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.
1999
K-2

Verdi
by Janel Cannon (Harcourt, Brace, 1997)
3-5

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
by Louis Sachar (Morrow, 1995)
6-8

Seedfolks
by Paul Fleischman (Harper Collins, 1997)
2001
K-2

Bark, George
by Jules Feiffer (Harper Collins, 1999)
3-5

The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, 1997)
6-8

Holes
by Louis Sachar (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1999)
2003
K-2

David goes to School
by David Shannon (Blue Sky Press,1999)
3-5

Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman: The fifth epic novel
by Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky Press, 2001)
6-8

Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul: 101 Stories of changes, choices, and growing up for kids
compiled by Jack Canfield... {et al.}
(Health Communications, 2000)