2020 Winner: Dandy written by Ame Dyckman

2019 Winner: Can I Be Your Dog? written by Troy Cummings

2018 Winner: Pug Meets Pig written by Sue Lowell Gallion, illustrated by Joyce Wan

2017 Winner: 10 Little Ninjas written by Miranda Paul

2016 Winner: Bunnies!!! written by Kevan Atteberry; New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

2015 Winner: Naked! written by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Simon & Schuster (c) 2014

2014 Winner: Mustache Baby written by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Joy Ang. Clarion Books, 2013

2013 Winner: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons written by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean. New York: Harper Collins, c2012

2012 Winner: Press Here written and illustrated by Herve Tullet, translated by Christopher Franceschelli. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2011.

2011 Winner: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes written by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean. New York: HarperCollins, c2010

2010 Winner: The Pout-Pout Fish written by Deborah Diesen. illustrated by Dan Hanna. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, c2008

2009 Winner: Bye-Bye Big Bad Bullybug written by Ed Emberly. New York: LB Kids, c2007.

2008 Winner: Llama Llama Mad at Mama written by Anna Dewdney. New York: Viking, c2007.

2007 Winner: Move Over Rover! written by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Jane Dyer. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, c2006.

2005 Winner: Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. Boston: Little, Brown, 2004.

2004 Winner: Bubble Bath Pirates! written by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. New York: Viking, 2003. 

2003 Winner: The Little School Bus written by Carol Roth, illustrated by Pamela Paparone. New York: North South Books, 2002.

2002 Winner: Who Took the Cookies From the Cookie Jar? written by Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Ashley Wolff. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 2000. 

2001 Winner: Two Cool Coyotes written by Jullian Lund, illustrated by Jillian Lund. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1999.

2000 Winner: Bark, George written and illustrated by Jules Fieffer. [S.I.]: HarperCollins, 1999.

1999 Winner: No, David! written and illustrated by David Shannon. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1998. 

1998 Winner: Cock-A-Doodle-Moo written and illustrated by Bernard Most. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1996.

1997 Winner: "Hi, Pizza Man!" written by Virginia Walter, illustrated by Ponder Goembel. New York: Orchard Books, 1995.

1996 Winner: Splash, Splash written by Jeff Sheppard, illustrated by Dennis Panek. New York: Macmillan, 1994.