1922
The Story of Mankind
by Hendrik Van Loon
J 909 VAN

1923
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
JF LOF

1924
Dark Frigate
by Charles Hawes
JF HAW

1925
Tales From Silver Lands
by Charles Finger
J 398.209 LAT FIN

1926
Shen of the Sea
by Arthur Chrisman
JF SS CHR

1927
Smoky, the Cowhorse
by Will James
JF JAM

1928
Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon
by Dhan Mukerji
JF MUK

1929
The Trumpeter of Krakow
by Eric Kelly
JF KEL

1930
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
by Rosemary Wells
JF FIE

1931
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
JF COA

1932
Waterless Mountain
by Laura Armer
JF ARM

1933
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Lewis
JF LEW

1934
Invincible Louisa
by Cornelia Meigs
J B ALC

1935
Dobry
by Monica Shannon
JF SHA

1936
Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink
JF BRI

1937
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
JF SAW

1938
The White Stag
by Kate Seredy
JF SER

1939
Thimble Summer
by Elizabeth Enright
JF ENR

1940
Daniel Boone
by James Daugherty
J B BOO

1941
Call It Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
JF SPE

1942
The Matchlock Gun
by Walter Edmonds
J 973.26 EDM

1943
Adam of the Road
by Elizabeth Vining
JF VIN

1944
Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
JF FOR

1945
Rabbit Hill
by Robert Lawson
JF LAW

1946
Strawberry Girl
by Lois Lenski
JF LEN

1947
Miss Hickory
by Carolyn Bailey
JF BAI

1948
The Twenty One Balloons
by William Du Bois
JF DUB

1949
King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry
JF HEN

1950
The Door in the Wall
by Arthur De Angeli
JF DEA

1951
Amos Fortune, Free Man
by Elizabeth Yates
J B FOR

1952
Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
JF EST

1953
Secret of the Andes
by Ann Nolan Clark
JF CLA

1954
...And Now Miguel
by Joseph Krumgold
JF KRU

1955
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert De Jong
JF DEJ

1956
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
J B BOW

1957
Miracles on Maple Hill
by Virginia Sorensen
JF SOR

1958
Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
JF KEI

1959
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth Speare
JF SPE

1960
Onion John
by Joseph Krumgold
JF KRU

1961
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
JF ODE

1962
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
JF SPE

1963
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
JF SF LEN

1964
It's Like This, Cat
by Emily Neville
JF NEV

1965
Shadow of a Bull
by Maia Wojciechowska
JF WOJ

1966
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth de Treviño
JF TRE

1967
Up a Road Slowly
by Irene Hunt
JF HUN

1968
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
JF KON

1969
The High King
by Lloyd Alexander
JF ALE

1970
Sounder
by William Armstrong
JF ARM

1971
The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byers
JF BYA

1972
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert O'Brien
JF OBR

1973
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean George
JF GEO

1974
The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
JF FOX

1975
M.C. Higgins, the Great
by Virginia Hamilton
JF HAM

1976
Grey King
by Susan Cooper
JF COO

1977
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor
JF TAY

1978
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
JF PAT

1979
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
JF RAS

1980
A Gathering of Days: a New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
by Joan Blos
JF BLO

1981
Jacob Have I loved
by Katherine Paterson
JF PAT

1982
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
by Nancy Willard
J 811 WIL

1983
Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt
JF VOI, YA VOI

1984
Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
JF CLE

1985
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
JF MCK, YA MCK

1986
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
JF MAC

1987
The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
JF FLE

1988
Lincoln: a Photobiography
by Russell Freedman
J B LIN

1989
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
J 811.54 FLE

1990
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
JF LOW

1991
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
JF SPI

1992
Shiloh
by Phyllis Naylor
JF NAY

1993
Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant
JF RYL, YA RYL

1994
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
JF SF LOW, YA SF LOW

1995
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
JF CRE

1996
The Midwife's Apprentice
by Karen Cushman
JF CUS, YA CUS

1997
The View From Saturday
by E.L. Konigsburg
JF KON

1998
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
JF HES

1999
Holes
by Louis Sachar
JF SAC

2000
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Curtis
JF CUR

2001
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
JF PEC

2002
A Single Shard
by Linda Park
JF PAR

2003
Crispin: the Cross of Lead
by Avi
JF AVI

2004
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo
JF DIC

2005
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
YA KAD

2006
Criss Cross
by Lynne Perkins
JF PER

2007
The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron
JF PAT