Selection Committee: Cindy Culverhouse, Patricia Dollisch,
Marybeth Harris, Lindy Pals, Jim Randolph, Joel Taxel
Adoff, Arnold. (2001). DARING DOG AND CAPTAIN CAT. Ill. Joe Cepeda. Simon & Schuster.
Blake, Robert. (2002). TOGO. Philomel.
Breathed, Berkley. (2000). EDWURD FUDWUPPER FIBBED BIG. Ill. explained by Fannie Fudwupper. Little Brown.
Burleigh, Robert. (2001). LOOKING FOR A BIRD IN THE BIG CITY. Ill. Marek Los. Harcourt.
Crummel, Susan Stevens. (2001). AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON. Ill. Janet Stevens. Harcourt.
DeGross, Monalisa. (1999). GRANDDADDY¹S STREET SONGS. Ill. Flloyd Cooper. Jump at the Sun Books.
Elya, Susan Middleton. (2002). EIGHT ANIMALS BAKE A CAKE. Ill. Lee Chapman. Putnam.
Johnson, D.B. (2000). HENRY HIKES TO FITCHBURG. Houghton Mifflin.
Kalman, Maira. (2002). FIREBOAT: THE HEROIC ADVENTURES OF THE JOHN J. HARVEY. Putnam.
Lasky, Kathryn. (2000). FIRST PAINTER. Ill. Rocco Baviera. DK Ink.
Lester, Helen. (1999). HOOWAY FOR WODNEY WAT. Ill. Lynn Munsinger. Houghton Mifflin.
Lunge-Larsen, L. & M. Preus. (1999). THE LEGEND OF THE LADY SLIPPER. Ill. L. Arriyo. Houghton Mifflin.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. (2001). FAT CAT. Ill. Julie Paschkis. August House Little Folk.
McFarland, Lyn Rossier. (2001). WIDGET. Ill. Jim McFarland. Farrar.
Mollel, Tololwa M. (1999). SUBIRA, SUBIRA. Ill. Linda Saport. Clarion.
Palatina, Margie. (2002). EARTHQUACK! Ill. Barry Moser. Simon & Schuster.
Siegelson, Kim. (1997). IN THE TIME OF THE DRUM. Ill. Brian Pinkney. Jump at the Sun Books.
Simont, Marc. (2001). STRAY DOG. HarperCollins.
Spurr, Elizabeth. (2002). A PIG NAMED PERRIER. Ill. Martin Matje.
Stojic, Manya. (2001). RAIN. Crown.
Alternate (to be used if a nominee becomes ineligible)
Schaefer, Carol Lexa. (2001). TWO SCARLET SONGBIRDS. Ill. Elizabeth Rosen. Knopf.
