| Year | Title | | Author |
2008/09 | The Stonekeeper (Amulet Book 1) - Fiction Help Me, Mr. Mutt! - Picture Book | | Kazu Kibuishi Janet Stevens |
| 2007/08 | Stormbreaker | | Anthony Horowitz |
| 2006/07 | Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) | | Christopher Paolini |
| 2005/06 | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism | | Georgia Byng |
| 2004/05 | The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles #1) | | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| 2003/04 | Artemis Fowl | | Eoin Colfer |
| 2002/03 | Little Wolf's Book of Badness | | Ian Whybrow |
| 2001/02 | The Breadwinner | | Deborah Ellis |
| 2000/01 | Holes | | Louis Sachar |
| 1999/00 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | J.K. Rowling |
| 1998/99 | Awake and Dreaming | | Kit Pearson |
| 1997/98 | Poppy | | Avi |
| 1996/97 | Walk Two Moons | | Sharon Creech |
| 1995/96 | The Giver | | Lois Lowry |
| 1994/95 | The Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade | | Bill Wallace |
| 1993/94 | How Come the Best Clues are Always in the Garbage | | Linda Bailey |
| 1992/93 | The Sky is Falling | | Kit Pearson |
| 1991/92 | Secret of the Cards | | Sonia Craddock |
| 1990/91 | There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom | | Louis Sachar |
| 1989/90 | Hatchet | | Gary Paulsen |
| 1988/89 | Pop Bottles | | Ken Roberts |
| 1987/88 | Sixth Grade Sleep Over | | Eve Bunting |
| 1986/87 | Ralph S. Mouse | | Beverly Cleary |
| 1985/86 | Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | | Stephen Manes |
| 1984/85 | The Secret of Spirit Mountain | | Helen Olson |
| 1983/84 | The Toothpaste Genie | | Sandy Duncan |
| 1982/83 | Ramona and her Mother | | Beverly Cleary |
| 1981/82 | Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood | | Ellen Conford |
| 1980/81 | The Pinballs | | Betsy Byers |
| 1979/80 | The Goof That Won the Pennant | | Jonah Kalb |
| 1978/79 | Danny the Champion of the World | | Roald Dahl |
| 1977/78 | Freaky Friday | | Mary Rodgers |
| 1976/77 | Me and My Little Brain | | John Fitzgerald |
| 1975/76 | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | | Roald Dahl |
| 1974/75 | The Mouse and the Motorcycle | | Beverly Cleary |
| 1973/74 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | Roald Dahl |
| 1972/73 | Charlotte's Web | | E.B. White |