1997 MEDAL
Golem, David Wisniewski
Honor:
Hush! A Thai Lullaby, ill. Holly Meade (Text: Minfong Ho)
Graphic Alphabet, ill. David Pelletier (Ed: Neal Porter)
Paperboy, Dav Pilkey
Starry Messenger, Peter Sis
1996: Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathman
Honor:
Alphabet City, Stephen T. Johnson
Faithful Friend, ill. Brian Pinkney (Text: Robert D. San Souci)
Tops and Bottoms, Janet Stevens
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, ill. Marjorie Priceman (Text: Lloyd Moss)
1995 MEDAL
Smoky Night, ill. David Diaz (Text: Eve Bunting)
Honor:
John Henry, ill. Jerry Pinkney (Text: Julius Lester)
Swamp Angel, ill. Paul Zelinksy (Text: Anne Isaacs)
Time Flies, Eric Rohmann
1994 MEDAL
Grandfather's Journey, Allen Say
Honor:
Peppe the Lamplighter, ill. Ted Lewin (Text: Elisa Bartone)
In the Small Small Pond, Denise Fleming
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, Gerald McDermott
Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka
Owen Kevin Henkes
1993 MEDAL
Mirette on the High Wire, Emily Arnold McCully
Honor:
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, ill. Lane Smith (Text: Jon Scieszka)
Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young
Working Cotton, ill. Carol Byard (Text: Sherley Anne Williams)
1992 MEDAL
Tuesday, David Wiesner
Honor:
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
1991 MEDAL
Black and White, David Macaulay
Honor:
Puss in Boots, ill. Fred Marcellino (Text: Charles Perrault, trans. Malcolm Arthur)
"More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories, Vera B. Williams
1990 MEDAL
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, Ed Young
Honor:
Bill Peet: An Autobiography, Bill Peet
Color Zoo, Lois Ehlert
Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South ill. Jerry Pinkney (Text: Robert D. San Souci)
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, ill. Trina Schart Hyman (Text: Eric Kimmel)
1989 MEDAL
Song and Dance Man, ill. Stephen Gammell (Text: Karen Ackerman)
Honor:
Boy of the Three-Year Nap, Allen Say (Text: Dianne Snyder)
Free Fall, David Wiesner
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, James Marshall
Mirandy and Brother Wind, ill. Jerry Pinkney (Text: Patricia C. McKissack)
1988 MEDAL
Owl Moon, ill. John Schoenherr (Text: Jane Yolen)
Honor:
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, John Steptoe
1987 MEDAL
Hey, Al, ill. Richard Egielski (Text: Arthur Yorinks)
Honor:
Village of Round and Square Houses, Ann Grifalconi
Alphabatics, Suse MacDonald
Rumpelstiltskin, Paul O. Zelinski
1986 MEDAL
Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
Honor:
Relatives Came, ill. Stephen Gammell (Text: Cynthia Rylant)
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, ill. Don Wood (Text: Audrey Wood)
1985 MEDAL
Saint George and the Dragon, ill. Trina Schart Hyman (Text: Margaret Hodges)
Honor:
Hansel and Gretel, ill. Paul O. Zelinski (Text: Rika Lesser)
Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafuri
Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, John Steptoe
1984 MEDAL
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, Alice and Martin Provensen
Honor:
Little Red Riding Hood, Trina Schart Hyman
Ten, Nine, Eight, Molly Bang
1983 MEDAL
Shadow, ill. Marcia Brown (Text: Blaise Cendrar)
Honor:
Chair for My Mother, Vera B. Williams
When I Was Young in the Mountains, ill Diane Goode (Text: Cynthia Rylant)
1982 MEDAL
Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg
Honor:
Where the Buffaloes Begin, ill. Stephen Gammell (Text: Olaf Baker)
On Market Street, ill. Anita Lobel (Text: Arnold Lobel)
Outside Over There, Maurice Sendak
Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travellers, ill. Alice and Martin Provensen (Text: Nancy Willard)
1981 MEDAL
Fables, Arnold Lobel
Honor:
Bremen-Town Musicians, Ilse Plume
Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, Molly Bang
Mice Twice, Joseph Low
Truck, Donald Crews
1980 MEDAL
Ox-Cart Man, ill. Barbara Cooney (Text: Donald Hall)
Honor:
Ben's Trumpet, Rachel Isadora
Garden Of Abdul Gasazi, Chris Van Allsburg
Treasure, Uri Shulevitz
1979 MEDAL
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Paul Goble
Honor:
Freight Train, Donald Crews
Way to Start a Day, ill. Peter Parnall (Text: Byrd Baylor)
1978 MEDAL
Noah's Ark, Peter Spier
Honor:
Castle, David Macaulay
It Could Always Be Worse, Margot Zemach
1977 MEDAL
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, ill. Leo and Diane Dillon (Text: Margaret Musgrove)
Honor:
Amazing Bone, William Steig
Contest, Nonny Hogrogian
Fish for Supper, M. B. Goffstein
Golem: A Jewish Legend, Beverly Brodsky McDermott
Hawk, I'm Your Brother, ill. Peter Parnall (Text: Byrd Baylor)
1976 MEDAL
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : A West African Tale, ill. Leo Dillon (Text: Verna Aardema)
Honor:
Desert is Ours, ill. Peter Parnall (Text: Byrd Baylor)
Strega Nona, Tomie de Paola
1975 MEDAL
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale, Gerald McDermott
Honor:
Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, ill. Tom Feelings (Text: Muriel Feelings)
1974 MEDAL
Duffy and the Devil, ill. Margot Zemach (Text: Harve Zemach)
Honor:
Three Jovial Huntsmen, Susan Jeffers
Cathedral, David Macaulay
1973 MEDAL
Funny Little Woman, ill. Blair Lent (Text: Arlene Mosel)
Honor:
Anansi the Spider, adapted and ill. Gerald McDermott
Hosie's Alphabet, ill. Leonard Baskin (Text: Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin)
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, ill. Nancy Ekholm Burkert (Text: translated Randall Jarrell)
When Clay Sings, ill. Tom Bahti (Text: Byrd Baylor)
1972 MEDAL
One Fine Day, Nonny Hogrogian
Honor:
Hildilid's Night, ill. Arnold Lobel (Text: Cheli Duran Ryan)
If All the Seas Were One Sea, Janina Domanska
Moja Means One, ill. Tom Feelings (Text: Muriel Feelings)
1971 MEDAL
Story--A Story, Gail E. Haley
Honor:
Angry Moon, ill. Blair Lent (Text: William Sleator)
Frog and Toad are Friends, Arnold Lobel
In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak
1970 MEDAL
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig
Honor:
Goggles, Ezra Jack Keats
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Lio Lionni
Pop Corn and Ma Goodness, ill. Robert Andrew Parker (Text: Edna Mitchell Preston)
Thy Friend, Obadiah, Brinton Turkle
Judge, ill. Margot Zemach (Text: Harve Zemach)
1969 MEDAL
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, ill Uri Shulevitz (Text: Arthur Ransome)
Honor:
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, ill. Blair Lent (Text: Elphinstone Dayrell)
1968 MEDAL
Drummer Hoff, ill. Ed Emberley (Text: Barbara Emberley)
Honor:
Frederick, Leo Lionni
Seashore Story, Taro Yashima
Emperor and the Kite, ill. Ed Young (Text: Jane Yolen)
1967 MEDAL
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine, Evaline Ness
Honor:
One Wide River to Cross, ill. Ed Emberley (Text: Barbara Emberley)
1966 MEDAL
Always Room For One More, ill. Nonny Hogrogian (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas)
Honor:
Hide and Seek Fog, ill. Roger Duvoisin (Text: Alvin Tresselt)
Just Me, Marie Hall Ets
Tom Tit Tot, Evaline Ness
1965 MEDAL
May I Bring A Friend? ill. Beni Montresor (Text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers)
Honor:
Rain Makes Applesauce, ill. Marvin Bilek (Text: Julian Scheer)
Wave, ill. Blair Lent (Text: Margaret Hodges)
Pocketful of Cricket, ill. Evaline Ness (Text: Rebecca Caudill)
1964 MEDAL
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
Honor:
Swimmy, Leo Lionni
All in the Morning Early, ill. Evaline Ness (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas)
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, ill. Philip Reed
1963 MEDAL
Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
Honor:
Sun is a Golden Earring, ill. Bernarda Bryson (Text: Natalia M. Belting)
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, ill. Maurice Sendak (Text: Charlotte Zolotow)
1962 MEDAL
Once A Mouse... Marcia Brown
Honor:
Fox Went out on a Chilly Night, Peter Spier
Little Bear's Visit, ill. Maurice Sendak (Text: Else Holmelund Minarik)
Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, ill. Adrienne Adams (Text: Alice E. Goudey)
1961 MEDAL
Baboushka and the Three Kings, ill. Nicholas Sidjakov (Text: Ruth Robbins)
Honor:
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni
1960 MEDAL
Nine Days to Christmas, ill. Marie Hall Ets (Text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida)
Honor:
Houses from the Sea, ill. Adrienne Adams (Text: Alice E. Goudey)
Moon Jumpers, ill. Maurice Sendak (Text: Janice Udry)
1959 MEDAL
Chanticleer and the Fox, ill. Barbara Cooney (Text: adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer)
Honor:
House that Jack Built, Antonio Frasconi
What Do You Say, Dear? ill. Maurice Sendak (Text: Sesyle Joslin)
Umbrella, Taro Yashima
1958 MEDAL
Time of Wonder, Robert McCloskey
Honor:
Fly High, Fly Low, Don Freeman
Anatole and the Cat ill. Paul Galdone (Text: Eve Titus)
1957 MEDAL
Tree is Nice, ill. Marc Simont (Text: Janice Udry)
Honor:
Mr. Penny's Race Horse, Marie Hall Ets
One is One, Tasha Tudor
Anatole, ill. Paul Galdone (Text: Eve Titus)
Gillespie and the Guards, ill. James Daugherty (Text: Benjamin Elkin)
Lion, William Pene du Bois
1956 MEDAL
Frog Went A-Courtin', ill. Feodor Rojankovsky (Text: John Langstaff)
Honor:
Play With Me, Marie Hall Ets
Crow Boy, Taro Yashima
1955 MEDAL
Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper, ill. Marcia Brown (Text: Charles Perrault)
Honor:
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, ill. Marguerite de Angeli
Wheel on the Chimney, ill. Tibor Gergely (Text: Margaret Wise Brown)
Thanksgiving Story, ill. Helen Sewell (Text: Alice Dalgliesh)
1954 MEDAL
Madeline's Rescue, Ludwig Bemelmans
Honor:
Journey Cake, Ho!, ill. Robert McCloskey (Text: Ruth Sawyer)
When Will the World Be Mine?, ill. Jean Charlot (Text: Miriam Schlein)
Steadfast Tin Soldier, ill. Marcia Brown (Text: Hans Christian Andersen)
Very Special House, ill. Maurice Sendak (Text: Ruth Krauss)
Green Eyes, A. Birnbaum
1953 MEDAL
Biggest Bear, Lynd Ward
Honor:
Puss in Boots, ill. Marcia Brown (Text: Charles Perrault)
One Morning in Maine Robert McCloskey
Ape in a Cape, Fritz Eichenberg
Storm Book, ill. Margaret Bloy Graham (Text: Charlotte Zolotow)
Five Little Monkeys Juliet Kepes
1952 MEDAL
Finders Keepers, ill. Nicolas Mordvinoff (Text: Will Lipkind)
Honor:
Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo, Marie Hall Ets
Skipper John's Cook, Marcia Brown
All Falling Down, ill. Margaret Bloy Graham (Text: Gene Zion)
Bear Party, William Pene du Bois
Feather Mountain, Elizabeth Olds
1951 MEDAL
Egg Tree Katherine Milhous
Honor:
Dick Whittington and his Cat, Marcia Brown
Two Reds, ill. Nicolas Mordvinoff (Text: Will Lipkind)
If I Ran the Zoo, Dr. Seuss
Most Wonderful Doll in the World, ill. Helen Stone (Text: Phyllis McGinley)
T-Bone, the Baby Sitter, Clare Newberry
1950 MEDAL
Song of the Swallows, Leo Politi
Honor:
America's Ethan Allen, ill. Lynd Ward (Text: Stewart Holbrook)
Wild Birthday Cake, ill. Hildegard Woodward (Text: Lavinia Davis)
Happy Day, ill. Marc Simont (Text: Ruth Krauss)
Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Dr. Seuss
Henry Fisherman, Marcia Brown
1949 MEDAL
Big Snow Berta and Elmer Hader
Honor:
Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey
All Around the Town, ill. Helen Stone (Text: Phyllis McGinley)
Juanita, Leo Politi
Fish in the Air, Kurt Wiese
1948 MEDAL
White Snow, Bright Snow, ill. Roger Duvoisin (Text: Alvin Tresselt)
Honor:
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
McElligot's Pool, Dr. Seuss
Bambino the Clown, George Schreiber
Roger and the Fox, ill. Hildegard Woodward (Text: Lavinia Davis)
Song of Robin Hood, ill. Virginia Lee Burton (Text: edited Anne Malcolmson)
1947 MEDAL
Little Island, ill. Leonard Weisgard (Text: Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown])
Honor:
Rain Drop Splash, ill. Leonard Weisgard (Text: Alvin Tresselt)
Boats on the River, ill. Jay Hyde Barnum (Text: Marjorie Flack)
Timothy Turtle, ill. Tony Palazzo (Text: Al Graham)
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street, Leo Politi
Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, ill. Marjorie Torrey (Text: selected Opal Wheeler)
1946 MEDAL
Rooster Crows, ill. Maud and Miska Petersham
Honor:
Little Lost Lamb, ill Leonard Weisgard (Text: Golden MacDonald [Margaret Wise Brown])
Sing Mother Goose, ill. Marjorie Torrey (Text: Opal Wheeler)
My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, ill. Ruth C. Gannett (Text: Becky Reyher)
You Can Write Chinese, Kurt Wiese
1945 MEDAL
Prayer for a Child, ill. Elizabeth Orton Jones (Text: Rachel Field)
Honor:
Mother Goose, ill. Tasha Tudor
In the Forest, Marie Hall Ets
Yonie Wondernose, Marguerite de Angeli
Christmas Anna Angel, ill. Kate Seredy (Text: Ruth Sawyer)
1944 MEDAL
Many Moons, ill. Louis Slobodkin (Text: James Thurber)
Honor:
Small Rain: Verses From Bible, ill. Elizabeth Orton Jones (Text: selected Jessie Orton Jones)
Pierre Pigeon, ill. Arnold E. Bare (Text: Lee Kingman)
Mighty Hunter, Berta and Elmer Hader
Child's Good Night Book, ill. Jean Charlot (Text: Margaret Wise Brown)
Good Luck Horse, ill. Plao Chan (Text: Chin-Yi Chan)
1943 MEDAL
Little House, Virginia Lee Burton
Honor:
Dash and Dart, Mary and Conrad Buff
Marshmallow, Clare Newberry
1942 MEDAL
Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
Honor:
American ABC, Maud and Miska Petersham
In My Mother's House, ill. Velino Herrera (Text: Ann Nolan Clark)
Paddle-To-The-Sea, Holling C. Holling
Nothing At All, Wanda Gag
1941 MEDAL
They Were Strong and Good, Robert Lawson
Honor:
April's Kittens, Clare Newberry
1940 MEDAL
Abraham Lincoln, Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Honor:
Cock-a-Doodle Doo, Berta and Elmer Hader
Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
Ageless Story, Lauren Ford
1939 MEDAL
Mei Li, Thomas Handforth
Honor:
Andy and the Lion, James Daugherty
Barkis, Clare Newberry
Forest Pool, Laura Adams Armer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Wanda Gag
Wee Gillis, ill. Robert Lawson (Text: Munro Leaf)
1938 MEDAL
Animals of the Bible, ill. Dorothy P. Lathrop (Text: Helen Dean Fish)
Honor:
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, ill. Robert Lawson (Text: Helen Dean Fish)
Seven Simeons, Boris Artzybasheff