Past Grand Canyon Award Winners
(formerly Arizona Young Reader Award books)
2006
PICTURE BOOK: My Lucky Day by
Keiko Kasza
NON-FICTION BOOK: Actual Size by
Steve Jenkins
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Peter and the
Starcatchers by Berry/Pearson
TEEN BOOK: Eragon by
Christopher Paolini
2005
PICTURE BOOK: Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from
Obedience School by Mark Teague
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac
TEEN BOOK: The House of the Scorpions
by Nancy Farmer
2004
PICTURE
BOOK: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
INTERMEDIATE
BOOK: Word Eater by Mary Amato
TEEN
BOOK: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
2003
PICTURE BOOK: The Water
Hole by Graeme Base
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Babe & Me by Dan Gutman
TEEN BOOK: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
2002
PICTURE BOOK:
Bark George by Jules Feiffer
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
TEEN BOOK: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2001
PICTURE BOOK:
What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
TEEN BOOK:
Holes by Louis Sacher
2000
PICTURE BOOK: Chocolatina by Erik Kraft
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
1999
PICTURE BOOK:
Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Drive-By by Lynne Ewing
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
1998
PICTURE BOOK:
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Harold Nolen
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse
1997
PICTURE BOOK:
The Toll Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon
1996
PICTURE BOOK:
Soft Child by Joe Hayes
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
1995
PICTURE BOOK:
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Totally Disgusting by Bill Wallace
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
The Giver by Lois Lowry
1994
PICTURE BOOK:
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK:
Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi
1993
PICTURE BOOK:
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
INTERMEDIATE BOOK:
Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
1991
Five titles were honored
Where's Waldo by Martin Handford
Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
The Jolly Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
There's a boy is the girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch by Trina Hakes Noble
1989
The award used to be biennial with only 1 winner
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
1987
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
1985
The Stupids Die by Harry Allard & James Marshall
1983
Superfudge by Judy Blume
1981
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard & James Marshall
1979
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
1977
Tales of a Forth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
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