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.
1987
K-2

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
by Alvin Schwartz (Harper & Row, 1984)
3-5

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz (Lippincott, 1981)
6-8

Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
by Jamie Gilson (Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd, 1982)
1989
K-2

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Harper & Row, 1985)
3-5

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz (Harper & Row, 1984)
6-8

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
by Barthe DeClements (Viking, 1985)
1991
K-2

Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, 1985)
3-5

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
by Louis Sachar (Knopf, 1987)
6-8

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury Press, 1987)