Blue Ribbons - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Non-Fiction
2007
- The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr
- Written and illustrated by Nicolas Debon and with photographs.
- Henry’s Freedom Box
- Ellen Levine; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Houdini the Handcuff King
- Jason Lutes; illustrated by Nick Bertozzi
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village- Laura Amy Schlitz; illustrated by Robert Byrd
- The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain
- Written and illustrated by Peter Sís
2006
- Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
- Ann Bausum
- Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea
- Chris Butterworth, illustrated by John Lawrence Candlewick
- The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
- Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls
- 5,000 Miles to Freedom
- Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
- Memories of Survival
- Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and Bernice Steinhardt; illustrated by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
- Giants of Science: Isaac Newton
- Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov
- Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs!
- Kathleen V. Kudlinski, illustrated by S. D. Schindler
- Kampung Boy
- written and illustrated by Lat
- Stompin’ at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller
- Norma Miller, edited by Alan Govenar; illustrated by Martin French
- The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
- Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd
2005
- Go Figure!: A Totally Cool Book about Numbers
- Johnny Ball
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
- Susan Campell Bartoletti
- How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt
- Tamara Bower
- Chameleon, Chameleon
- Joy Cowley
- Invisible Allies: Microbes that Shape Our Lives
- Jeanette Farrell
- Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Mitch Frank
- I See a Kookaburra!: Discovering Animal Habitats around the World
- Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
- The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
- Suzanne Jurmain
- John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth
- Elizabeth Partridge
- Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
- Joyce Sidman
- Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
- Sally M. Walker
2004
- Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
- written and illustrated by Don Brown
- Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable
- Nicola Davies, illustrated by Neal Layton
- The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
- Russell Freedman
- Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop
- Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- Sweet Jasmine, Nice Jackson
- Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Michael Emberley
- Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies
- Zahi Hawass
- Actual Size
- written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration
- Toni Morrison
2003
- Strange Mr. Satie
- M.T. Anderson
- Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
- Michael Capuzzo
- Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs
- Douglas Florian
- The Man Who Walked between the Towers
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
- Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City
- Wilborn Hampton
- An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
- Jim Murphy
- Blues Journey
- Walter Dean Myers
- God Went to Beauty School
- Cynthia Rylant
- One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book
- April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
- The World according to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices
- Joyce Sidman
2002
- Outside the Lines: Poetry at Play
- Brad Burg
- Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science
- John Fleischman
- Hole in My Life
- Jack Gantos
- Action Jackson
- Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- Hello Benny!: What It's Like to Be a Baby
- Robie H. Harris
- Rescued Images
- Ruth Jacobsen
- A Cool Drink of Water
- Barbara Kerley
- To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers
- Wendie Old
- This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie
- Elizabeth Partridge
- Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth
- Sally M. Walker
2001
- Countdown to Independence: A Revolution of Ideas in England and Her American Colonies: 1760-1776
- Natalie S. Bober
- The Stable Rat and Other Christmas Poems
- Julia Cunningham
- Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs
- Douglas Florian
- My Family Shall Be Free!: The Life of Peter Still
- Dennis Brindell Fradin
- Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist
- Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
- compiled by Paul Janeczko
- The Cod's Tale
- Mark Kurlansky
- The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish: Based on a True Story
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Carver: A Life in Poems
- Marilyn Nelson
- Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Doreen Rappaport
2000
- America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
- David A. Adler
- Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado
- Marc Aronson
- Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman
- Ann Bausum
- Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
- Don Brown
- Frank O. Gehry: Outside In
- Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
- Blizzard!
- Jim Murphy
- So You Want to Be President?
- Judith St. George
- The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women
- adapted by Katrin Tchana
- Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I LearnedJudd Winick