Arizona Young Readers Past Winners
2009
Picture Book: There Was a Coyote That Swallowed a Flea by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Gray
Chapter Book: Deep and Dark and Dangerous: a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Tween Book: Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Non-Fiction Book:
Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards
2008
Picture Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Baumont
Chapter Book: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Tween Book: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Non Fiction: Aliens are Coming: True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy
2007
Picture Book: Pinduli by Janell Cannon
Chapter Book: Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng and Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Teen Book: Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Non Fiction: Geogra-Fleas! by Joan Holub
2006
Picture Book: My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
Chapter Book: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Teen Book: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Non-Fiction: Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
2005
Picture Book: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Chapter Book: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
Teen Book: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2004
Picture Book: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha by Candace Fleming
Chapter Book: Word Eater by Mary Amato
Teen Book: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Caroline Funke
2003
Picture Book: The Water Hole by Graeme Base
Chapter Book: Babe and Me by Dan Gutman
Teen Book: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
2002
Picture Book: Bark George by Jules Feiffer
Chapter 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
Chapter Book: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Teen Book: Holes by Louis Sacher
2000
Picture Book: Chocolatina by Erik Kraft
Chapter Book: Riding Freedom by Pam Nunoz Ryan
Teen Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling