Datasets:
| Year Author Illustrator Title Publisher | |
| 1982 Angela Carter\n(ed. and translator) Michael Foreman Sleeping Beauty and other favourite fairy tales V. Gollancz | |
| 1983 Anthony Browne Browne Gorilla Julia MacRae | |
| 1984 John Burningham Burningham Granpa J. Cape | |
| 1985 Ted Hughes (1968) Andrew Davidson The Iron Man Faber | |
| 1986 Allan Ahlberg Janet Ahlberg The Jolly Postman Heinemann | |
| 1987 Charles Causley Charles Keeping Jack the Treacle Eater Macmillan | |
| 1988 Lewis Carroll (1865) Anthony Browne Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Julia MacRae | |
| 1989 Martin Waddell Barbara Firth The Park in the Dark Walker | |
| 1990 Quentin Blake Blake All Join In J. Cape | |
| 1991 Colin McNaughton McNaughton Have You Seen who's just moved in next door to us? Walker | |
| 1992 Raymond Briggs Briggs The Man Julia MacRae | |
| 1993 Karen Wallace Mike Bostock Think of an Eel Walker | |
| 1994 Trish Cooke Helen Oxenbury So Much Walker | |
| 1995 Kathy Henderson Patrick Benson The Little Boat Walker | |
| 1996 Babette Cole Cole Drop Dead J. Cape | |
| 1997 William Mayne Jonathan Heale Lady Muck Heinemann | |
| 1998 Anthony Browne Browne Voices in the Park Doubleday | |
| 1999 Lewis Carroll (1865) Helen Oxenbury Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Walker | |