Young Hoosier Award Winners

1975 - Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
1976 - Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume
1977 - How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
1978 - Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
1979 - Ghost on Saturday Night by Sid Fleischman
1980 - Don’t Hurt Laurie by Willo Davis Roberts
1981 - The Goof That Won the Pennant by Jonah Kalb
1982 - Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford
1983 - Superfudge by Judy Blume
1984 - Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith
1985 - Operation: Dump the Chump by Barbara Park
1986 - 4-6: When the Boys Ran the House by Joan Carris
- - - -6-8: Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
1987 - 4-6: The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
- - - -6-8: Third Eye by Lois Duncan
1988 - 4-6: Babysitting Is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts
- - - -6-8: A Deadly Game of Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon
1989 - 4-6: Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
- - - -6-8: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
1990 - 4-6: Fudge by Charlotte Graeber
- - - -6-8: The Dark and Deadly Pool by Lois Lowery Nixon
1991 - 4-6: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann Martin
- - - -6-8: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1992 - K-3 Picture Book: Heckedy Peg by Don and Audrey Wood
- - - -4-6: Nightmare Mountain by Peg Kehret
- - - -6-8: Don’t Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
1993 - K-3 Picture Book: Tuesday by David Wiesner
- - - -4-6: Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn
- - - -6-8: The Face On the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
1994 - K-3: The Dog Who Had Kittens by Polly Robertus, illus. by Janet Steven
- - - -4-6: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- - - -6-8: Strider by Beverly Cleary
1995 - K-3: Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson
- - - -4-6: Horror At the Haunted House by Peg Kehret
- - - -6-8: Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
1996 - K-3: Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
- - - -4-6: Ghost in the House by Betty Ren Wright
- - - -6-8: Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
1997 - K-3: Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolan, illus. by Mark Beuhner
- - - -4-6: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
- - - -6-8: Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
1998 - K-3: Heart of a Tiger by Marsha Diane Arnold, illus. by Jamichael Henterly
- - - -4-6: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
- - - -6-8: Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
1999 - K-3: My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
- - - -4-6: Frindle by Andrew Clements
- - - -6-8: Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts
2000 - K-3: Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
- - - -4-6: Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- - - -6-8: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
2001 - K-3: Akiak by Robert Blake
- - - -4-6: Small Steps by Peg Kehret
- - - -6-8: Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
2002 - K-3 Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger
- - - -4-6 Cliff Hanger (National Parks Mystery#3) by Gloria Skurzynski & Alane Ferguson
- - - -6-8 Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2003 - K-3 Mr. Tanen’s Ties by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- - - -4-6 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- - - -6-8 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
2004 - Picture Book The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein
- - - Intermediate Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin
- - - Middle Grades Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2005 - Picture Book Ted, written and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
- - - -Intermediate Ruby Holler, by Sharon Creech
- - - -Middle Grades Romiette and Julio, by Sharon Draper