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   2012 Medal Winner

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.)

Honor Books:

  • Blackout by John Rocco (Disney · Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group)
  • Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership)
  • Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

2011 Medal Winner

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead (A Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing)

Honor Books:

  • Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
  • Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (Candlewick Press)

 2010 Medal Winner:

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown & Company)

Honor Books:

  • All the World ,illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane Books)
  • Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors , illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

    2009 Medal Winner:

The House in the Night , illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)

Honor Books:

  • A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.)
  • How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux)
  • A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams , illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.)

2008 Medal Winner:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)

Honor Books:

  • Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
  • First the Egg  by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
  • The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain  by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)
  • Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity  by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

2007 Medal Winner:

Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Honor Books:

  • Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet  by  David McLimans (Walker)
  • Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom  illustrated by  Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)

2006 Medal Winner:

The Hello, Goodbye Window  illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children)

Honor Books:

  • Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
  • Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
  • Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
  • Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

2005 Medal Winner:

Kitten's First Full Moon  by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)

Honor Books:

  • The Red Book  by  Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Coming on Home Soon  illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by  Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
  • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)


2004 Medal Winner:

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

  • Ella Sarah Gets Dressed  by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  by Mo Willems. (Hyperion)

2003 Medal Winner:
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

  • The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
  • Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.)
  • Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.)

2002 Medal Winner :
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)

Honor Books:

  • The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
  • Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
  • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)

2001 Medal Winner:

So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel)

Honor Books:

  • Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint)
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster)
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

2000 Medal Winner:
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
    Text: John Updike (Holiday House)
  • Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
  • When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic)
  • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)

   

1999 Medal Winner : Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney
    Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion)
  • No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic)
  • Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
  • Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís (Frances Foster)

1998 Medal Winner : Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

Honor Books:

  • The Gardener illustrated by David Small
    Text: Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
  • Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers
    Text: Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking)

1997 Medal Winner : Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)

Honor Books:

  • Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books)
  • The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier (Orchard Books)
  • The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books)
  • Starry Messenger by Peter Sís (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)

1996 Medal Winner:  Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)

Honor Books:

  • Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson (Viking)
  • Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin , illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
  • The Faithful Friend , illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
  • Tops & Bottoms , adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

1995 Medal Winner : Smoky Night , illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

  • John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial)
  • Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs (Dutton)
  • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown)

1994 Medal Winner:  Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone (Lothrop)
  • In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Holt)
  • Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)
  • Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
  • Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)

1993 Medal Winner: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)

 Honor Books:

  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales , illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka (Viking)
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books)
  • Working Cotton , illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)

1992 Medal Winner: Tuesday by David Wiesner

(Clarion Books)
Honor Book:

  • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)

1991 Medal Winner: Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Puss in Boots , illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
  • "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

1990 Medal Winner: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)

Honor Books:

  • Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (Houghton)
  • Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (Lippincott)
  • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South , illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
  • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel (Holiday House)

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1989 Medal Winner: Song and Dance Man , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)

Honor Books:

  • The Boy of the Three-Year Nap , illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder (Houghton)
  • Free Fall by David Wiesner (Lothrop)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall (Dial)
  • Mirandy and Brother Wind , illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf)

1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon , illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)

Honor Book:

  • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

1987 Medal Winner: Hey, Al , illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)

Honor Books:

  • The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown)
  • Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald (Bradbury)
  • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

1986 Medal Winner: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • The Relatives Came , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
  • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub , illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

1985 Medal Winner: Saint George and the Dragon , illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)

Honor Books:

  • Hansel and Gretel , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd)
  • Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
  • The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend , retold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

1984 Medal Winner: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Little Red Riding Hood , retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday)
  • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (Greenwillow)

1983 Medal Winner: Shadow , translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)

Honor Books:

  • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
  • When I Was Young in the Mountains , illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant (Dutton)

1982 Medal Winner: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
Honor Books:

  • Where the Buffaloes Begin , illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker (Warne)
  • On Market Street , illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)
  • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
  • A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers , illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard (Harcourt)

1981 Medal Winner: Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)

Honor Books:

  • The Bremen-Town Musicians , retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday)
  • The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang (Four Winds)
  • Mice Twice by Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum)
  • Truck by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)

1980 Medal Winner: Ox-Cart Man , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
  • The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
  • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)

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1979 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)

Honor Books:

  • Freight Train by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
  • The Way to Start a Day , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

1978 Medal Winner: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)

Honor Books:

  • Castle by David Macaulay (Houghton)
  • It Could Always Be Worse , retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)

1977 Medal Winner: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial)

Honor Books:

  • The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Farrar)
  • The Contest , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow)
  • Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein (Dial)
  • The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott (Lippincott)
  • Hawk, I'm Your Brother , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

1976 Medal Winner: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears , illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)

Honor Books:

  • The Desert is Theirs , illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
  • Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall)

1975 Medal Winner: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

1974 Medal Winner: Duffy and the Devil , illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)

Honor Books:

  • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers (Bradbury)
  • Cathedral by David Macaulay (Houghton)

1973 Medal Winner: The Funny Little Woman , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)

Honor Books:

  • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti , adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt)
  • Hosie's Alphabet , illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
  • Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs , illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
  • When Clay Sings , illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

1972 Medal Winner: One Fine Day , retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

  • Hildilid's Night , illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan)
  • If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska (Macmillan)
  • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book , illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

1971 Medal Winner: A Story A Story , retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)

Honor Books:

  • The Angry Moon , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
  • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
  • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper)

1970 Medal Winner: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books)

Honor Books:

  • Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
    Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness , illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
  • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking)
  • The Judge: An Untrue Tale , illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach (Farrar)

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1969 Medal Winner: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship , illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)

Honor Books:

  • Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)

1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)

Honor Books:

  • Frederick by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima (Viking)
  • The Emperor and the Kite , illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen (World)

1967 Medal Winner: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)

Honor Book:

  • One Wide River to Cross , illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)

1966 Medal Winner: Always Room for One More , illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)

Honor Books:

  • Hide and Seek Fog , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Tom Tit Tot , retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner)

1965 Medal Winner: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)

Honor Books:

  • Rain Makes Applesauce , illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer (Holiday)
  • The Wave , illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
  • A Pocketful of Cricket , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill (Holt)

1964 Medal Winner: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper)

Honor Books:

  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
  • All in the Morning Early , illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
  • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes , illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum)

1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • The Sun is a Golden Earring , illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)

1962 Medal Winner: Once a Mouse , retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)

Honor Books:

  • Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
  • Little Bear's Visit , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik (Harper)
  • The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)

1961 Medal Winner: Baboushka and the Three Kings , illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)

Honor Book:

  • Inch by Inch , by Leo Lionni (Obolensky)

1960 Medal Winner: Nine Days to Christmas , illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Houses from the Sea , illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
  • The Moon Jumpers , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry (Harper)

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1959 Medal Winner: Chanticleer and the Fox , illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)

Honor Books:

  • The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt)
  • What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott)
  • Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking)

1958 Medal Winner: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman (Viking)
  • Anatole and the Cat , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)

1957 Medal Winner: A Tree is Nice , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper)

Honor Books:

  • Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • 1 is One by Tasha Tudor (Walck)
  • Anatole , illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
  • Gillespie and the Guards , illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
  • Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking)

1956 Medal Winner: Frog Went A-Courtin' , illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

  • Play With Me , by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking)

1955 Medal Winner: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)

Honor Books:

  • Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes , illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
  • Wheel On The Chimney , illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
  • The Thanksgiving Story , illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner)

1954 Medal Winner: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
  • When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott)
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner)
  • A Very Special House , illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss (Harper)
  • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol)

1953 Medal Winner: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Puss in Boots , illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
  • The Storm Book , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
  • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton)

1952 Medal Winner: Finders Keepers , illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

  • Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • All Falling Down , illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion (Harper)
  • Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
  • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton)

1951 Medal Winner: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)

Honor Books:

  • Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • The Two Reds , ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
  • If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • The Most Wonderful Doll in the World , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
  • T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

1950 Medal Winner: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)

Honor Books:

  • America's Ethan Allen , illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
  • The Wild Birthday Cake , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
  • The Happy Day , illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) (Harper)
  • Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

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1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

  • Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
  • All Around the Town , illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
  • Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow , illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)

Honor Books:

  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
  • McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
  • Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber (Viking)
  • Roger and the Fox , illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
  • Song of Robin Hood , illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)

1947 Medal Winner: The Little Island , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday )

Honor Books:

  • Rain Drop Splash , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
  • Boats on the River , illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack (Viking)
  • Timothy Turtle , illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham (Welch)
  • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi (Scribner)
  • Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)

1946 Medal Winner: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

  • Little Lost Lamb , illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
  • Sing Mother Goose , illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
  • My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World , illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
  • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

1945 Medal Winner: Prayer for a Child , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field (Macmillan)

Honor Books:

  • Mother Goose , illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press)
  • In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
  • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
  • The Christmas Anna Angel , illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)

1944 Medal Winner: Many Moons , illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt)

Honor Books:

  • Small Rain: Verses From The Bible , illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
  • Pierre Pidgeon , illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton)
  • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • A Child's Good Night Book , illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
  • Good-Luck Horse , illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey)

1943 Medal Winner: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking)
  • Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

1942 Medal Winner: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

Honor Books:

  • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
  • In My Mother's House , illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
  • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
  • Nothing At All , by Wanda Gág (Coward)

1941 Medal Winner: They Were Strong and Good , by Robert Lawson (Viking)

Honor Book:

  • April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

1940 Medal Winner: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)

Honor Books:

  • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
  • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Simon & Schuster)
  • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd)

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1939 Medal Winner: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)

Honor Books:

  • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty (Viking)
  • Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
  • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág (Coward)
  • Wee Gillis , illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf (Viking)

1938 Medal Winner: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book , illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)

Honor Books:

  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds , illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
  • Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale , retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking)

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