Volunteer State Book Award Winners 1978-present
CHILDREN'S CHOICE BOOK AWARD 1978-1988
DATE
TITLE
AUTHOR
ILLUSTRATOR
P.DATE
PUBLISHER
 
1978-79
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rockwell, Thomas
McCully, Emily
1973
Watts
 
1979-80
Ramona and Her Father
Cleary, Beverly
Tiegreen, Alan
1977
Morrow
 
1980-81
Shadows
Hall, Lynn
 
1977
Follett
 
1981-82
Superfudge
Blume, Judy
 
1980
Dutton
 
1982-83
The Cybil War
Byars, Betsy
Owens, Gail
1981
Viking
 
1983-84
Return to Howliday Inn
Howe, James
 
1982
Atheneum
 
1984-85
When the Boys Ran the House
Carris, Joan
 
1983
Harper
 
1985-86
Operation: Dump the Chump
Park, Barbara
 
1982
Knopf
 
1986-87
Skinnybones
Park, Barbara
 
1982
Knopf
 
1987-88
The War with Grandpa
Smith, Robert
Lauter, Richard
1984
Delacorte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VOLUNTEER STATE BOOK AWARD 1988-
1988-89
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories
Schwartz, Alvin
Zimmer, Dirk
1984
Harper
 
4-6
Wait Till Helen Comes, a Ghost Story
Hahn, Mary
 
1986
Clarion
 
7-9
Dogsong; a novel
Paulsen, Gary
 
1986
Bradbury
 
10-12
Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Voigt, Cynthia
 
1986
Atheneum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1989-90
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Abiyoyo
Seeger, Pete
Hays, Michael
1986
Macmillan
 
4-6
Christina's Ghost
Wright, Betty
 
1985
Holiday
 
7-9
Putting on an Act
Killien, Christi
 
1986
Houghton
 
10-12
Locked in Time
Duncan, Lois
 
1985
Little
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1990-91
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks
Cole, Joanna
Degen, Bruce
1986
Scholastic
 
4-6
Beetles, Lightly Toasted
Naylor, Phyllis
 
1986
Atheneum
 
7-9
The Shadow Club
Shusterman, Neal
 
1988
Little
 
10-12
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Deaver, Julie
 
1988
Harper
 
1991-92
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
No Jumping on the Bed!
Arnold, Tedd
 
1987
Dial
 
4-6
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Sachar, Louis
 
1987
Knopf
 
7-9
A Sudden Silence
Bunting, Eve
 
1988
Harcourt
 
10-12
Don’t look Behind You
Duncan, Lois
 
1989
Delacourt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1992-93
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
The Very Quiet Cricket
Carle, Eric
 
1990
Philomel
 
4-6
Wayside School is Falling Down
Sachar, Louis
 
1990
Camelot
 
7-9
The Killing Freeze
Hall, Lynn
 
1988
Morrow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1993-94
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Taily Po
Wahl, Jan
 
1991
Holt
 
4-6
Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies
Bunting, Eve
 
1990
Lippincott
 
YA
Don't Look Behind You
Duncan, Lois
 
1989
Delacorte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1994-95
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Land of Gray Wolf
Locker, Thomas
 
1991
Dial
 
4-6
Fudge-A-Mania
Blume, Judy
 
1990
Dutton
 
YA
The Face on the Milk Carton
Cooney, Caroline
 
1990
Bantam
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1995-96
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
The Three little wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Trivizas, Eugene
 
1993
MacMillan
 
4-6
The Ghosts of Mercy Manor
Wright, Betty Ren
 
1993
Scholastic
 
YA
Heart of a Champion
Deuker, Carl
 
1993
Joy Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1996-97
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Dogzilla
Pilkey, Dav
 
1993
Harcourt
 
4-6
The Best/Worst School Year Ever
Robinson, Barbara
 
1994
Harper/Collins
 
YA
Deadly Deception
Haynes, Betsy
 
1994
Delacorte
 
1997-98
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Hallo-Wiener
Pilkey, Dav
 
1995
Scholastic
 
4-6
Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body
Strasser, Todd
 
1994
Scholastic
 
YA
Driver's Ed
Cooney, Caroline
 
1994
Delacorte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1998-99
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Martha Calling
Meddaugh, Susan
 
1994
Houghton
 
4-6
Shiloh Season
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
 
1996
Atheneum
 
YA
Tears of a Tiger
Draper, Sharon
 
1994
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1999-00
 
 
 
 
 
K-3
Parts
Arnold, Tedd
 
1997
Dial
4-6
Million Dollar Shot
Gutman, Dan
 
1997
Hyperion
YA
Brian’s Winter
Paulsen, Gary
 
1996
Delacorte
.
2000-01
Pickin’ Peas
Margaret MacDonald
 
1998
HarperCollins
 
Holes
Louis Sachar
 
1998
Farrar, Straus
 
Gallows Hill
Lois Duncan
 
1997
Bantam
.
2001-2002
Hooway for Wodney Wat
Helen Lester
Lynn Munsinger
1999
Houghton Mifflin
.
...
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
.
.1998
Delacorte
.
.
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
.
1999
Farrar, Straux, Giroux
.
.
Smart Dog
Vivian Vande Velde
.
1998
Harcourt
.
2002-2003
Cosmos Zooms
Arthur Howard
.
1999
Harcourt
.
.
Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
.
2000
Candlewick
.
.
The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot
.
2000
HarperCollins
.
2003-2004
The Baby Beebee Bird
Diane Redfield Massie
Stephen Kellogg
2000
HarperCollins
.
.
Love That Dog
Sharon Creech
.
2001
HarperCollins
.
.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Anne Brashares
.        
2001
Random House Children's Books
.
2004-2005
Epossumondas
Coleen Salley
Janet Stevens
2002
Harcourt
.
.
Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech
.
2002
Joanna Cotler
.
.
The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer
.
2001
Atheneum (Richard Jackson)
.
2005-2006 Bad Boys Marge Palatini Henry Cole 2003 HarperCollins .
  The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo   2003 Candlewick Press  
  Eragon Christopher Paolini   2003 Knopf  
2006-2007

Big-Enough Anna: the Little Sled Dog who Braved the Arctic

 

 

 

Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon

 

 

 

Bill Farnsworth 

 

2003 Alaska Northwest Books  
  The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story  Mary Downing Hahn   2004 Clarion Books  
  One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies Sonya Sones   2004 Simon & Schuster  
2007-2008 Bad Kitty Nick Bruel   2005 Roaring Brook Press  
  The Ghost's Grave Peg Kehret   2005 Dutton Children's Books  
  Twilight Stephanie Meyers   2005 Little, Brown, & Co.  
2008-2009 I Ain't Gunna Paint No More! Karen Beaumont David Catrow 2005 Harcourt  
 

A Dog’s Life

 

Ann Martin   2005 Scholastic  
 

The Lightning Thief

 

Rick Riordan   2006 Miramax