Reading List for the General Public
Classic Works of Fiction
Contemporary Works of Fiction
Works of World Drama
Works of Children's Literature
A Reading List for Children
These books were selected for literary and artistic merit, for positive contributions to the literary background of children ages 4 through 12, for examples of the work of significant authors and illustrators, and for value as memorable and enjoyable family reading. Reading levels are arbitrarily noted as P (Primary) for readers aged 4 through 8 and I (Intermediate) for readers aged 9 through 12. Many books could be used at both levels. The three divisions of the children's list follow the pattern of the adult list.
We have added a list of the winners of the prestigious NEWBERY MEDAL for the best work of children's literature and the CALDECOTT MEDAL for the best illustrated book for children. Many of these books have become classics and are listed on one of our other lists.
CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S FICTION
Alexander, Lloyd, The High King (American, 1968)--I
A search for identity in fantasy kingdoms.
Allard, Harry, Miss Nelson Is Missing (American,
1977)--P
Is it really a substitute teacher?
Anno, Mitsumasa, Anno's Alphabet (Japanese, 1975)--P
Unusual perceptions in an ABC book.
Armstrong, William H., Sounder (American, 1969)--I
A black sharecropper and his coon dog.
Babbitt, Natalie, Tuck Everlasting (American,
1975)--I
A chance for immortality.
Bawden, Nina, The Peppermint Pig (English, 1975)--I
A very special pig's antics make him the talk of the town.
Blume, Judy, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
(American, 1970)--I
Coming of age today.
Brown, March, Arthur's Nose (American, 1976)--P
An anteater in people's clothing.
Brown, Margaret Wise, Goodnight Moon (American,
1947)--P
Bedtime talk makes saying good night easier.
Burch, Robert, Ida Early Comes over the Mountain
(American, 1980)--I
Tough times in Georgia take a lively turn when Ida arrives.
Burningham, John, Mr. Gumpy's Outing (English,
1971)--P
Animals take a boat ride.
Byars, Betsy, The Pinballs (American, 1977)--I
Three foster children become a family.
Carle, Eric, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (American,
1970)--P
Delicious meals are eaten each day.
Caudill, Rebecca, Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie?
(American,1966)--P
An Appalachian boy during his first year at school.
Cleary, Beverly, Dear Mr. Henshaw (American, 1983)--P
Letters to an author tell the story of a boy's problem family.
Cleaver, Vera and Bill, Where the Lilies Bloom (American,
1969)--I
An Appalachian family fends for itself.
Clifford, Eth, The Year of the Three-Legged Deer (American,
1971)--I
Racial unrest between Indians and whites on the Indiana frontier.
Clifton, Lucille, My Friend Jacob (American, 1980)--P
A young black child has a slower boy as his best friend.
Coerr, Eleanor, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
(American,1977)--I
Though her family and friends help Sadako fold paper cranes, she cannot
be saved from "the atom bomb disease."
Collier, James Lincoln and Christopher Collier, My
Brother Sam is Dead (American, 1974)--P
Conflicting loyalties within a family during the Revolutionary War.
Cooper, Susan, The Dark Is Rising (American, 1973)--P
A struggle between the forces of good and evil.
Cresswell, Helen, Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part
of the Bagthorpe Saga (English, 1977)--I
Uproarious and chaotic life amongst a family of eccentrics.
Dahl, Roald, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(English, 1964)--I
Five children have marvelous adventures in Willy Wonka's Chocolate
Factory.
de Paola, Tomie, Strega Nona (American, 1975)--P
Big Anthony meddles with the magic pot.
Eckert, Allan W., Incident at Hawk's Hill (American,
1971)--I
A child's survival among animals.
Engdahl, Sylvia, Enchantress from the Stars (American,
1970)--I
Love triumphs in this science fiction story.
Fitzgerald, John D., The Great Brain (American,
1967)--I
Growing up in Utah can be hilarious.
Fitzhugh, Louise, Harriet the Spy (American, 1964)--I
A budding writer becomes an outsider.
Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy (American, 1986)--I
A young prince and a poor whipping boy trade identities in this medieval
suspense tale.
Fox, Paula, One-Eyed Cat (American, 1984)--I
Did an angry act of a boy result in a maimed cat?
Friis-Baasted, Babbies, Don't Take Teddy (Norwegian,
1967)--I
A boy runs away to protect his brother.
George, Jean C., Julie of the Wolves (American,
1972)--I
An Eskimo girl learns to survive in the Arctic.
Greene, Betty, Summer of My German Soldier (American,
1973)--I
A World War II story in the U.S. South.
Greene, Constance C., A Girl Called Al (American,
1969)--I
Two girls become special friends.
Hamilton, Virginia, The House of Dies Drear (American,
1968)--I
Thomas solves a mystery dating back to the underground railroad.
Haugaard, Erik Christian, The Little Fishes (Danish,
1967)--I
Orphans in World War II in Italy struggle to survive.
Hickman, Janet, The Valley of the Shadow (American,
1974)--i
Moravian missionaries caught in the midst of the Revolution.
Hill, Elizabeth Starr, Evan's Corner (American,
1967)--P
A black child wants a special place of his own.
Hoban, Russell, Bread and Jam for Frances (American,
1964)--P
A lovable badger gets into mischief.
Howe, Deborah and James, Bunnicula: A Rabbit-tale
of Mystery (American,1979)--I
A dog tells what happens when his family acquires a vampire-like rabbit.
Hunt, Irene, Across Five Aprils (American, 1964)--I
The Civil War is seen through the eyes of a young boy.
Hutchins, Pat, Rosie's Walk (English, 1968)--P
The hen unknowingly outwits the fox.
Irwin, Hadley, The Lilith Summer (American, 1979)--I
Ellen grows to understand the feelings of older people.
Keats, Ezra Jack, The Snowy Day (American, 1962)--P
A young black boy delights in the snow.
Konigsberg, E. L., From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler (American, 1968)--I
Claudia runs away and solves a mystery in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
Kraus, Robert, Leo the Late Bloomer (American,
1971)--P
Father wonders if the young tiger will ever bloom.
L'Engle, Madeleine, A Wrinkle in Time (American,
1962)--I
Three children go on a quest in a distant time period.
LeGuin, Ursula, A Wizard of Earthsea (American,
1968)--I
A young man hunts for an evil spirit.
Lewis, C. S., The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
(English, 1951)--I
Four English children find the mythical Narnia.
Lindgren, Astrid, Pippi Longstocking (Swedish,
1950)--I
The escapades of a free-spirited Swedish girl are exciting.
Lionni, Leo, Swimmy (American, 1963)--P
When all the fish join together, they are powerful.
Lowry, Lois, Anastasia Krupnik (American, 1979)--I
Family life through the eyes of a 10-year-old girl.
MacLachlan, Patricia, Sarah, Plain and Tall (American,
1985)--I
A mail-order bride fulfills this prairie family.
Mathis, Sharon Bell, The Hundred Penny Box (American,
1975)--I
Love grows between a black child and his elderly aunt.
Mayer, Mercer, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog (American,
1967)--P
This trio of friends enjoys fun in a wordless book.
Miles, Miska, Annie and the Old One (American,
1971)--P
Love between the generations of a Navaho family.
Minarik, Else Holmelund, Little Bear (American,
1957)--P
Mother Bear has a loving relationship with Little Bear.
Monjo, F. N., The Drinking Gourd (American, 1970)--P
A family helps slaves on the underground railroad.
Morey, Walt, Gentle Ben (Canadian, 1965)--I
Friendship grows between a boy and an Alaskan brown bear.
Ness, Evaline, Sam, Bangs and Moonshine (American,
1966)--P
Little lies cause big trouble.
Norton, Mary, The Borrowers (American, 1953)--I
Little folks borrow from humans.
O'Brien, Robert C., Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
(American, 1972)--I
A widowed mouse seeks help from not-so-ordinary rats.
O'Dell, Scott, Island of the Blue Dolphins (American,
1960)--I
A girl survives on a Pacific island.
Parrish, Peggy, Amelia Bedelia (American, 1970)--P
An overly-literal housemaid has amusing adventures.
Paterson, Katherine, Come Sing, Jimmy Jo (American,
1985)--I
A boy gifted with music grows up in Appalachia.
Peck, Robert, Soup (American, 1974)--I
Boyhood good times in rural Vermont of the '20s.
Raskin, Ellen, The Westing Game (American, 1978)--I
Heirs are given clues and $10,000 to find the answer.
Rawls, Wilson, Where the Red Fern Grows (American,
1961)--I
A boy's remarkable hunting dogs' victory is short-lived.
Richter, Hans Peter, Friedrich (German, 1970)--I
Two boys, Nazi and Jewish, in early World War II Germany.
Robinson, Barbara, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
(American, 1972)--I
A rowdy family alters the traditional pageant.
Rylant, Cynthia, A Fine White Dust (American,
1986)--I
During a religious conversion a young boy becomes infatuated with
the Preacher Man who later betrays him.
Sachs, Marilyn, The Bear's House (American, 1971)--I
Fran Ellen survives hardships by fantasizing another life.
Selden, George, Cricket in Times Square (American,
1960)--I
Chester has adventures during his New York City summer.
Sendak, Maurice, Where the Wild Things Are (American,
1963)--P
An adventure with monsters ends securely at home.
Shulevitz, Uri, Rain Rain Rivers (American, 1969)--P
A rainy day in the city and country.
Slobodkina, Esphyr, Caps for Sale (American, 1947)--P
A peddler tricks monkeys.
Slote, Alfred, Hang Tough, Paul Mather (American,
1973)--I
Baseball helps Paul meet life when he learns he has an incurable disease.
Smith, Doris, A Taste of Blackberries (American,
1973)--I
Jamie's antics make him special to his best friend who learns to cope
with grief when a prank ends in tragedy.
Speare, Elizabeth George, Sign of the Beaver (American,
1983)--I
A boy survives with the help of Indians in Maine.
Steptoe, John, Stevie (American, 1969)--P
A black child tells of his pesky friend.
Sutcliff, Rosemary, Blood Feud (English, 1976)--I
An English boy is carried away and sold into slavery.
Taylor, Mildred, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(American, 1976)--I
Cassie and her black family struggle to maintain their integrity,
pride, and independence during the Depression.
Van Allsburg, Chris, The Polar Express (American,
1985)--P
A Christmas Eve journey brings a gift that becomes a longtime remembrance
of the magic of Christmas.
Viorst, Judith, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,
No Good, Very Bad Day (American, 1972)--P
Days might be even worse in Australia.
Waber, Bernard, Ira Sleeps Over (American, 1972)--P
The trauma of the first night away from home.
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima, So Far from the Bamboo Grove
(American, 1986)--I
An 11-year old girl escapes from Korea to Japan at the end of World
War II.
White, E. B., Charlotte's Web (American, 1952)--P
A spider and a pig build an abiding friendship.
Wojciechowska, Maia, Shadow of a Bull (American,
1964)--I
A Spanish boy learns to make his own decisions.
Yep, Laurence, Child of the Owl (American, 1977)--I
A Chinese-American girl comes to a greater understanding of and appreciation
for her dual identity.
Yorinks, Arthur, Hey, All! (American, 1986)--P
Life seems dull until Paradise becomes risky.
Zei, Alki, Wildcat under Glass (Greek, 1968)--I
An adventure story set in politically turbulent Greece in the 1930s.
Zemach, Margot, To Hilda for Helping (American,
1977)--P
Two sisters live through the complexity of the relationship.
Zolotow, Charlotte, William's Doll (American,
1972)--P
Grandmother is the only one who understands why William wants a doll.
Contemporary Fiction for Children || Contemporary
Poetry for Children
Classic Fiction for Children
CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S POETRY
Adoff, Arnold, All the Colors of the Race (American, 1982)
Baylor, Byrd, Hawk, I'm Your Brother (American, 1976)
Benet, Stephen Vincent, The Ballad of William Sycamore (American, 1972)
Ciardi, John, You Read to Me, I'll Read to You (American, 1962)
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, Sparrow Bush (American, 1966)
Cole, William, Oh, Such Foolishness! (American, 1978)
Esbensen, Barbara Justen, Words with Wrinkled Knees (American, 1986)
Fisher, Aileen, Feathered Ones and Furry (American, 1971)
Froman, Robert, Seeing Things: A Book of Poems (American, 1974)
Greenfield, Eloise, Honey, I Love (American, 1986)
Hoberman, Mary Ann, Yellow Butter Purple Jelly Red Jam Black Bread (American, 1976)
Hughes, Langston, Don't You Turn Back (American, 1969)
Kennedy, X. J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy, Knock at a Star (American, 1982)
Koch, Kenneth and Kate Farrell, Talking to the Sun (American, 1985)
Kuskin, Karla, Near the Window Tree (American, 1975)
Larrick, Nancy, When the Dark Comes Dancing (American, 1983)
Lee, Dennis, Alligator Pie (Canadian, 1974)
Livingston, Myra Cohn, The Way Things Are and Other Poems (American, 1974)
McCord, David, One at a Time (American, 1986)
Merriam, Eve, It Doesn't Always Have to Rhyme (American, 1964)
Milne, A. A., When We Were Very Young (English, 1961)
Moore, Lilian, Something New Begins (American, 1982)
Prelutsky, Jack, The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (American,1983)
Rylant, Cynthia, Waiting to Waltz (American, 1984)
Silverstein, Shel, Where the Sidewalk Ends (American, 1974)
Willard, Nancy, A Visit to William Blake's Inn (American, 1981)
Wilner, Isabel, The Poetry Troupe: An Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud (American, 1977)
Contemporary Fiction for Children || Contemporary
Poetry for Children
Classic Fiction for Children
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S FICTION
Alcott, Louisa May, Little Women (American, 1868)--I
Andersen, Hans Christian, Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Danish,1874)--P
Atwater, Richard and Florence, Mr. Popper's Penguins (American, 1938)--I
Barrie, Sir James M., Peter Pan (English, 1903)--I
Baum, L. Frank, The Wizard of Oz (American, 1900)--I
Bemelmans, Ludwig, Madeline (American, 1939)--P
Bond, Michael, A Bear Called Paddington (English, 1960)--P
Brink, Carol R., Caddie Woodlawn (American, 1925)--I
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, The Secret Garden (English, 1911)--I
Burton, Virginia Lee, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (American, 1939)--P
Collodi, Carlo, The Adventures of Pinocchio (Italian, 1892)--P
de Brunhoff, Jean, The Story of Babar (French, 1933)--P
Estes, Eleanor, The Hundred Dresses (American, 1944)--I
Flack, Marjorie, Ask Mr. Bear (American, 1932)--P
Gag, Wanda, Millions of Cats (American, 1928)--P
Gipson, Fred, Old Yeller (American, 1956)--I
Grahame, Kenneth, The Wind in the Willows (English, 1908)--P
Kipling, Rudyard, The Jungle Book (English, 1894)--P
Lawson, Robert, Rabbit Hill (American, 1944)--P
Leaf, Munro, The Story of Ferdinand (American, 1936)--P
McCloskey, Robert, Homer Price (American, 1943)--I
Milne, A. A., Winnie-the-Pooh (English, 1926)--P
Montgomery, Lucy Maud, Anne of Green Gables (Canadian, 1908)--I
Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (English, 1901)--P
Rey, H. A., Curious George (American, 1941)--P
Seuss, Dr., Horton Hatches the Egg (American, 1940)--P
Sperry, Armstrong, Call It Courage (American, 1940)--I
Spyri, Johanna, Heidi (Swiss, 1884)--I
Travers, Pamela, Mary Poppins (American, 1934)--I
Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (American, 1903)--I
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Little House in the Big Woods (American, 1932)--I
Contemporary Fiction for Children || Contemporary
Poetry for Children
Classic Fiction for Children
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
You can find more information and a full list of winners and honored books at the Newbery Medal Home Page.
YEAR - AUTHOR -- TITLE
2001 Richard Peck. A Year Down Yonder
2000 Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy
1999 Louis Sachar. Holes
1998 Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust
1997 E.L. Konigsburg. The View from Saturday
1996 Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice
1995 Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons
1994 Lois Lowry. The Giver
1993 Cynthia Rylant. Missing May
1992 Phyllis R. Naylor. Shiloh
1991 Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee
1990 Lois Lowry. Number the Stars
1989 Paul Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
1988 Russell Freedman. Lincoln: A Photobiography
1987 Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy
1986 Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall
1985 Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown
1984 Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw
1983 Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song
1982 Nancy Willard. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent & Experienced Travelers.
1981 Katherine Paterson. Jacob Have I Loved
1980 Joan W. Blos. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
1979 Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game
1978 Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia
1977 Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1976 Susan Cooper. The Grey King
1975 Virginia Hamilton. M. C. Higgins the Great
1974 Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer
1973 Jean C. George. Julie of the Wolves
1972 Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1971 Betsy Byars. Summer of the Swans
1970 William H. Armstrong. Sounder
1969 Lloyd Alexander. The High King
1968 E. L. Konigsburg. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1967 Irene Hunt. Up a Road Slowly
1966 Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. I, Juan de Pareja
1965 Maia Wojciechowska. Shadow of a Bull
1964 Emily Neville. It's Like This, Cat
1963 Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time
1962 Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow
1961 Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins
1960 Joseph Krumgold. Onion John
1959 Elizabeth George Speare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
1958 Harold Keith. Rifles for Watie
1957 Virginia Sorenson. Miracles on Maple Hill
1956 Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
1955 Meindert DeJong. The Wheel on the School
1954 Joseph Krumgold. And Now Miguel
1953 Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes
1952 Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye
1951 Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man
1950 Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall
1949 Marguerite Henry. King of the Wind
1948 William Pene du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons
1947 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Miss Hickory
1946 Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl
1945 Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill
1944 Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain
1943 Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road
1942 Walter Dumaux Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun
1941 Armstrong Sperry. Call It Courage
1940 James Daugherty. Daniel Boone
1939 Elizabeth Enright. Thimble Summer
1938 Kate Seredy. The White Stag
1937 Ruth Sawyer. Roller Skates
1936 Carol Ryrie Brink. Caddie Woodlawn
1935 Monica Shannon. Dobry
1934 Cornelia Lynde Meigs. Story of the Author of "Little Women": Invincible Louisa.
1933 Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. Young Fu of The Upper Yangtze
1932 Laura Adams Armer. Waterless Mountain
1931 Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930 Rachel Lyman Field. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1929 Eric P. Kelly. Trumpeter of Krakow
1928 Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Gay-Neck
1927 Will James. Smoky, the Cowhorse
1926 Arthur Bowie Chrisman. Shen of the Sea
1925 Charles Joseph Finger. Tales from Silver Lands
1924 Charles Boardman Hawes. The Dark Frigate
1923 Hugh Lofting. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
1922 Hendrik Willem Van Loon. The Story of Mankind
Contemporary Fiction for Children || Contemporary
Poetry for Children
Classic Fiction for Children
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service for Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
You can find more information and a complete list of medal winners and runner-up books at the Caldecott Medal Home Page.
YEAR - ILLUSTRATOR -- TITLE
2001 David Small. So You Want to be President?
2000 Simms Taback. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
1999 Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley
1998 Paul O. Zelinsky. Rapunzel
1997 David Wisniewski. Golem
1996 Peggy Rathmann. Officer Buckle and Gloria
1995 David Diaz. Smoky Night
1994 Allen Say. Grandfather's Journey
1993 Emily Arnold McCully. Mirette on the High Wire
1992 David Wiesner. Tuesday
1991 David Macaulay. Black and White
1990 Ed Young. Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China
1989 Karen Ackerman. Song and Danceman
1988 Jane Yolen. Owl Moon
1987 Richard Egielski. Hey, Al
1986 Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express
1985 Trina Schart Hyman. Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend
1984 Alice & Martin Provensen. The Glorious Flight
1983 Marcia Brown. Shadow
1982 Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji
1981 Arnold Lobel. Fables
1980 Barbara Cooney. Ox-Cart Man
1979 Paul Goble. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
1978 Peter Spier. Noah's Ark
1977 Leo & Diane Dillon. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
1976 Leo & Diane Dillon. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
1975 Gerald McDermott. Arrow to the Sun
1974 Margot Zemach. Duffy and the Devil
1973 Blair Lent. The Funny Little Woman
1972 Nonny Hogrogian. One Fine Day
1971 Gail E. Haley. A Story, A Story
1970 William Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1969 Uri Shulevitz. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1968 Ed Emberley. Drummer Hoff
1967 Evaline Ness. Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
1966 Nonny Hogrogian. Always Room for One More
1965 Beni Montresor. May I Bring a Friend?
1964 Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are
1963 Ezra Jack Keats. The Snowy Day
1962 Marcia Brown. Once a Mouse...; a fable cut in wood
1961 Nicolas Sidjakov. Baboushka and the Three Kings
1960 Marie Hall Ets & Aurora Labastida. Nine Days to Christmas
1959 Barbara Cooney. Chanticleer and the Fox
1958 Robert McCloskey. Time of Wonder
1957 Marc Simont. A Tree Is Nice
1956 Feodor Rojankovsky. Frog Went a-Courtin'
1955 Marcia Brown. Cinderella
1954 Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline's Rescue
1953 Lynd Ward. The Biggest Bear
1952 Nicolas Mordvinoff. Finders Keepers
1951 Katherine Milhous. The Egg Tree
1950 Leo Politi. Song of the Swallows
1949 Berta & Elmer Hader. The Big Snow
1948 Roger Duvoisin. White Snow, Bright Snow
1947 Leonard Weisgard. The Little Island
1946 Maud & Miska Petersham. The Rooster Crows; a Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
1945 Elizabeth Orton Jones. A Prayer for a Child
1944 Lois Slobodkin. Many Moons
1943 Virginia Lee Burton. The Little House
1942 Robert McCloskey. Make Way for Ducklings
1941 Robert Lawson. They Were Strong and Good
1940 Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Abraham Lincoln
1939 Thomas Handforth. Mei Li
1938 Dorothy Lathrop. Animals of the Bible