| Young, Moira | 2011 |
| Blood Red Road | |
| Wallace, Jason | 2010 |
| Out of Shadows | |
| Ness, Patrick | 2009 |
| The Ask and the Answer | |
| Magorian, Michelle | 2008 |
| Just Henry | |
| Kelley, Ann | 2007 |
| The Bower Bird | |
| Newbery, Linda | 2006 |
| Set in Stone | |
| Thompson, Kate | 2005 |
| The New Policeman | |
| McCaughrean, Geraldine | 2004 |
| Not the End of the World | |
| Almond, David | 2003 |
| The Fire-Eaters | |
| McKay, Hilary | 2002 |
| Saffy's Angel | |
| Pullman, Philip | 2001 |
| The Amber Spyglass | |
| Gavin, Jamila | 2000 |
| Coram Boy | |
| Rowling, J.K. | 1999 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |
| Almond, David | 1998 |
| Skellig | |
| Fine, Anne | 1996 |
| The Tulip Touch | |
| Morpurgo, Michael | 1995 |
| The Wreck of the Zanzibar | |
| Fine, Anne | 1993 |
| Flour Babies | |
| Cross, Gillian | 1992 |
| The Great Elephant Chase | |
| Hendry, Diana | 1991 |
| Harvey Angell | |
| Dickinson, Peter | 1990 |
| AK | |
| Scott, Hugh | 1989 |
| Why Weeps the Brogan? | |
| Willard, Barbara | 1984 |
| The Queen of the Pharisees' Children | |
| Dahl, Roald | 1983 |
| The Witches | |
| Corbett, W. J. | 1982 |
| The Song of Pentecost | |
| Gardam, Jane | 1981 |
| The Hollow Land | |
| Garfield, Leon | 1980 |
| John Diamond | |
| Dickinson, Peter | 1979 |
| Tulku | |
| Pearce, Philippa | 1978 |
| The Battle of Bubble & Squeak | |
| Macdonald, Shelagh | 1977 |
| No End to Yesterday | |
| Lively, Penelope | 1976 |
| A Stitch in Time | |
| Walsh, Jill Paton | 1974 |
| The Emperor's Winding Sheet | |
| Hoban, Russell | 1974 |
| How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportmen | |
| Aldridge, Alan | 1973 |
| The Butterfly Ball & the Grasshopper's Feast | |
| Godden, Rumer | 1972 |
| The Diddakoi | |