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1922 - 1969

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Medal Winners 1922 - Present
Honor Winners 1970 - Present
Honor Winners: 1922 - 1969
1969
To Be a Slave Julius Lester
When Shemiel Went to Warsaw Isaac Bashevis Singer
1968
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William, McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth E.L. Konigsburg
The Black Pearl Scott O'Dell
The Fearsome Inn Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1967
The King's Fifth Scott O'Dell
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Jazz Man Mary Hays Weik
1966
The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander
The Animal Family Randall Jarrell
The Noonday Friends Mary Stoltz
1965
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era Sterling North
The Loner Ester Wier
1963
Thistle and Thyme Leclaire Alger
Men of Athens Olivia Coolidge
1962
Frontier Living Edwin Tunis
The Golden Goblet Eloise McGrraw
Belling the Tiger Mary Stoltz
1961
America Moves Forward Gerald Johnson
Old Ramon Jack Schaefer
The Cricket in Times Square George Selden
1960
My Side of the Mountain George Craighead
America is Born Gerald Johnson
The Gammage Cup

Carol Kendall

1959
The Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Carlson
Along Came a Dog Meindert Dejong
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa Francis Kalnay
The Perilous Road William O. Steele
1958
The Horsecatcher Mari Sandoz
Gone-Away Lake Elizabeth Enright
The Great Wheel Robert Lawson
Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle Leo Gurko
1957
Old Yeller Fred Gipson
The House of Sixty Fahters Meindert Dejong
Mr. Justice Holmes Clara Ingram Judson
The Corn Grows Ripe Dorothy Rhoads
Black Fox of Lorne Marguerite de Angeli
1956
The Secret River Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Golden Name Day Jennie Lindquist
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Katherine Shippen
1955
Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dagliesh
Banner in the Sky James Ulman
1954
All Alone Claire Hutchet Bishop
Shadrach Meindert Dejong
Hurry Home, Candy Meindert Dejong
Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot Clara Ingram Judson
Magic Maize Mary and Conrad Buff
1953
Charlotte's Web E.B. White
Moccasin Trail Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Red Sails to Capri Ann Weil
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Alice Dagliesh
Birthdays of Freedom, Volume I Genevieve Foster
1952
Americans Before Columbus Elizabeth Baity
Minn of the Mississippi Holling C. Holling
The Defender Nicholas Kalashnikoff
The Light at Tern Rock Julia Sauer
The Apple and the Arrow Mary and Conrad Buff
1951
Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Mabel Leigh Hunt
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Jeanette Eaton
Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People Clara Ingram Judson
The Story of Appleby Capple Anne Parrish
1950
Tree of Freedom Rebecca Caudill
The Blue Cat of Castle Town Catherine Coblentz
Kildee House Rutherford Montgomery
George Washington Genevieve Foster
Song of the Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin Walter and Marion Havighurst
1949
Seabird Holling C. Holling
Daughter of the Mountain Louise Rankin
My Father's Dragon Ruth Gannett
Story of the Negro Arna Bontemps
1948
Pancakes-Paris Claire Hutchet Bishop
Li Lun, Lad of Courage Carolyn Treffinger
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot Catherine Besterman
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories Harold Courlander
Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry
1947
Wonderful Year Nancy Barnes
Big Tree Mary and Conrad Buff
The Heavenly Tenants William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew Cyrus Fisher
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston Eleanor Jewett
1946
Justin Morgan Had a Horse Marguerite Henry
The Moved-Outers Florence Crannel Means
Bhisma, the Dancing Bear Christine Weston
New Found World Katherine Shippen
1945
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
The Silver Pencil Alice Dagliesh
Abraham Lincoln's World Genevieve Foster
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams Jeanette Eaton
1944
Those Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fog Magic Julia Sauer
Rufus M. Eleanor Estes
Mountain Born Elizabeth Yates
1943
The Middle Moffat Eleanor Estes
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Mabel Leigh Hunt
1942
Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder
George Washington's World Genevieve Foster
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison Lois Lenski
Down Ryton Water Eva Roe Gaggin
1941
Blue Willow Doris Gates
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver Mary Jane Carr
The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nansen Anna Gertrude Hall
1940
The Singing Tree Kate Seredy
Runner of the Mountain Tops Mabel Robinson
By the Shores of Silver Lake Laura Ingalls Wilder
Boy With a Pack Stephen Meader
1939
Nino Valenti Angelo
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater
Hello the Boat! Phyllis Crawford
Leader by Destiny Jeanette Eaton
Penn Elizabeth Janet Gray
1938
Pecos Bill James Cloyd Bowman
Bright Island Mabel Robinson
On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder
1937
Phoebe Fairchild: Her Book Lois Lenski
Whistler's Van Idwal Jones
The Golden Basket Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound Margery Bianco
The Codfish Musket Agnes Hewes
Audubon Constance Rourke
1936
Honk, the Moose Phil Stong
The Good Master Kate Seredy
Young Walter Scott Elizabeth Janet Gray
All Sail Set Armstrong Sperry
1935
Pageant of Chinese History Elizabeth Seeger
Davy Crockett Constance Rourke
Day on Skates Hilda Von Stockum
1934
The Forgotten Daughter Caroline Snedeker
Swords of Steel Elsie Singmaster
ABC Bunny Wanda Gag
Winged Girl of Knossos
Erik Berry
New Land Sarah Schmidt
Big Tree of Bunlahy Padraic Colum
Glory of the Seas Agnes Hewes
Apprentice of Florence Ann Kyle
1933
Swift Rivers Cornelia Meigs
The Railroad to Freedom Hildegarde Swift
Children of the Soil Nora Burglon
1932
The Fairy Circus Dorothy Lathrop
Calico Bush Rachel Field
Boy of the South Seas Eunice Tietjens
Out of the Flame Eloise Lownsbery
Jane's Island Marjorie Allee
Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy Mary Gould Davis
1931
Floating Island Anne Parrish
The Dark Star of Itza Alida Malkus
Queer Person Ralph Hubbard
Mountains are Free Julie Davis Adams
Spice and the Devil's Cave Agnes Hewes
Meggy MacIntosh Elizabeth Janet Gray
Garram the Hunter Herbert Best
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen
1930
A Daughter of the Siene Jeanette Eaton
Pran of Albania Elizabeth Miller
Jumping-Off Place Marion Hurd McNeely
The Tangle-Coated Horse Ella Young
Vaino Julia Davis Adams
Little Blacknose Hildegarde Swift
1929
Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo John Bennett
Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
The Boy Who Was Grace Hallock
Clearing Weather Cornelia Meigs
Runaway Papoose Grace Moon
Tod of the Fens Elinor Whitney
1928
The Wonder Smith and His Son Ella Young
Downright Dencey Caroline Snedeker
1926
The Voyagers Padraic Colum
1925
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story Annie Carroll Moore
The Dream Coach Anne Parrish
1922
The Great Quest Charles Hawes
Cedric the Forester Bernard Marshall
The Old Tobacco Shop William Bowen
The Golden Fleece and the Other Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum
The Windy Hill Cornelia Meigs