1981 - Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
1982 - Superfudge by Judy Blume
1983 - A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace
1984 - Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
1985 - Skinny Bones by Barbara Park
1986 - The Doll House Murders by Betty Ren Wright
1987 - The Hot and Cold Summer by Joanna Hurwitz
1988 - Christina's Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
1989 - Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
1990 - There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
1991 - Alien's for Breakfast by Johnathan Etra & Stephanie Spinner
1992 - Snot Stew by Bill Wallace
1993 - Houdini Box by Brian Selznick
1994 - Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor
1995 - The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka
1996 - Time for Andrew Mary Downing Hahn
1997 - Math Curse by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
1998 - Tornado by Betsy Byars
1999 - Verdi by Janell Cannon
2000 - The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
2001 - Cooka Doodle Doo by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummels
2002 - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2003 - The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson
2005 - Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy by Phil Bildner
2006 - Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta by Lisa Wheeler
2007 - Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma by Joe Hayes