| 1990 |
There's a Boy in the
Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar |
| 1989 |
Wait Till Helen Comes: A
Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn |
| 1988 |
Sixth Grade Can Really
Kill You by Barthe DeClements
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| 1987 |
The War With Grandpa
by Robert Smith
|
| 1986 |
The Dollhouse Murders
by Betty Ren Wright |
| 1985 |
Thirteen Ways to Sink a
Sub by Jamie Gilson |
| 1984 |
Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynn Reid Banks
|
| 1983 |
Superfudge by
Judy Blume
|
| 1982 |
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale
of Mystery by Deborah and James Howe |
| 1981 |
Hail, Hail Camp
Timberwood by Ellen Conford |
| 1980 |
Ramona and
Her Father by Beverly Cleary |
| 1979 |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My
Cry by Mildred Taylor |
| 1978 |
The Great Brain Does It
Again by John D. Fitzgerald
|
| 1977 |
Blubber by Judy
Blume |
| 1976 |
The Great Brain Reforms
by John D. Fitzgerald |
| 1975 |
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing by Judy Blume
|
| 1974 |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats
of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien |
| 1973 |
No Award |
| 1972 |
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps
the Peace by Donald J. Sobo |
| 1971 |
Ramona the Pest by
Beverly Cleary
|
| 1970 |
Smoke by William
Corbin
|
| 1969 |
Henry Reed's
Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson |
| 1968 |
The Mouse and the
Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary |
| 1967 |
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
by Ian Fleming
|
| 1966 |
Rascal by
Sterling North
|
| 1965 |
John F. Kennedy and
PT-109 by Richard Tregaskis |
| 1964 |
The Incredible Journey
by Sheila Burnford |
| 1963 |
Danny Dunn on the Ocean
Floor by Jay Williams
|
| 1962 |
The Swamp Fox of the
Revolution by Stewart Holbrook |
| 1961 |
Danny Dunn and the
Homework Machine by Jay Williams |
| 1960 |
Henry and the Paper Route
by Beverly Cleary
|
| 1959 |
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
|
| 1958 |
Golden Mare by
William Corbin
|
| 1957 |
Henry and Ribsy by
Beverly Cleary
|
| 1956 |
Miss Pickerell Goes to
Mars by Ellen MacGregor |
| 1953 to 1955 |
No Awards |
| 1952 |
Sea Star by
Marguerite Henry
|
| 1951 |
King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry |
| 1950 |
McElligot's Pool by
Dr. Seuss |
| 1949 |
Cowboy Boots by
Shannon Garst
|
| 1948 |
The Black Stallion
Returns by Walter Farley
|
| 1947 |
Homer Price by
Robert McCloskey
|
| 1946 |
The Return of Silver
Chief by Jack O'Brien
|
| 1945 |
Snow Treasure by
Marie McSwigan
|
| 1944 |
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
|
| 1943 |
Lassie Come-Home
by Eric Knight
|
| 1942 |
By the Shores of Silver
Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
|
| 1941 |
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard and Florence Atwater
|
| 1940 |
Paul Bunyan
Swings His Axe by Dell J. McCormick
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September 2008
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