William Allen White Children's Book Award Winners 1950's 1953   Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates. 1954   Little Vic by Doris Gates 1955   Cherokee Bill: Oklahoma Pacer by Jean Bailey 1956   Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry 1957   Daniel 'Coon by Phoebe Erickson 1958   White Falcon by Elliott Arnold 1959   Old Yeller by Fred Gipson 1960's 1960   Flaming Arrows by William O. Steele 1961   Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson 1962   Helen Keller Story, The by Catherine Owens Peare 1963   Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 1964   Incredible Journey, The by Sheila (Every) Burnford 1965   Bristle Face by Kelly R. Masters (Zachary Ball, pseud.) 1966   Rascal by Sterling North 1967   Grizzly, The by Annabel and Edgar Johnson 1968   Mouse and the Motorcycle, The by Beverly Cleary 1969   Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson 1970's 1970   From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Elaine (Lobl) Konigsburg 1971   Kavik: The Wolf Dog by Walter Morey 1972   Sasha: My Friend by Barbara Corcoran 1973   Trumpet of the Swan, The by Elwyn Brooks (E. B.) White 1974   Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O'Brien 1975   Dominic by William Stein 1976   Socks by Beverly Cleary 1977   Harry Cat's Pet Puppy by George Selden 1978   Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper, The by Jean Van Leeuwen 1979   Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls 1980's 1980   Pinballs, The by Betsy Byars 1981   Great Gilly Hopkins, The by Katherine Paterson 1982   Magic of the Glits, The by Carole S. Adler 1983   Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace 1984   Light in the Attic, A by Shel Silverstein 1985   Land I Lost, The: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam Huynh Quang Nhuong 1986   Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn 1987   War With Grandpa, The by Robert Kimmel Smith 1988   Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars 1989   On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer 1990's 1990   Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 1991   Beauty by Bill Wallace 1992   Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story, The by Mary Downing Hahn 1993   Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1994   Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1995   Man Who Loved Clowns, The by June Rae Wood 1996   Giver, The by Lois Lowry 1997   Time for Andrew, a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn 1998   Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park 1999   Frindle by Andrew Clements 2000's 2000   White Water by P. J. Petersen 2001   3rd-5th Grade Ghost of Fossil Glen, The by Cynthia C. DeFelice 2001   6th-8th Grade Holes by Louis Sachar 2002   3rd-5th Grade Landry News, The by Andrew Clements 2002   6th-8th Grade Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 2003   3rd-5th Grade Because of Winn-Dixie by DiCamillo, Kate, 2003   6th-8th Grade Dovey Coe by Dowell, Frances O'Roark 2004   3rd-5th Grade Ghost Sitter by Griffin, Peni R. 2004   6th-8th Grade Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Warren, Andrea 2005   3rd-5th Grade Loser by Spinelli, Jerry 2005   6th-8th Grade Surviving the Applewhites by Tolan, Stephanie S. 2006   3rd-5th Grade Donuthead Sue Stauffacher 2006   6th-8th Grade The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau 2007   3rd-5th Grade The Report Card by Andrew Clements 2007   6th-8th Grade So B. It by Sarah Weeks 2008   3rd-5th Grade A Dog's Life; The Autobiography of a Stray, by Ann M Martin 2008   6th-8th Grade Airball: My Life in Briefs, by L.D. Harkrader