| Year | Title | Author | Illustrator |
| 2015-2016 | Breaking News: Bear Alert | David Biedrzycki | David Biedrzycki |
| 2014-2015 | Ol’ Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story | Patricia McKissack | Eric Velasquez |
| 2013-2014 | Sylvie | Jennifer Sattler | Jennifer Sattler |
| 2012-2013 | When a Dragon Moves In | Jodi Moore | Howard McWilliam |
| 2011-2012 | I Need My Monster | Amanda Noll | Howard McWilliam |
| 2010-2011 | Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast | Meghan McCarthy | Meghan McCarthy |
| 2009-2010 | I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! | Karen Beaumont | David Catrow |
| 2008-2009 | Sweet Tooth | Margie Palatini | Jack E. Davis |
| 2007-2008 | Superdog: The Heart of a Hero | Caralyn Buehner | Mark Buehner |
| 2006-2007 | Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Mo Willems | Mo Willems |
| 2005-2006 | My Lucky Day | Keiko Kasza | Keiko Kasza |
| 2004-2005 | Stanley’s Party | Linda Bailey | Bill Slavin |
| 2003-2004 | Hooway for Wodney Wat | Helen Lester | Lynn Munsinger |
| 2002-2003 | Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon | Patty Lovell | David Catrow |
| 2001-2002 | Bark, George | Jules Feiffer | Jules Feiffer |
| 2000-2001 | Verdi | Janell Cannon | Janell Cannon |
| 1999-2000 | No, David | David Shannon | David Shannon |
| 1998-1999 | Leo the Magnificat | Ann M. Martin | Emily A. McCully |
| 1997-1998 | Dog Breath! The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis | Dav Pilkey | Dav Pilkey |
| 1996-1997 | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Jon Scieszka | Lane Smith |
| 1995-1996 | Martha Speaks | Susan Meddaugh | Susan Meddaugh |
| 1994-1995 | Hurricane City | Sarah Weeks | James Warhola |
| 1993-1994 | The Rough Face Girl | Rafe Martin | David Shannon |
| 1992-1993 | The Talking Eggs | Robert D. San Souci | Jerry Pinkney |
| 1991-1992 | Two Bad Ants | Chris Van Allsburg | Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1990-1991 | We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story | Hudson Talbott | Beverly Lazor-Bahr |
| 1989-1990 | No Jumping on the Bed | Tedd Arnold | Tedd Arnold |
| 1988-1989 | Max, the Bad-Talking Parrot | Patricia Brennan Demuth | Bo Zaunders |
| 1987-1988 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Numeroff | Felicia Bond |
| 1986-1987 | My Teacher Sleeps in School | Leatie Weiss | Ellen Weiss |
| 1985-1986 | The Unicorn and the Lake | Marianna Mayer | Michael Hague |
| 1984-1985 | Doctor de Soto | William Steig | William Steig |
| 1983-1984 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Judi Barrett | Ronald Barrett |
| 1982-1983 | Herbie’s Troubles | Carol Chapman | Kelly Oechsli |
| 1981-1982 | Pinkerton Behave! | Steven Kellogg | Steven Kellogg |
| 1980-1981 | The Tailypo: A Ghost Story | Joanna Galdone | Paul Galdone |
| 1979-1980 | Miss Nelson is Missing | Harry Allard | James Marshall |
| 1978-1979 | Big Bad Bruce | Bill Peet | Bill Peet |
| 1977-1978 | The Sweet Touch | Lorna Balian | Lecia Balian |
| 1976-1977 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day | Judith Viorst | Ray Cruz |