| The
First Fifty Years |
1853 - 1902 |
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| 1865 |
Lewis Carroll |
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND |
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Mary Mapes Dodge |
HANS BRINKER, OR THE SILVER SKATES |
| 1868 |
Louisa May Alcott |
LITTLE WOMEN |
| 1869 |
Jules Verne |
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA |
| 1871 |
George MacDonald |
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND |
| 1872 |
Christina Rossetti |
SING-SONG:
A NURSERY RHYME BOOK |
| 1876 |
Mark Twain |
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER |
| 1877 |
Anna Sewell |
BLACK BEAUTY |
| 1878 |
Randolph Caldecott |
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT |
| 1880 |
Lucretia Peabody Hale |
THE PETERKIN PAPERS |
| 1881 |
Margaret Sidney |
THE FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY
GREW |
| 1883 |
Howard Pyle |
THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD |
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
TREASURE ISLAND |
| 1884 |
Johanna Spyri |
HEIDI (first English translation) |
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Mark Twain |
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FIN |
| 1885 |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES |
| 1886 |
Kate Greenaway |
A APPLE PIE |
| 1887 |
Kate Douglas Wiggin |
THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL |
| 1888 |
Oscar Wilde |
THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES |
| 1889 |
Andrew Lang |
THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK |
| 1891 |
Carlo Collodi |
PINOCCHIO (first English translation) |
| 1892 |
Joseph Jacobs |
CELTIC FAIRY TALES |
| 1894 |
Rudyard Kipling |
THE JUNGLE BOOK |
| 1896 |
Hilaire Belloc |
THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS |
| 1897 |
Kenneth Grahame |
THE RELUCTANT DRAGON |
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E(dith) B(land) Nesbit |
THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS |
| 1900 |
L. Frank Baum |
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ |
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Kate Douglas Wiggin |
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM |
| 1901 |
Beatrix Potter |
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT |
| 1902 |
Charles Eastman |
INDIAN BOYHOOD |
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| The
Second Fifty Years |
1903 - 1952 |
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| 1905 |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
A LITTLE PRINCESS |
| 1908 |
Kenneth Grahame |
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS |
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Lucy Maud Montgomery |
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES |
| 1910 |
E. Boyd Smith |
THE FARM BOOK |
| 1911 |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
THE SECRET GARDEN |
| 1912 |
Jean Webster |
DADDY-LONG-LEGS |
| 1916 |
Blanche Fisher Wright |
THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE |
| 1917 |
Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
UNDERSTOOD BETSY |
| 1921 |
Hendrik Willem Van Loon |
THE STORY OF MANKIND |
| 1922 |
Margery Bianco |
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT |
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Carl Sandburg |
ROOTABAGA STORIES |
| 1924 |
A. A. Milne |
WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG |
| 1926 |
A. A. Milne |
WINNIE THE POOH |
| 1928 |
Wanda Gag |
MILLIONS OF CATS |
| 1929 |
Rachel Field |
HITTY:
HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS |
| 1930 |
Elizabeth Coatsworth |
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN |
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Margery Flack |
ANGUS AND THE DUCKS |
| 1932 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS |
| 1933 |
Jean de Brunhoff |
THE STORY OF BABAR |
| 1934 |
Pamela Travers |
MARY POPPINS |
| 1935 |
Carol Ryrie Brink |
CADDIE WOODLAWN |
| 1936 |
Munro Leaf |
THE STORY OF FERDINAND |
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Ruth Sawyer |
ROLLER SKATES |
| 1937 |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
THE HOBBIT |
| 1938 |
Richard & Florence Atwater |
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS |
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
THE YEARLING |
| 1939 |
Virginia Lee Burton |
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL |
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Robert Lawson |
BEN AND ME |
| 1940 |
Armstrong Sperry |
CALL IT COURAGE |
| 1941 |
Eleanor Estes |
THE MOFFATS |
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Robert McCloskey |
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS |
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H. A. Rey |
CURIOUS GEORGE |
| 1942 |
Virginia Lee Burton |
THE LITTLE HOUSE |
| 1943 |
Esther Forbes |
JOHNNY TREMAIN |
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James Thurber |
MANY MOONS |
| 1944 |
Robert Lawson |
RABBIT HILL |
| 1945 |
Ruth Krauss |
THE CARROT SEED |
| 1946 |
Carolyn S. Bailey |
MISS HICKORY |
| 1947 |
Margaret Wise Brown |
GOOD NIGHT MOON |
| 1948 |
Marguerite Henry |
KING OF THE WIND |
| 1949 |
Marguerite DeAngeli |
THE DOOR IN THE WALL |
| 1950 |
Marcia Brown |
DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT |
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C. S. Lewis |
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE |
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Astrid Lindgren |
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING |
| 1952 |
E. B. White |
CHARLOTTE'S WEB |
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| The
Third Fifty Years |
1953 - 2003 |
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| 1954 |
Meindert DeJong |
THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL |
| 1955 |
Taro Yashima |
CROW BOY |
| 1956 |
Gene Zion |
HARRY THE DIRTY DOG |
| 1957 |
Dr. Seuss |
THE CAT IN THE HAT |
| 1958 |
Natalie Savage
Carlson |
THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE |
| 1959 |
Jean Craighead George |
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN |
| 1960 |
Scott O'Dell |
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS |
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George Selden |
THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE |
| 1961 |
Sheila Burnford |
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY |
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Peter Spier |
THE FOX WENT OUT ON A CHILLY NIGHT |
| 1962 |
Ezra Jack Keats |
THE SNOWY DAY |
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Madeleine L'Engle |
A WRINKLE IN TIME |
| 1963 |
Maurice Sendak |
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE |
| 1964 |
Louise Fitzhugh |
HARRIET THE SPY |
| 1967 |
E. L. Konigsburg |
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL
E. FRANKWEILER |
| 1968 |
Beverly Cleary |
RAMONA THE PEST |
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Don Freeman |
CORDUROY |
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Ursula K. LeGuin |
A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA |
| 1969 |
Vera & Bill Cleaver |
WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM |
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William Steig |
SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE |
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John Steptoe |
STEVIE |
| 1970 |
Eric Carle |
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR |
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Arnold Lobel |
FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS |
| 1972 |
Robert O'Brien |
MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
WILLIAM'S DOLL |
| 1973 |
Susan Cooper |
THE DARK IS RISING |
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Paula Fox |
THE SLAVE DANCER |
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Jean Fritz |
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE? |
| 1974 |
Tomie dePaola |
CHARLIE NEEDS A CLOAK |
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Elizabeth Marie Pope |
THE PERILOUS GARD |
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Shel Silverstein |
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS |
| 1975 |
Natalie Babbitt |
TUCK EVERLASTING |
| 1976 |
Mildred Taylor |
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY |
| 1977 |
Harry Allard |
MISS NELSON IS MISSING! |
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Katherine Paterson |
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA |
| 1978 |
Donald Crews |
FREIGHT TRAIN |
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Ellen Raskin |
THE WESTING GAME |
| 1979 |
Steven Kellogg |
PINKERTON, BEHAVE! |
| 1980 |
Eric Hill |
WHERE'S SPOT? |
| 1981 |
Chris Van Allsburg |
JUMANJI |
| 1982 |
Barbara Cooney |
MISS RUMPHIUS |
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Robin McKinley |
THE BLUE SWORD |
| 1983 |
Elizabeth George Speare |
THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER |
| 1984 |
Jack Prelutsky |
THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK |
| 1985 |
Virginia Hamilton |
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY |
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Patricia MacLachlan |
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL |
| 1986 |
Marcia Sewall |
THE PILGRIMS OF PLIMOTH |
| 1987 |
Russell Freedman |
LINCOLN:
A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY |
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James Marshall |
RED RIDING HOOD |
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Gary Paulsen |
HATCHET |
| 1988 |
David Macaulay |
THE WAY THINGS WORK |
| 1989 |
Jon Scieszka |
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS |
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Rosemary Wells |
MAX'S CHOCOLATE CHICKEN |
| 1990 |
Jerry Spinelli |
MANIAC MAGEE |
| 1991 |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
SHILOH |
| 1992 |
Michael Dorris |
MORNING GIRL |
| 1993 |
Lois Lowry |
THE GIVER |
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Allen Say |
GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY |
| 1994 |
Sharon Creech |
WALK TWO MOONS |
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Peggy Rathmann |
OFFICER GLORIA AND BUCKLE |
| 1995 |
Avi |
POPPY |
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Karen Cushman |
THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE |
| 1996 |
Kevin Henkes |
LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE |
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E. L. Konigsburg |
THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY |
| 1997 |
Patricia Reilly Giff |
LILY'S CROSSING |
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J. K. Rowling |
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE |
| 1998 |
Jacqueline Martin |
SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY |
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Louis Sachar |
HOLES |
| 1999 |
Christopher Curtis |
BUD, NOT BUDDY |
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Jerry Pinkney |
THE UGLY DUCKLING |
| 2000 |
Kate DiCamillo |
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE |
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D. B. Johnson |
HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG |
| 2001 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
THE
MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE (illustrated by
Christopher Bing) |
| 2002 |
Cornelia Funke |
THE THIEF LORD |
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Jack Prelutsky |
SCRANIMALS |
