By Award

Puffin

Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Aladdin

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry

Square Fish

Chester Cricket and His Friends: The Cricket in Times Square (#1) by George Selden, ill. by Garth Williams

Candlewick

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Clarion Books

Minnipins: The Gammage Cup (#1) by Carol Kendall

Little, Brown

Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges, ill. by Trina Schart Hyman

Square Fish

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, ill. by David Small

Dragonfly Books

Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, ill. by Stephen Gammell

Puffin

One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey

HarperCollins

Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer, ill. by Barbara Cooney

Aladdin

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet

Greenwillow Books

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, ill. by Peter Sís

HarperCollins

Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

Puffin

John Henry by Julius Lester, ill. by Jerry Pinkney

Philomel Books

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, ill. by John Schoenherr

Chronicle Books

Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

Penguin

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

Puffin

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág

Little, Brown

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, ill. by Sophie Blackall

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman