Previous Winners

2008

Teen Favorite: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Tween: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Intermediate: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Non-Fiction: Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy

Picture Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont

2007

Teen: Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

Intermediate: Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng and Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

Non-Fiction: Geogra-Fleas! by Joan Holub

Picture Book: Pinduli by Janell Cannon

2006

Teen: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Intermediate: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Picture: My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

Non-Fiction: Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

2005

Picture Book: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague

Intermediate Book: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

Teen Book: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

2004

Picture Book: Muncha, Muncha, Muncha by Candace Fleming

Intermediate Book: Word Eater by Mary Amato

Teen Book: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

2003

Picture Book: The Water Hole by Graeme Base

Intermediate Book: Babe and Me by Dan Gutman

Teen Book: Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli

2002

Picture Book: Bark George by Jules Feiffer

Intermediate Book: Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia De Felice

Teen Book: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

2001

Picture Book: What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum

Intermediate Book: Weslandia by Paul Flesichman

Teen Book: Holes by Louis Sacher

2000

Picture Book: Chocolatina by Erik Kraft

Intermediate Book: Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

Teen Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

1999

Picture Book: Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch

Intermediate Book: Drive-By by Lynne Ewing

Teen Book: Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine

1998

Picture Book: Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Harold Nolen

Intermediate Book: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Teen Book: Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse

1997

Picture Book: The Toll Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff

Intermediate Book: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park

Teen Book: The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon

1996

Picture Book: Soft Child by Joe Hayes

Intermediate Book: Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville

Teen Book: Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

1995

Picture Book: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

Intermediate Book: Totally Disgusting by Bill Wallace

Teen Book: The Giver by Lois Lowry

1994

Picture Book: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell

Intermediate Book: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Teen Book: Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi

1993

Picture Book: The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

1991

Five Titles were honored:

Where's Waldo by Martin Handford

Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch

The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch by Trina Hakes Noble

1989

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

1987

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

1985

The Stupids Die by Harry Allard and James Marshall

1983

Superfudge by Judy Blume

1981

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard and James Marshall

1979

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

1977

Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume