| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 2012 | Ball for Daisy | Raschka, Chris | E Ras |
| 2011 | A Sick Day for Amos | McGee Stead, Philip Christian | E Ste |
| 2010 | The Lion & the Mouse | Pinkney, Jerry | 398.2452 Pin |
| 2009 | The House in the Night | Swanson, Susan Marie | E Swa |
| 2008 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Selznick, Brian | FIC Sel |
| 2007 | Flotsam | Wiesner, David | E Wie |
| 2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Justor, Norton | E Jus |
| 2005 | Kitten's First Full Moon | Henkes, Kevin | E Hen |
| 2004 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Gerstein, Mordecai | 791.34092 Ger |
| 2003 | My Friend Rabbit | Rohman, Eric | E Roh |
| 2002 | The Three Pigs | Wiesner, David | E Wie |
| 2001 | So You Want to Be President? | St. George, Judith | 973.099 StG |
| 2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Taback, Simms | E Tab |
| 1999 | Snowflake Bentley | Martin, Jacqueline Briggs | B Ben |
| 1998 | Rapunzel | Zelinsky, Paul | 398.20943 Zel |
| 1997 | Golem | Wisniewski, David | 398.2089 McD |
| 1996 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Rathmann, Peggy | E Rat |
| 1995 | Smoky Night | Bunting, Eve | E Bun |
| 1994 | Grandfather's Journey | Say, Allen | E Say |
| 1993 | Mirette on the High Wire | McCully, Emily Arnold | E McC |
| 1992 | Tuesday | Wiesner, David | E Wie |
| 1991 | Black and White | Macaulay, David | E Mac |
| 1990 | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | Young, Ed | 398.20951 You |
| 1989 | Song and Dance Man | Ackerman, Karen | E Ack |
| 1988 | Owl Moon | Yolen, Jane | E Yol |
| 1987 | Hey, Al | Yorinks, Al | NA |
| 1986 | The Polar Express | Van Allsburg, Chris | E Van |
| 1985 | Saint George and the Dragon | Hodges, Margaret |
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| 1984 | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | Provenson, Alice | B Ble |
| 1983 | Shadow | Cendrars, Blaise | 841 Cen |
| 1982 | Jumanji | Van Allsburg, Chris | FIC Van |
| 1981 | Fables | Lobel, Arnold | 398.2452 Lob |
| 1980 | Ox-Cart Man | Hall, Donald | E Hal |
| 1979 | The girl who loved wild horses | Goble, Paul | 398.208997 Gob |
| 1978 | Noah's Ark | Spier, Peter | 222.11 Spi |
| 1977 | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Musgrove, Margaret | 960 Mus |
| 1976 | Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale | Aardema, Verna | 398.20966 Aar |
| 1975 | Arrow to the Sun | McDermott, Gerald | 398.208997 McD |
| 1974 | Duffy and the Devil | Zemach, Harve | 398.20941 Zem |
| 1973 | The Funny Little Woman | Mosel, Arlene | 398.20952 Mos |
| 1972 | One Fine Day | Hogrogian, Nonny | E Hog |
| 1971 | A story, a story; an African tale | Haley, Gail | 398.2096 Hal |
| 1970 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Steig, William | E Ste |
| 1969 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Ransome, Arthur | FIC Ran |
| 1968 | Drummer Hoff | Emberley, Barbara | 784.405 Emb |
| 1967 | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine | Ness, Evaline | E Nes |
| 1966 | Always Room for One More | Leodhas, Sorche | 782.42162 Leo |
| 1965 | May I bring a friend? | De Regniers, Barbara Sendak | E De |
| 1964 | Where the Wild Things Are | Sendak, Maurice | E Sen |
| 1963 | The Snowy Day | Keats, Ezra Jack | E Kea |
| 1962 | Once a mouse : A Fable cut in wood | Brown, Marcia | 398.20954 Bro |
| 1961 | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Robbins, Ruth | 398.20947 Rob |
| 1960 | Nine days to Christmas | Ets, Marie Hall | FIC Ets |
| 1959 | Chanticleer and the Fox | Chaucer, Geoffrey | 398.2452 Cha |
| 1958 | Time of Wonder | McCloskey, Robert | E McC |
| 1957 | Tree is Nice | Udry, Janice May | E Udr |
| 1956 | Frog Went A-Courtin' | Langstaff, John | 782.42162 Lan |
| 1955 | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Brown, Marcia | 398.2 Per |
| 1954 | Madeline's Rescue | Bemelmans, Ludwig | E Bem |
| 1953 | The Biggest Bear | Ward, Lynd | E War |
| 1952 | Finders Keepers | Lipkind, Will | E Lip |
| 1951 | The Egg Tree | Milhous, Katherine | FIC Mil |
| 1950 | Song of the Swallows | Politi, Leo | E Pol |
| 1949 | The Big Snow | Hader, Berta & Elmer | E Had |
| 1948 | White Snow, Bright Snow | Tresselt, Alvin | E Tre |
| 1947 | The Little Island | Brown, Margaret Wise | E Bro |
| 1946 | The rooster crows : a book of American rhymes and jingles | Petersham, Maud F. | 398.8 Pet |
| 1945 | Prayer for a Child | Field, Rachel | 242.82 Fie |
| 1944 | Many moons | Thurber, James | E Thu |
| 1943 | Little House | Burton, Virginia Lee | E Bur |
| 1942 | Make Way for Ducklings | McCloskey, Robert | E McC |
| 1941 | They Were Strong and Good | Lawson, Robert | E Law |
| 1940 | Abraham Lincoln | Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar | B Lin |
| 1939 | Mei Li | Handforth, Thomas | E Han |
| 1938 | Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book | Lathrop, Dorothy | 220.04 Lat |