Children's Books
For a list of winners and finalists, see National Book Award for Young People's Literature.- Children's Literature
- "Children's Books" from 1970 to 1975.
| 1969 | Meindert DeJong | Journey from Peppermint Street |
| 1970 | Isaac Bashevis Singer | A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw |
| 1971 | Lloyd Alexander | The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian |
| 1972 | Donald Barthelme | The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or The Hithering Thithering Djinn |
| 1973 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Farthest Shore |
| 1974 | Eleanor Cameron | The Court of the Stone Children |
| 1975 | Virginia Hamilton | M. C. Higgins the Great |
| 1976 | Walter D. Edmonds | Bert Breen's Barn |
| 1977 | Katherine Paterson | The Master Puppeteer |
| 1978 | Judith Kohl Herbert Kohl |
The View From the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures |
| 1979 | Katherine Paterson | The Great Gilly Hopkins |
| 1980 hard | Joan Blos | A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal |
| 1980 pb | Madeleine L'Engle | A Swiftly Tilting Planet |
- Children's Books, Fiction
- "Children's Book, Fiction" in 1981; "Children's Fiction" in 1983.
| 1981 hard | Betsy Byars | The Night Swimmers |
| 1981 pb | Beverly Cleary | Ramona and Her Mother |
| 1982 hard | Lloyd Alexander | Westmark |
| 1982 pb | Ouida Sebestyen | Words by Heart |
| 1983 hard | Jean Fritz | Homesick: My Own Story |
| 1983 pb | Paula Fox | A Place Apart |
| Joyce Carol Thomas | Marked by Fire |
- Children's Books, Non-fiction
- "Children's Book, Nonfiction" in 1981.
| 1981 hard | Alison Cragin Herzig Jane Lawrence Mali |
Oh, Boy! Babies |
| 1982 | Susan Bonners | A Penguin Year |
| 1983 | James Cross Giblin | Chimney Sweeps |
- Children's Books, Picture Books
| 1982 hard | Maurice Sendak | Outside Over There |
| 1982 pb | Peter Spier | Noah's Ark |
| 1983 hard | Barbara Cooney | Miss Rumphius |
| William Steig | Doctor De Soto | |
| 1983 pb | Mary Ann Hoberman Betty Fraser, illustrator |
A House is a House for Me |
Read more about this topic: List Of Winners Of The National Book Award
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