GSCBA Past Winners
PAST WINNERS
Early Readers
2023 Mo Willems for I Want to Sleep Under the Stars!
2022 Cece Bell for Smell My Foot!
2021 Tedd Arnold for Fly Guy and the Alienzz
2020 Kallie George for Duck, Duck Dinosaur: Bubble Blast
2019 (Tie) Tedd Arnold for Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas and Mo Willems for The Thank You Book
2018 Mo Willems for I Will Take a Nap!
2017 Mo Willems for My New Friend Is So Fun!
2016 Tedd Arnold for Fly Guy and the Frakenfly
2015 Tedd Arnold for There's a Fly Guy in My Soup
2014 Tedd Arnold for Fly Guy vs. the Flyswatter
2013 Tedd Arnold for Buzz Boy and Fly Guy
2012 Lori Haskins Houran and illustrator Joe Mathieu for Too Many Cats
2011 Diane ZuHone Shore for How to Drive Your Sister Crazy
2010 Mo Willems for Today I Will Fly!
2009 Tedd Arnold for Super Fly Guy
2008 Carol Wallace and illustrator Steve Bjorkman for One Nosy Pup
2007 Lola M. Schaefer (pictures by Sylvie Wickstrom) for Loose Tooth
2006 Tomie dePaola for T-Rex is Missing!
2005 Paula Danziger and Tony Ross for Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown
2004 Paula Danziger and Tony Ross for It's Justin Time, Amber Brown
2003 Carl Meister and Rich Davis for Tiny Goes to the Library
2002 Barbara Baker and Kate Duke for One Saturday Afternoon
2001 Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories for Bathtime for Biscuit
2000 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees
1999 Marc Brown for Arthur's Reading Race
1998 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All
1997 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin
1996 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind
1995 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and the Long Weekend
1994 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps
1993 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat
1992 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge get the Cold Shivers
1991 James Marshal for Fox on the Job
1990 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble
1989 Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat for Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
1988 Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat for Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
1987 Alvin Schwartz and Dirk Zimmer for In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
1986 Pat Ross and Marylin Hafner for M & M and the Bad News Babies
1985 Majorie Sharmat and Marc Simont for Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail
1984 Majorie Sharmat and Mar Simont for Nate the Great and the Missing Key
1983 James Stevenson for Clams Can't Sing and Jane Yolen and Bruce Degan for Commander Toad in Space
1982 Mary Q. Steele and Marylin Hafner for Mrs.Gaddy and the Ghost
1981 Arnold Lobel for Grasshopper on the Road
1980 Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat for Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
1979 Dick Gackenbach for Hattie Rabbit and Leatie Weiss and Ellen Weiss for Heather's Feathers
1978 Arnold Lobel for Owl at Home
1977 Peggy Parish and Arnold Lobel for Dinosaur Time
Early Reader Series
2012 Tedd Arnold for I Spy Fly Guy
2011 Tedd Arnold for Hooray for Fly Guy!
2010 Tedd Arnold for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
2009 Cynthia Rylant (ilustrations by Sucie Stevenson) for Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
2008 Cynthia Rylant (ilustrations by Sucie Stevenson) for Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
2007 Paula Danziger (illustrations By Tony Ross) for Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown
2006 Cynthia Rylant for Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House
2005 Alyssa Capucilli and Pat Schories for Biscuit Goes to School
2004 Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat and Martha Weston for Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective
2003 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet
2002 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan
2001 Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson for Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers
Fiction, Grades 2-5
2023 Dori Hillestad Butler for Dear Beast
2022 Katie Zhao for The Dragon Warrior
2021 Mac Barnett and Mike Lowery for Mac Undercover
2020 Andrew Clements for The Losers Club
2019 Peter Brown for The Wild Robot
2018 Victoria Jamieson for Roller Girl
2017 Raina Telgemeier for Sisters
2016 Chris Grabenstein for Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2015 Katherine Applegate for The One and Only Ivan
2014 Wendy Mass for 13 Gifts
2013 Lincoln Peirce for Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
2012 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2011 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2010 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2009 Dav Pilkey for Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
2008 Andrew Clements (illustrations by Brian Selznick) for Lunch Money
2007 Andrew Clements (cover art by Brian Selznick) for The Last Holiday Concert
2006 Kate DiCamillo for The Tale of Despereaux
2005 Jerry Spinelli and Mark Elliot for Loser
2004 Dav Pilkey for Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
2003 Megan McDonald and Peter Reynolds for Judy Moody
2002 Dav Pilkey for Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
2001 Louis Sachar, jacket art by Vladimir Radunsky for Holes
2000 Dav Pilkey for Adventure of Captain Underpants
1999 Paula Danziger and Tony Ross for Forever Amber
1998 Louis Sachar for Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
1997 Paula Danziger and Tony Ross for Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
1996 Ellen Conford and Diane Palmisciano for Nibble, Nibble, Jerry Archer
1995 Lois Lowry and Diane DeGroat for Attaboy, Sam!
1994 Johanna Hurwitz and Sheila Hamanaka for School's Out
1993 Beverly Clearly and Kay Life for Muggie Maggie
1992 Louis Sachar and Joel Schick for Wayside School is Falling Down
1991 Betsy Byars, Cathy Bobak and Carol Newson for The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown and Johanna Hurwitz and Sheila Harnanaka for Teacher's Pet
1990 James Howe and Leslie Morrill for Nighty-Nightmare
1989 Lois Lowry for Anastasia Has the Answers
1988 Patricia MacLachlan and Marcia Sewall for Sarah Plain and Tall
1987 Lois Lowry for Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst
1986 Beverly Cleary and Paul Zelinsky for Dear Mr. Henshaw
1985 Beverly Cleary and Paul Zelinksy for Ralph S. Mouse
1984 Beverly Cleary and Alan Tiegreen for Ramona Quimby, Age 8
1983 Judy Blume for Superfudge
1982 Beverly Cleary and Alan Tiegreen for Ramona and Her Mother
1981 Katherine Paterson for The Great Gilly Hopkins
1980 Beverly Cleary and Alan Tiegreen for Ramona and Her Father
1979 Hila Colman for Nobody Has to Be a Kid Forever
1978 Marilyn Sachs and Anne Sachs for Dorrie's Book
1977 Donald Sobol and Leonard Shortall for Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
Graphic Novels
2023 Jerry Craft for Class Act
2022 Jerry Craft for New Kid
2021 Dav Pilkey for Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
2020 Dav Pilkey for Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
2019 Dav Pilkey for Dog Man
Fiction Series, Grades 2-5
2018 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
2017 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
2016 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
2015 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
2014 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
2013 Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Nonfiction, Grades 2-5
2023 Drew Sheneman for Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct: Real Facts about Real Dinosaurs
2022 Lindsay Moore for Sea Bear
2021 America's Test Kitchen for The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs
2020 Dustin Hansen for Game On! Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More
2019 W. H. Beck for Glow: Animals With Their Own Night Lights
2018 Mara Rockliff and Vincent X. Kirsch for Gingerbread for Liberty: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution
2017 David Stabler for Kid Presidents: True Tales from America's Presidents
2016 Steve Jenkins for The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest — and Most Surprising -- Animals on Earth
2015 Nic Bishop for Nic Bishop Snakes
2014 David A. Aguilar for 13 Planets
2013 Jeff Kinney for The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
2012 Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff and Juliana Hatkoff for Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learn to Swim Again
2011 Nic Bishop for Frogs
2010 Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumba, and Peter Greste for Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
2009 Joanna Cole (illustrations by Bruce Degen) for The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
2008 Shel Silerstein for Runny Babbit: A Billy Book
2007 Steve Jenkins for Actual Size
2006 Steve Jenkins and Robin Page for What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
2005 Christopher Sloan for Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons and Rituals
2002 Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
2003 Judith St. George and David Small for So You Want To Be President?
2002 Gail Gibbons for Behold...The Dragons!
2001 Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt for Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (And What the Neighbors Thought)
2000 David Adler and Terry Widener for Lou Gehring: the Luckiest Man
1999 Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen for The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive
1998 Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen for The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane
1997 Margery Facklam and Paul Facklam for The Big Bug Book
1996 Aliki for My Visit to the Aquarium
1995 Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen for The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor
1994 Seymour Simon for Big Cats
1993 Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen for The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
1992 Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen for The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body
1991 Seymour Simon for Volcanoes
1990 Francine Patterson and Ronald Cohn for Koko's Story
1989 Sally Ride for To Space and Back
1988 Mary J. Shapiro and Huck Scarry for How They Built the Statue of Liberty
1987 Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson for The New Kid on the Block: Poems
1986 Lee J. Ames for Draw 50 Monsters, Creeps, Superheroes, Demons, Dragons, Nerds...
1985 Shelly Lipson and Janice Stapleton for It's Basic: The ABC's of Computer Programming
1984 Shel Silvertstein for A Light in the Attic
1983 Marybeth Sullivan and Linda Bourke for A Show of Hands: Say it in Sign Language
1982 Aliki for Mummies Made in Egypt
1981 Millicent Selsam for Tyrannosaurus Rex
1980 Tomie DePaola for The Quicksand Book
1979 Jill Krementz for A Very Young Dancer
1978 Millicent Selsam and Esther Bubley for How Kittens Grow
1977 Marion T. Place for On the Trail of Bigfoot