1949
Medal Winner:

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 风之王
Honor Books:
Seabird by Holling C. Holling 海鸟
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin 山的女儿
My Father's Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett 爸爸的小龙
Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps 黑人的故事

1948
Medal Winner:
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois 二十一个气球
Honor Books:
Pancakes-Paris by Claire Huchet Bishop 煎饼巴黎
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger 李伦，勇敢的少年
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman 长腿约翰的好奇探索
The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander 牛尾巴交换和其他西非故事
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry 钦科蒂格岛的雾

1947
Medal Winner:
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 山胡桃木小姐
Honor Books:
Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes 美好年华
Big Tree by Mary & Conrad Buff 大树
The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell 天国的居住者
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, pseud. 战机飞向叔叔
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewett 格拉斯顿隐藏的财宝

1946
Medal Winner:
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski 草莓女孩
Honor Books:
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry 贾斯丁有匹马
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means 离家历险记
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear by Christine Weston 跳舞的小熊
New Found World by Katherine Shippen 新发现的世界


1945
Medal Winner:
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson 兔子山丘
Honor Books:
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 一百条裙子
The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh 银色的笔
Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster 亚布拉罕林肯的世界
Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams by Jeanetter Eaton 孤独的旅行：罗杰威廉姆斯的生活

1944
Medal Winner:
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 乔尼·特瑞美
Honor Books:
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder 快乐的金色年代
Fog Magic by Julia Sauer 雾幻
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes 卢夫斯先生
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates 山中生活

1943
Medal Winner:
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray 大路上的亚当
Honor Books:
The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes 中间的摩法多
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt 你知道大拇指汤姆吗？

1942
Medal Winner:
The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds 火枪
Honor Books:
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 草原小镇
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster 乔治华盛顿的世界
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski 印第安俘虏：玛丽杰米森的故事
Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin 一个爱国者的故事

1941
Medal Winner:
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry 海上小勇士
Honor Books:
Blue Willow by Doris Gates 蓝色的柳树
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr 年轻的苹果，福特温哥华
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 好长的冬天
Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall 南森

1940
Medal Winner:
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty 丹尼尔·布恩
Honor Books:
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy 会唱歌的树
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Robinson 兔儿山的跑步者：路易斯阿格西的生活
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder 银湖岸边
Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader 带着行李的男孩