Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- 1999
- Snowflake
Bentley, illustrated by Mary
Azarian --Winner!
Honor Books
No, David!
by David
Shannon
Snow
by Uri
Shulevitz
Tibet Through
the Red Box by Peter
Sis
Duke Ellington
: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea
Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian
Pinkney
- 1998
- Rapunzel
by Paul
O. Zelinsky --Winner!
Honor Books
The Gardener
by Sarah
Stewart/David
Small
There Was
an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms
Taback
Harlem: A
Poem by Walter
Dean Myers/Christopher
Myers
- 1997
- Golem
by David
Wisniewski --Winner!
Honor Books
The Graphic
Alphabet by David
Pelletier ed.
Hush!: A Thai
Lullaby, by Minfong
Ho/Holly
Meade
The Paperboy
by Dav Pilkey
Starry Messenger
by Peter Sis
- 1996
- Officer
Buckle and Gloria by Peggy
Rathmann --Winner!
Honor Books
Tops and Bottoms
by Janet
Stevens
Zin! Zin!
Zin! A Violin by Lloyd
Moss/Marjorie
Priceman
Alphabet City
by Stephen
T. Johnson
The Faithful
Friend by Robert
San Souci/Brian
Pinkney
- 1995
- Smoky
Night by David
Diaz (text by Eve
Bunting) --Winner!
Honor Books
Swamp Angel
by Anne
Isaacs
Time Flies
by Eric
Rohmann
John Henry
by Julius
Lester/Jerry
Pinkney
- 1994
- Grandfather's
Journey by Allen
Say --Winner!
Honor Books
Peppe the
Lamplighter by Elisa
Bartone/Ted
Lewin
In the Small,
Small Pond by Denise
Fleming
Owen
by Kevin
Henkes
Raven
by Gerald
McDermott
Yo! Yes?
by Chris
Raschka
- 1993
- Mirette on
the High Wire by Emily
McCully --Winner!
Honor Books
Working Cotton
by Sherley
Anne Williams/Carole
Byard
Seven Blind
Mice by Ed
Young
Stinky Cheese
Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon
Scieszka/Lane
Smith
- 1992
- Tuesday
by David
Wiesner --Winner!
Honor Books
Tar Beach
by Faith
Ringgold
- 1991
- Black &
White by David
Macaulay --Winner!
Honor Books
More More
More Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories by Vera
B. Williams
Puss in Boots
by Charles
Perrault & Malcolm
Arthur/Fred
Marcellino
- 1990
- Lon Po Po
by Ed Young
(translator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Bill Peet:
An Autobiography by Bill
Peet
Color Zoo
by Lois
Ehlert
Hershel and
the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric
Kimmel/Trina
Schart Hyman
The Talking
Eggs by Robert
D. San Souci/Jerry
Pinkney
- 1989
- Song &
Dance Man by Stephen
Gammell (text by Karen
Ackerman) --Winner!
Honor Books
The Boy of
the Three-Year Nap by Dianne
Snyder/Allen
Say
Free Fall
by David
Wiesner
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears by James
Marshall
Mirandy and
Brother Wind by Patricia
C. McKissack/Jerry
Pinkney
- 1988
- Owl Moon
by John
Schoenherr (text by Jane
Yolen) --Winner!
Honor Book
Mufaro's Beautiful
Daughters: An African Tale by John
Steptoe
- 1987
- Hey, Al
by Richard
Egielski (text by Arthur
Yorinks) --Winner!
Honor Books
Alphabatics
by Suse
MacDonald
Rumpelstiltskin
by Paul
O. Zelinsky
The Village
of Round and Square Houses by Ann
Grifalconi
- 1986
- Polar Express
by Chris
Van Allsburg --Winner!
Honor Books
King Bidgood's
in the Bathtub by Audrey
Wood/Don
Wood
The Relatives
Came by Cynthia
Rylant/Stephen
Gammell
- 1985
- Saint George
and the Dragon by Margaret
Hodges, Trina
S. Hyman --Winner!
Honor Books
Hansel and
Gretel by Rika
Lesser/Paul
O. Zelinsky
Have You Seen
My Duckling? by Nancy
Tafuri
The Story
of Jumping Mouse by John
Steptoe
- 1984
- The Glorious
Flight : Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 by Alice
Provensen Martin
Provensen --Winner!
Honor Books
Little Red
Riding Hood by Trina
Schart Hyman
Ten, Nine,
Eight by Molly
Bang
- 1983
- Shadow
by Blaise
Cendrars, Marcia
Brown --Winner!
Honor Books
A Chair for
My Mother by Vera
B. Williams
When I Was
Young in the Mountains by Cynthia
Rylant/Diane
Goode
- 1982
- Jumanji
by Chris
Van Allsburg --Winner!
Honor Books
On Market
Street by Arnold
Lobel
Outside Over
There by Maurice
Sendak
A Visit to
William Blake's Inn: Poems For Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy
Willard/Alice
Provensen Martin
Provensen
Where the
Buffaloes Begin by Olaf
Baker/Stephen
Gammell
- 1981
- Fables
by Arnold
Lobel --Winner!
Honor Books
The Bremen-Town
Musicians by Ilse
Plume
The Grey Lady
and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly
Bang
Mice Twice
by Joseph
Low
Truck
by Donald
Crews
- 1980
- Ox Cart Man
by Barbara
Cooney (text by Donald
Hall) --Winner!
Honor Books
Ben's Trumpet
by Rachel
Isadora
The Garden
of Abdul Gasazi by Chris
Van Allsburg
The Treasure
by Uri
Shulevitz
- 1979
- The Girl
Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul
Goble --Winner!
Honor Books
Freight Train
by Donald
Crews
The Way to
Start a Day by Byrd
Baylor/Peter
Parnall
- 1978
- Noah's Ark
by Peter
Spier --Winner!
Honor Books
Castle
by David
Macaulay
It Could Be
Worse by Margot
Zemach
- 1977
- Ashanti to
Zulu : African Traditions by Leo
Dillon, Diane
Dillon (Illustrator), Margaret
W. Musgrove --Winner!
Honor Books
The Amazing
Bone by William
Steig
The Contest
by Nonny
Hogrogian
- 1976
- Why Mosquitoes
Buzz in People's Ears : A West African Tale by Verna
Aardema, Leo
Dillon, Diane
Dillon (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books The
Desert Is Theirs by Byrd
Baylor/Peter
Parnall
Strega Nona
by Tomie
de Paola
- 1975
- Arrow to
the Sun : A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald
McDermott --Winner!
Honor Books
Jambo Means
Hello by Muriel
Feelings/Tom
Feelings
- 1974
- Duffy and
the Devil by Harve
Zemach --Winner!
Honor Books
Cathedral
by David
Macaulay
Three Jovial
Huntsmen by Susan
Jeffers
- 1973
- The Funny
Little Woman (Picture Puffins) by Arlene
Mosel, Blair
Lent (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Anansi the
Spider by Gerald
McDermott
Hosie's Alphabet
by Leonard
Baskin
Snow-White
and the Seven Dwarfs by Nancy
Eckholm Burkert (Illustrator)
When Clay
Sings by Byrd
Baylor/Tom
Bahti
- 1972
- One Fine
Day. by Nonny
Hogrogian --Winner!
Honor Books
Hildilid's
Night by Cheli
Durán Ryan/Arnold
Lobel
If All the
Seas Were One Sea by Janina
Domanska
Moja Means
One by Muriel
Feelings/Tom
Feelings
- 1971
- A Story,
a Story : An African Tale by Gail
E. Haley --Winner!
Honor Books
The Angry
Moon by William
Sleator/Blair
Lent
Frog and Toad
Are Friends by Arnold
Lobel
In the Night
Kitchen by Maurice
Sendak
- 1970
- Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble by William
Steig --Winner!
Honor Books
Alexander
and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo
Lionni
Goggles
by Ezra
Jack Keats
The Judge
by Harve
Zemach/Margot
Zemach
Pop Corn &
Ma Goodness by Edna
Mitchell Preston/Robert
Andrew Parker
Thy Friend,
Obadiah by Brinton
Turkle
- 1969
- The Fool
of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur
Ransome --Winner!
Honor Book
Why the Sun
and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone
Dayrell/Blair
Lent
- 1968
- Drummer Hoff
by Barbara
Emberley --Winner!
Honor Books
The Emperor
and the Kite by Jane
Yolen/Ed
Young
Frederick
by Leo Lionni
Seashore Story
by Taro
Yashima
- 1967
- Sam, Bangs,
and Moonshine by Evaline
Ness --Winner!
Honor Books
One Wide River
To Cross by Barbara
Emberley/Ed
Emberley
- 1966
- Always Room
for One More by Sorche
Leodhas, Nonny
Hogrogian --Winner!
Honor Books
Hide and Seek
Fog by Alvin
Tresselt/Roger
Duvoisin
Just Me
by Marie
Hall Ets
Tom Tit Tot
by Evaline
Ness
- 1965
- May I Bring
a Friend? by Beatrice
Schenk De Regniers --Winner!
Honor Books
A Pocketful
of Cricket by Rebecca
Caudill/Evaline
Ness
Rain Makes
Applesauce by Julian
Scheer/Marvin Bileck
The Wave
by Margaret
Hodges/Blair
Lent
- 1964
- Where the
Wild Things Are by Maurice
Sendak --Winner!
Honor Books
All in the
Morning Early by Sorche
Nic Leodhas/Evaline
Ness
Mother Goose
& Nursery Rhymes by Phillip
Reed (Illustrator)
Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
- 1963
- Snowy Day
by Ezra
Jack Keats --Winner!
Honor Books
Mr. Rabbit
and the Lovely Present by Charlotte
Zolotow/Maurice
Sendak
The Sun Is
a Golden Earring by Natalia
M. Belting/Bernarda
Bryson
- 1962
- Once a Mouse
by Marcia
Brown --Winner!
Honor Books
The Day We
Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice
E. Goudey/Adrienne
Adams
The Fox Went
Out on a Chilly Night by Peter
Spier (Illustrator)
Little Bear's
Visit by Else
Holmelund Minarik/Maurice
Sendak
- 1961
- Baboushka
and the Three Kings by Ruth
Robbins --Winner!
Honor Book
Inch by Inch
by Leo Lionni
- 1960
- Nine Days
to Christmas by Marie
Hall Ets, Aurora
Labastida --Winner!
Honor Books
Houses from
the Sea by Alice
Goudey/Adrienne
Adams
The Moon Jumpers
by Janice
May Udry/Maurice
Sendak
- 1959
- Chanticleer
and the Fox by Geoffrey
Chaucer, Barbara
Cooney --Winner!
Honor Books
The House
That Jack Built by Antonio
Frasconi
Umbrella
by Taro
Yashima
What Do You
Say, Dear? by Sesyle
Joslin/Maurice
Sendak
- 1958
- Time of Wonder
by Robert
McCloskey --Winner!
Honor Books
Anatole and
the Cat by Eve
Titus/Paul
Galdone
Fly High,
Fly Low by Don
Freeman
- 1957
- Tree Is Nice
by Janice
May Udry, Marc
Simont (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Anatole
by Eve Titus/Paul Galdone
Gillespie
and the Guards by Benjamin
Elkin/James
Daugherty
Lion
by William
Péne du Bois
Mr. Penny's
Race Horse by Marie
Hall Ets
1 Is One
by Tasha
Tudor
- 1956
- Frog Went
A-Courtin' by John
Langstaff, Feodor
Rojankovsky (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Crow Boy
by Taro
Yashima
Play with
Me by Marie
Hall Ets
- 1955
- Cinderella
by Charles
Perrault, Marcia
Brown (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Book of Nursery
and Mother Goose Rhymes by Marguerite
de Angeli (Illustrator)
The Thanksgiving
Story by Alice
Dalgliesh/Helen
Sewell
Wheel on the
Chimney by Margaret
Wise Brown/Tibor
Gergely
- 1954
- Madeline's
Rescue by Ludwig
Bemelmans --Winner!
Honor Books
A Very Special
House by Ruth
Krauss/Maurice
Sendak
Green Eyes
by A. Birnbaum
Journey Cake,
Ho! by Ruth
Sawyer/Robert
McCloskey
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans
Christian Andersen/Marcia
Brown
When Will
the World Be Mine? by Miriam
Schlein/Jean
Charlot
- 1953
- The Biggest
Bear by Lynd
Kendall Ward --Winner!
Honor Books
Ape in a Cape
by Fritz
Eichenberg
Five Little
Monkeys by Juliet
Kepes
One Morning
in Maine by Robert
McCloskey
Puss in Boots
by Charles
Perrault/Marcia
Brown
The Storm
Book by Charlotte
Zolotow/Margaret
Bloy Graham
- 1952
- Finders Keepers
by William
Lipkind, Nicolas
Mordvinoff, Nicolas
Will --Winner!
Honor Books
All Falling
Down by Gene
Zion/Margaret
Bloy Graham
Bear Party
by William
Péne du Bois
Feather Mountain
by Elizabeth
Olds
Mr. T. W.
Anthony Woo by Marie
Hall Ets
Skipper John's
Cook by Marcia
Brown
- 1951
- Egg Tree
by Katherine
Milhous --Winner!
Honor Books
Dick Whittington
and His Cat by Marcia
Brown
If I Ran the
Zoo by Dr.
Seuss
The Most Wonderful
Doll in the World by Phyllis
McGinley/Helen
Stone (Illustrator)
T-Bone, the
Baby Sitter by Clare
Newberry
The Two Reds
by William
Lipkind/Nicholas
Mordvinoff
- 1950
- Song of the
Swallows by Leo
Politi --Winner!
Honor Books
Ethan Allen
by Stewart
Holbrook/Lynd
Ward Bartholomew
and the Oobleck by Dr.
Seuss
The Happy
Day by Ruth
Krauss/Marc
Simont
Henry Fisherman
by Marcia
Brown
The Wild Birthday
Cake by Lavinia
Davis/Hildegard Woodward
- 1949
- The Big Snow
by Berta
Hader, Elmer
Hader --Winner!
Honor Books
All Around
the Town by Phyllis
McGinley/Helen
Stone
Blueberries
for Sal by Robert
McCloskey
Fish in the
Air by Kurt
Wiese
Juanita
by Leo Politi
- 1948
- White Snow,
Bright Snow by Alvin
Tresselt, Roger
Duvoisin (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Bambino the
Clown by George
S. Schreiber
Mcelligot's
Pool by Dr.
Seuss
Roger and
the Fox by Lavinia
Davis/Hildegard Woodward
Song of Robin
Hood by Anne
Malcolmson/Virginia
Lee Burton (Editors)
Stone Soup
by Marcia
Brown
- 1947
- The Little
Island by Golden
MacDonald, Leonard
Weisgard (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
Boats on the
River by Marjorie
Flack/Jay
Hyde Barnum (Illustrator)
Pedro, the
Angel of Olvera Street by Leo
Politi
Rain Drop
Splash by Alvin
Tresselt/Leonard
Weisgard
Sing in Praise:
A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns by Opal
Wheeler/Marjorie Torrey
Timothy Turtle
by Al Graham/Tony Palazzo
- 1946
- Rooster Crows
by Miska
Petersham, Maud
Petersham --Winner!
Honor Books
Little Lost
Lamb by Golden
MacDonald/Leonard
Weisgard
My Mother
Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Becky
Reyher/Ruth
C. Gannett
Sing Mother
Goose by Opal
Wheeler/Marjorie Torrey
You Can Write
Chinese by Kurt
Wiese
- 1945
- Prayer for
a Child by Rachel
L. Field, Elizabeth
Orton Jones --Winner!
Honor Books
The Christmas
Anna Angel by Ruth
Sawyer/Kate
Seredy
In the Forest
by Marie
Hall Ets
Mother Goose
Tasha Tudor
(Illustrator)
Yonie Wondernose
by Marguerite
de Angeli/Maud
and Miska
Petersham
- 1944
- Many Moons
by James
Thurber, Louis
Slobodkin (Illustrator) --Winner!
Honor Books
A Child's
Good Night Book by Margaret
Wise Brown/Jean
Charlot
Good Luck
Horse by Chin-Yi
Chan/Plato Chan
The Mighty
Hunter by Berta
& Elmer
Hader
Pierre Pigeon
by Lee Kingman/Arnold
E. Bare
Small Rain:
Verses from the Bible by Jessie
Orton Jones/Elizabeth
Orton Jones
- 1943
- The Little
House by Virginia
Lee Burton --Winner!
Honor Books
Dash and Dart
by Mary
& Conrad
Buff
Marshmallow
by Clare
Newberry
- 1942
- Make Way
for Ducklings by Robert
McCloskey --Winner!
Honor Books
An American
ABC by Maud
& Miska
Petersham
In My Mother's
House by Ann
Nolan Clark, Velino
Herrera (Illustrator)
Nothing at
All by Wanda
Gág Paddle-to-the-Sea
by Holling
C. Holling
- 1941
- They Were
Strong and Good by Robert
Lawson --Winner!
Honor Books
April's Kittens
by Claire
Newberry
- 1940
- Abraham Lincoln
by Ingri
D'Aulaire, Edgar
Parin D'Aulaire --Winner!
Honor Books
The Ageless
Story by Lauren
Ford
Cock-A-Doodle
Doo by Berta
& Elmer
Hader
Madeline
by Ludwig
Bemelmans
- 1939
- Mei Li
by Thomas
Handforth --Winner!
Honor Books
Andy and the
Lion by James
Daugherty
Barkis
by Clare
Newberry
The Forest
Pool by Laura
Adams Armer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda
Gág
Wee Gillis
by Munro
Leaf, Robert
Lawson (Illustrator)
- 1938
- Animals of
the Bible by Dorothy
P. Lathrop, Helen
D. Fish (Editor) --Winner!
Honor Books
Four and Twenty
Blackbirds by Helen
Dean Fish/Robert
Lawson
Seven Simeons
by Boris
Artzybasheff