Since the Buckeye Book Award's beginning in 1981, children all over Ohio have nominated for their favorites and then voted on that roster in the following year. To date, there have been a total of 42 winners by many well known authors.
1982
K-2

The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Random, 1978)
4-8

Superfudge
by Judy Blume (Dutton, 1980)
1983
K-2

Grandpa's Ghost Stories
by James Flora (Atheneum, 1978)
4-8

Tiger Eyes
by Judy Blume (Bradbury Press, 1981)
1984
K-2

E.T. Extra Terrestrial Storybook
by William Kotzwinkle (Putnam, 1982)
4-8

Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade
by Barthe DeClements (Viking, 1981)
1985
K-2

The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight
by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Random, 1983)
3-5

Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary (Morrow, 1981)
6-8

A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein (Harper & Row, 1981)