Young Reader’s
Choice Award
Year
Title
Author
Year
Title
Author
1940
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
Dell J. McCormick
1981
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood
Ellen Conford
1941
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Richard and Florence
Atwater
1982
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
Deborah and James
Howe
1983
Superfudge
Judy Blume
1984
The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks
1985
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
Jamie Gilson
1986
The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright
Robert Kimmel Smith
1942
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder
1943
Lassie Come-Home
Eric Knight
1944
The Black Stallion
Walter Farley
1945
Snow Treasure
Marie McSwigan
1946
The Return of Silver Chief
Jack O’Brien
1947
Homer Price
Robert McCloskey
1948
The Black Stallion Returns
Walter Farley
1949
Cowboy Boots
Shannon Garst
1950
McElligot’s Pool
Dr. Seuss
1951
King of the Wind
Marguerite Henry
1952
Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague
Marguerite Henry
No awards, 1953–1955
1956
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars
Ellen MacGregor
1957
Henry and Ribsy
Beverly Cleary
1958
Golden Mare
William Corbin
1959
Old Yeller
Fred Gipson
1960
Henry and the Paper Route
Beverly Cleary
1961
Danny Dunn and the Homework
Machine
Jay Williams
1987
The War with Grandpa
1988
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Barthe DeClements
1989
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn
1990
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
Louis Sachar
1991
Ten Kids, No Pet
Ann M. Martin
1992
Danger in Quicksand Swamp
Bill Wallace
1993
Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
1994
Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor
1995
Terror at the Zoo
Peg Kehret
1996
The Giver
Lois Lowry
1997
Driver’s Ed
Caroline B. Cooney
1998
Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger
Louis Sachar
1999
Frindle
Andrew Clements
2000
A Mouse Called Wolf
Dick King-Smith
1962
The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
Stewart Holbrook
2001
Holes
Louis Sachar
1963
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
Jay Williams
2002
Bud, Not Buddy
1964
The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford
Christopher Paul
Curtis
1965
John F. Kennedy and PT-109
Richard Tregaskis
1966
Rascal
Sterling North
1967
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Ian Fleming
2003
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
2004
Skeleton Man
Joseph Bruchac
2005
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
2006
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
2007
Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke
2008
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of
a Stra
Ann M. Martin
2009
The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
Robert C. O’Brien
2011
Amulet: The Stonekeeper
Kazu Kibuishi
1968
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary
1969
Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service
Keith Robertson
1970
Smoke
William Corbin
1971
Ramona the Pest
Beverly Cleary
1972
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
Donald J. Sobol
1973
No award
1974
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1975
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
2012
11 Birthdays
Wendy Mass
1976
The Great Brain Reforms
John D. Fitzgerald
2013
The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan
1977
Blubber
Judy Blume
1978
The Great Brain Does It Again
John D. Fitzgerald
✽The Young Reader’s Choice Award is an annual book award chosen
1979
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor
by students from the Pacific Northwest. It is run by the Pacific Northwest
1980
Ramona and Her Father
Beverly Cleary
Library Association, and was established in 1940, making it the oldest
children’s choice award in the U.S. and Canada.