2014

• Locomotive written and illustrated by Brian Floca
• Journey written and illustrated by Aaron Becker
• Flora and the Flamingo written and illustrated by Molly Idle
• Mr Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Wiesner

2013

• This Is Not My Hat written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown
• Extra Yarn written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Green written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• One Cool Friend written by Toni Buzzeo and illustrated by David Small
• Sleep Like a Tiger written by Mary Logue and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

2012

• A Ball for Daisy written and illustrated by Chris Raschka
• Blackout written and illustrated by Jon Rocco
• Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith
• Me…Jane written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell

2011

• A Sick Day for Amos McGee written by Philip Stead and illustrated by Erin Stead
• Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein
• Dave the Potter written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier

1995 Honor: Swamp Angel written by Anne Isaacs and illustrated by Paul Zelinsky

1994 Honor: Owen written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes

1993 Medal: Mirette on the High Wire written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

1990 Honor: The Talking Eggs written by Robert San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1989 Medal: Song and Dance Man written by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Stephen Gammell

1989 Honor: Goldilocks and the Three Bears written and illustrated by James Marshall

1983 Medal: Shadow written and illustrated by Marcia Brown

1983 Honor: When I Was Young in the Mountains written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Diane Goode

1976 Honor: Strega Nona written and illustrated by Tomie De Paola

1972 Medal: One Fine Day written and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian

1971 Medal: A Story A Story written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley

1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff, written by Barbara Emberly and illustrated by Ed Emberly

1968 Honor: Frederick written and illustrated by Leo Lionni

1967 Honor: Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, written by Elphinstone Dayrell and illustrated by Blair Lent

1968 Honor: Seashore Story written and illustrated by Taro Yashima

1968 Honor: The Emperor and the Kite, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young

1966 Honor: Hide and Seek Fog, written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Roger DuVoisin

1965 Medal: May I Bring a Friend? written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers and illustrated by Beni Montresor

1964 Honor: Swimmy by Leo Lionni

1959

• Umbrella written and illustrated by Taro Yashima

1958

• Time of Wonder written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey

1957

• A Tree Is Nice written by Janice Urdy and illustrated by Marc Simont
• Mr Penny’s Racehorse written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
• Anatole written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone

1956

• Play With Me written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets
• Crow Boy written and illustrated by Taro Yashima

1955

• Cinderella written and illustrated by Marcia Brown

1954

• Madeline’s Rescue written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans
• A Very Special House written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak

1953

• Ape in a Cape written and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg
• Five Little Monkeys written and illustrated by Juliet Kepes
• One Morning in Maine written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey

1952

• Finders Keepers written by Will and illustrated by Nicolas
• Mr T.W. Anthony Woo, written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets

1951

• The Two Reds written by Will and illustrated by Nicolas

1950

• Bartholomew and the Ooblek written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss
• The Happy Day written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Marc Simont

1949

• The Big Snow written and illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
• Blueberries for Sal written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey

1948

• White Snow, Bright Snow written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
• Stone Soup written and illustrated by Marcia Brown
• McElligot’s Pool written and illustrated by Dr Seuss

1947

• The Little Island, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard

1946

• The Rooster Crows written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham

1944

• Many Moons written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin

1943

• The Little House written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
• Marshmallow written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry

1940

• Madeline written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans

1939

• Mei Li written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth
• Barkis written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry