The titles are housed in the Reading Resources Room, which is located on the second floor of the Central Library.
| 1938 |
Animals of the Bible |
Text selected by Helen Dean Fish
Dorothy P. Lathrop, illustrator |
BS 663 .B5 1965 |
| 1939 |
Mei Li |
Thomas Handforth |
PZ 7 .H192 Me |
| 1940 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Ingri D'Aulaire |
E 457.905 .A86 1957 |
| 1941 |
They Were Strong and Good |
Robert Lawson |
PZ 7 .L4384 Th 1968 |
| 1942 |
Make Way for Ducklings |
Robert McCloskey |
PZ 10.3 .M1295 Mak 1969 |
| 1943 |
The Little House |
Virginia Lee Burton |
PZ 7 .B954 Li 1988b |
| 1944 |
Many Moons |
James Thurber
Louis Slobodkin, illustrator |
PZ 7 .T422 Man 1971 |
| 1945 |
Prayer for a Child |
Rachel Field
Elizabeth Orton Jones, illustrator |
BV 265 .F5 1973 |
| 1946 |
The Rooster Crows |
Maud Petersham |
PZ 8.3 .P447 Ro |
| 1947 |
The Little Island |
Margaret Wise Brown
(Golden MacDonald, pseud.)
Leonard Weisgard, illustrator |
PZ 8.3 .B815 Li |
| 1948 |
White Snow, Bright Snow |
Alvin Tresselt
Roger Duvoisin, illustrator |
PZ 7 .T732 Wh |
| 1949 |
The Big Snow |
Berta Hader |
PZ 10.3 .H117 Bi |
| 1950 |
Song of the Swallows |
Leo Politi |
PZ 7 .P753 So |
| 1951 |
The Egg Tree |
Katherine Milhous |
PZ 7 .M596 Eg |
| 1952 |
Finders Keepers |
William Lipkind
Nicholas Mordvinoff, illustrator |
PZ 10.3 .L647Fi |
| 1953 |
The Biggest Bear |
Lynd Ward |
PZ 7 .W2146 Bi 1980 |
| 1954 |
Madeline's Rescue |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
PZ 7 .B423 Maf |
| 1955 |
Cinderella |
Charles Perrault
Marcia Brown, illustrator and translator |
PZ 8 .P426 Ci |
| 1956 |
Frog Went A-Courtin' |
John Langstaff
Fedor Rojankovsky, illustrator |
PZ 8.3 .F92 Fr |
| 1957 |
A Tree is Nice |
Janet Udry
Marc Simont, illustrator |
PZ 10 .U4 Tr |
| 1958 |
Time of Wonder |
Robert McCloskey |
PZ 7 .M1336 Ti |
| 1959 |
Chanticleer and the Fox |
Geoffrey Chaucer
Barbara Cooney, adapter and translator |
PZ 8.2 .C47 Ch |
| 1960 |
Nine Days to Christmas |
Marie Hall Ets |
PZ 7 .E855 Ni |
| 1961 |
Baboushka and the Three Kings |
Ruth Robbins
Nicholas Sidjakov, illustrator |
PZ 8.1 .R5 Bab |
| 1962 |
Once a Mouse |
Marcia Brown |
PZ 8.2 .H5 On |
| 1963 |
The Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
PZ 7 .K2253 Sn |
| 1964 |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Maruice Sendak |
PZ 8 .S3294 Wh |
| 1965 |
May I Bring a Friend? |
Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers
Beni Montressor, illustrator |
PZ 7 .D4417 May 1975 |
| 1966 |
Always Room for One More |
Sorche Nic Leodhas
Nonny Hogrogian, illustrator |
PZ 8.3 .A388 An |
| 1967 |
Sam Bangs and Moonshine |
Evaline Ness |
PZ 7 .N4384 Sam |
| 1968 |
Drummer Hoff |
Barbara Emberley
Ed Emberley, illustrator |
PZ 8.3 .E515 Dr |
| 1969 |
The Fool of the World and
Flying Ship: a Russian Tale |
Arthur Ransome
Uri Shulevitz, illustrator |
PZ 8 .R174 Fo |
| 1970 |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
William Steig |
PZ 10.3 .S816 Sy |
| 1971 |
A Story, a story: an African Tale |
Gail E Haley |
PZ 8.1 .H139 St 1988 |
| 1972 |
One Fine Day |
Nonny Hogrogian |
PZ 7 .H6844 On |
| 1973 |
The Funny Little Woman |
Arlene Mosel
Blair Lent, illustrator |
PZ 8.1 .M8346 Fu 1975 |
| 1974 |
Duffy and the Devil |
Harve Zemach
Margot Zemach, illustrator |
PZ 8.1 .Z38 Du |
| 1975 |
Arrow to the Sun |
Gerald McDermott |
E 99 .P9 M25 1974b
also MCC E 99 .P9 M25 1974c |
| 1976 |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
Verna Aardema
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators |
PZ 8.1 .A213 Wh |
| 1977 |
Ashanti to Zulu |
Margaret Musgrove
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators |
GN 645 .M87 |
| 1978 |
Noah's Ark |
Peter Spier |
BS 1238 .N6 S64 |
| 1979 |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
Paul Goble |
PZ 8 .G537 Gi |
| 1980 |
Ox-Cart Man |
Donald Hall
Barbara Cooney, illustrator |
PZ 7 .H14115 Ox |
| 1981 |
Fables |
Arnold Lobel |
PZ 8.2 .L6 Fab |
| 1982 |
Jumanji |
Chris Van Allsburg |
PZ 7 .V266 Ju |
| 1983 |
Shadow |
Blaise Cendrars
Marcia Brown, illustrator and translator |
PQ 2605 .E55 F4713 1982 |
| 1984 |
The Glorious Flight |
Alice Provensen
Chris Van Allsburg
Alice and Martin Provensen, illustrators |
TL 721 .B5 P76 1983 |
| 1985 |
Saint George and the Dragon |
Margaret Hodges
Trina Schart Hyman, illustrator |
PZ 8.1 .H69 Sai 1984 |
| 1986 |
Polar Express |
Chris Van Allsburg |
PZ 7 .V266 Po 1985 |
| 1987 |
Hey, Al |
Arthur Yorinks
Richard Egielski, illustrator |
PZ 7 .Y819 He 1986 |
| 1988 |
Owl Moon |
Jane Yolen
John Schoenherr, illustrator |
PZ 7 .Y78 Ow 1987 |
| 1989 |
Song and Dance Man |
Karen Ackerman
Stephen Gammell, illustrator |
PZ 7 .A1824 So 1988 |
| 1990 |
Lon Po Po |
Ed Young |
PZ 8.1 .Y84 Lo 1989 |
| 1991 |
Black and White |
David Macaulay |
PZ 7 .M1197 Bl 1990 |
| 1992 |
Tuesday |
David Wiesner |
PZ 7 .W6367 Tu 1991 |
| 1993 |
Mirette on the High Wire |
Emily Arnold McCully |
PZ 7 .M478415 Mi1992 |
| 1994 |
Grandfather's Journey |
Allen Say |
PZ 7 .S2744 Gr 1993 |
| 1995 |
Smoky Night |
Eve Bunting
David Diaz, illustrator |
PZ 7 .B91527 Si 1994 |
| 1996 |
Officer Buckle and Gloria |
Peggy Rathmann |
PZ 7 .R1936 Of 1995 |
| 1997 |
Golem |
David Wisniewski |
BM 531 .W57 1996 |
| 1998 |
Rapunzel |
Paul O. Zelinsky, adapter and
illustrator |
PZ 8 .Z38 Rap 1997 |
| 1999 |
Snowflake Bentley |
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Mary Azarian, Illustrator |
QC 858 .B46 M37 l998 |
| 2000 |
Joseph had a Little Overcoat |
Simms Taback |
PZ 7 .T1115 Jo 1999 |
| 2001 |
So You Want to be President? |
Judith St. George
David Small, Illustrator |
E 176.1 .S699 2000 |
| 2002 |
The Three Pigs |
David Wiesner |
PZ 7 .W6367 Th 2001 |
| 2003 |
My Friend Rabbit |
Eric Rohmann |
PZ 7 .R6413 My 2002 |
| 2004 |
The man who walked between the towers |
Mordicai Gerstein |
GV 551 .G47 2003 |
| 2005 |
Kitten's First Full Moon |
Kevin Henkes |
PZ 7 .H389 Ki 2004 |
| 2006 |
Hello, Goodbye Window |
Norton Juster
Chris Raschka, illustrator |
PZ7.J984 He 2005 |
| 2007 |
Flotsam |
David Weisner |
PZ7.W6367 Fl 2006 |
| 2008 |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
Brian Selznick |
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