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Past Winners

2009

3 and underWho Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
4 to 7Zen Ties written and illustrated by Jon J Muth

2008

3 and under – Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes by Brian P. Cleary, illustrated by Betsy Snyder
4 to 7Do Unto Otters: A Book about Manners by Laurie Keller

2007

3 and underIn the Fiddle is a Song by Durga Bernhard
4 to 7I Love Our Earth by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Dan Lipow

2006

3 and underWiggle by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Scott Menchin
4 to 7Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue written and illustrated by Peter Catalanotto

2005

3 and underDown on the Farm by Merrily Kutner, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
4 to 7The Turn-Around, Upside Down Alphabet Book written and illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

2004

3 and underBabies on the Go by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Jane Dyer
4 to 7 – One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Ivan Bates

2003

3 and underHondo and Fabian by Peter McCarty, illustrated by Peter McCarty
4 to 7The Teddy Bear written and illustrated by David McPhail

2002

3 and underMay There Always Be Sunshine by Jim Gill, illustrated by Susie Signorino-Richards
4 to 7Kiss the Cow! By Phyllis Root, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

2001

3 and underCat and Mouse in the Snow written and illustrated by Tomeck Bogacki
4 to 7Can You Do This Old Badger by Eve Bunting, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

2000

3 and underWhat Can You Do in the Snow?  What Can You Do in the Rain?  What Can You Do in the Sun?  What Can You Do in the Wind? By Anna Grossnickle Hines, illustrated by Thea Kilros
4 to 7A-Hunting We Will Go written and illustrated by Steven Kellogg

1999

Due to changes in the month the Book Award was bestowed, the chosen books for 1999 were awarded in 2000.

1998

3 and under - My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells
4 to 7Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggery Shields, illustrated by Scott Nash

1997

3 and underFollow the Leader written and illustrated by Miela Ford
4 to 7Baboon written and illustrated by Kate Banks

1996

3 and underBear Play written and photographs by Miela Ford
4 to 7Sail Away written and illustrated by Donald Crews

1995

3 and underHippity Hop, Frog on Top by Natasha Wing, illustrated by DeLoss McGraw
4 to 7Prize in the Snow by Bill Easterling, illustrated by Mary Beth Owens

1994

Arnold Always Answers by Deborah Kotter, illustrated by Jane Conteh-Morgan

1993

Fiddle-I-fee written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

1992

In the Tall Tall Grass written and illustrated by Denise Fleming

1991

Maisy Goes to Bed written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins

1990

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs written and illustrated by Byron Barton

1989

Who’s Sick Today? written and illustrated Lynne Cherry

1988

Claude and Sun written and Illustrated by Matt Novak

1987

Who’s Counting? written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri

1986

Is it Larger or Smaller? written and illustrated by Tana Hoban

1985

What’s Inside? written and illustrated by Duanne Daughtry