|
Susan Jeffers |
Three Jovial Huntsmen |
1974 |
|
David Macaulay |
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction |
1973 |
|
Blair Lent |
The Funny Little Woman |
1973 |
|
Tom Bahti |
When Clay Sings |
1973 |
|
Nancy Ekholm Burkert |
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs |
1973 |
|
Leonard Baskin |
Hosie's Alphabet |
1973 |
|
Gerald McDermott |
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti |
1972 |
|
Nonny Hogrogian |
One Fine Day |
1972 |
|
Tom Feelings |
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book |
1972 |
|
Janina Domanska |
If All the Seas Were One Sea |
1972 |
|
Arnold Lobel |
Hildilid's Night |
1971 |
|
Gail E. Haley |
A Story a Story |
1971 |
|
Blair Lent |
The Angry Moon |
1971 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
In the Night Kitchen |
1971 |
|
Arnold Lobel |
Frog and Toad are Friends |
1970 |
|
William Steig |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
1970 |
|
Brinton Turkle |
Thy Friend, Obadiah |
1970 |
|
Margot Zemach |
The Judge: An Untrue Tale |
1970 |
|
Robert Andrew Parker |
Pop Corn & Ma Goodness |
1970 |
|
Ezra Jack Keats |
Goggles! |
1970 |
|
Leo Lionni |
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse |
1969 |
|
Uri Shulevitz |
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
1969 |
|
Blair Lent |
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky |
1968 |
|
Ed Emberley |
Drummer Hoff |
1968 |
|
Ed Young |
The Emperor and the Kite |
1968 |
|
Taro Yashima |
Seashore Story |
1968 |
|
Leo Lionni |
Frederick |
1967 |
|
Evaline Ness |
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine |
1967 |
|
Ed Emberley |
One Wide River to Cross |
1966 |
|
Nonny Hogrogian |
Always Room for One More |
1966 |
|
Evaline Ness |
Tom Tit Tot: An English Folk Tale |
1966 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
Just Me |
1966 |
|
Roger Duvoisin |
Hide and Seek Fog |
1965 |
|
Beni Montresor |
May I Bring a Friend? |
1965 |
|
Blair Lent |
The Wave |
1965 |
|
Marvin Bileck |
Rain Makes Applesauce |
1965 |
|
Evaline Ness |
A Pocketful of Cricket |
1964 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
Where the Wild Things Are |
1964 |
|
Leo Lionni |
Swimmy |
1964 |
|
Philip Reed |
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes |
1964 |
|
Evaline Ness |
All in the Morning Early |
1963 |
|
Ezra Jack Keats |
The Snowy Day |
1963 |
|
Bernarda Bryson Shahn |
The Sun is a Golden Earring |
1963 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
1962 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Once a Mouse |
1962 |
|
Adrienne Adams |
The Day We Saw The Sun Come Up |
1962 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
Little Bear's Visit |
1962 |
|
Peter Spier |
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night |
1961 |
|
Nicolas Sidjakov |
Baboushka and the Three Kings |
1961 |
|
Leo Lionni |
Inch by Inch |
1960 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
Nine Days to Christmas |
1960 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
The Moon Jumpers |
1960 |
|
Adrienne Adams |
Houses from the Sea |
1959 |
|
Barbara Cooney |
Chanticleer and the Fox |
1959 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
What Do You Say, Dear? |
1959 |
|
Taro Yashima |
Umbrella |
1959 |
|
Antonio Frasconi |
The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie |
1958 |
|
Robert McCloskey |
Time of Wonder |
1958 |
|
Don Freeman |
Fly High, Fly Low |
1958 |
|
Paul Galdone |
Anatole and the Cat |
1957 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
Mr. Penny's Race Horse |
1957 |
|
William Pène du Bois |
Lion |
1957 |
|
James Daugherty |
Gillespie and the Guards |
1957 |
|
Paul Galdone |
Anatole |
1957 |
|
Tasha Tudor |
1 is One |
1957 |
|
Marc Simont |
A Tree Is Nice |
1956 |
|
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky |
Frog Went A-Courtin' |
1956 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
Play with Me |
1956 |
|
Taro Yashima |
Crow Boy |
1955 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper |
1955 |
|
Tibor Gergely |
Wheel on the Chimney |
1955 |
|
Helen Sewell |
The Thanksgiving Story |
1955 |
|
Marguerite de Angeli |
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes |
1954 |
|
Marcia Brown |
The Steadfast Tin Soldier |
1954 |
|
Robert McCloskey |
Journey Cake, Ho! |
1954 |
|
Abe Birnbaum |
Green Eyes |
1954 |
|
Maurice Sendak |
A Very Special House |
1954 |
|
Ludwig Bemelmans |
Madeline's Rescue |
1954 |
|
Jean Charlot |
When Will the World Be Mine? |
1953 |
|
Lynd Ward |
The Biggest Bear |
1953 |
|
Margaret Bloy Graham |
The Storm Book |
1953 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Puss In Boots: A Free Translation from Charles Perrault |
1953 |
|
Robert McCloskey |
One Morning in Maine |
1953 |
|
Juliet Kepes |
Five Little Monkeys |
1953 |
|
Fritz Eichenberg |
Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals |
1952 |
|
Nicholas Mordvinoff |
Finders Keepers |
1952 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Skipper John's Cook |
1952 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo |
1952 |
|
Elizabeth Olds |
Feather Mountain |
1952 |
|
William Pène du Bois |
Bear Party |
1952 |
|
Margaret Bloy Graham |
All Falling Down |
1951 |
|
Katherine Milhous |
The Egg Tree |
1951 |
|
Nicholas Mordvinoff |
The Two Reds |
1951 |
|
Helen Stone |
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World |
1951 |
|
Clare Newberry |
T-Bone: The Baby Sitter |
1951 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Dick Whittington and His Cat |
1951 |
|
Dr. Seuss |
If I Ran the Zoo |
1950 |
|
Dr. Seuss |
Bartholomew and the Oobleck |
1950 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Henry - Fisherman |
1950 |
|
Leo Politi |
Song of the Swallows |
1950 |
|
Lynd Ward |
America's Ethan Allen |
1950 |
|
Hildegard Woodward |
The Wild Birthday Cake |
1950 |
|
Marc Simont |
The Happy Day |
1949 |
|
Elmer Hader |
The Big Snow |
|
Berta Hader |
The Big Snow |
1949 |
|
Leo Politi |
Juanita |
1949 |
|
Kurt Wiese |
Fish in the Air |
1949 |
|
Robert McCloskey |
Blueberries for Sal |
1949 |
|
Helen Stone |
All Around the Town |
1948 |
|
Roger Duvoisin |
White Snow, Bright Snow |
1948 |
|
Marcia Brown |
Stone Soup |
1948 |
|
Virginia Lee Burton |
The Song of Robin Hood |
1948 |
|
Hildegard Woodward |
Roger and the Fox |
1948 |
|
Georges Schreiber |
Bambino the Clown |
1948 |
|
Dr. Seuss |
McElligot's Pool |
1947 |
|
Leonard Weisgard |
The Little Island |
1947 |
|
Tony Palazzo |
Timothy Turtle |
1947 |
|
Marjorie Torrey |
Sing in Praise |
1947 |
|
Leonard Weisgard |
Rain Drop Splash |
1947 |
|
Leo Politi |
Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street |
1947 |
|
Jay Hyde Barnum |
The Boats on the River |
1946 |
|
Miska Petersham |
The Rooster Crows |
|
Maud Fuller Petersham |
The Rooster Crows |
1946 |
|
Kurt Wiese |
You Can Write Chinese |
1946 |
|
Marjorie Torrey |
Sing Mother Goose |
1946 |
|
Ruth Chrisman Gannett |
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World |
1946 |
|
Leonard Weisgard |
Little Lost Lamb |
1945 |
|
Elizabeth Orton Jones |
Prayer for a Child |
1945 |
|
Marguerite de Angeli |
Yonie Wondernose |
1945 |
|
Kate Seredy |
The Christmas Anna Angel |
1945 |
|
Tasha Tudor |
Mother Goose |
1945 |
|
Marie Hall Ets |
In the Forest |
1944 |
|
Louis Slobodkin |
Many Moons |
1944 |
|
Berta Hader |
The Mighty Hunter |
|
Elmer Hader |
The Mighty Hunter |
1944 |
|
Elizabeth Orton Jones |
Small Rain: Verses From The Bible |
1944 |
|
Arnold E. Bare |
Pierre Pidgeon |
1944 |
|
Plato Chan |
Good-Luck Horse |
1944 |
|
Jean Charlot |
A Child's Good Night Book |
1943 |
|
Virginia Lee Burton |
The Little House |
1943 |
|
Clare Newberry |
Marshmallow |
1943 |
|
Mary Buff |
Dash and Dart |
|
Conrad Buff |
Dash and Dart |
1942 |
|
Robert McCloskey |
Make Way for Ducklings |
1942 |
|
Holling C. Holling |
Paddle-to-the-Sea |
1942 |
|
Wanda Gág |
Nothing at all |
1942 |
|
Velino Herrera |
In My Mother's House |
1942 |
|
Maud Fuller Petersham |
An American ABC |
|
Miska Petersham |
An American ABC |
1941 |
|
Robert Lawson |
They Were Strong and Good |
1941 |
|
Clare Newberry |
April's Kittens |
1940 |
|
Ingri D'Aulaire |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire |
Abraham Lincoln |
1940 |
|
Lauren Ford |
The Ageless Story |
1940 |
|
Ludwig Bemelmans |
Madeline |
1940 |
|
Berta Hader |
Cock-a-Doodle Doo |
|
Elmer Hader |
Cock-a-Doodle Doo |
1939 |
|
Thomas Handforth |
Mei Li |
1939 |
|
Robert Lawson |
Wee Gillis |
1939 |
|
Laura Adams Armer |
The Forest Pool |
1939 |
|
Wanda Gág |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
1939 |
|
Clare Newberry |
Barkis |
1939 |
|
James Daugherty |
Andy and the Lion |
1938 |
|
Dorothy P. Lathrop |
Animals of the Bible |
1938 |
|
Boris Artzybasheff |
Seven Simeons |
1938 |
|
Robert Lawson |
Four and Twenty Blackbirds |