| Nene Award Winners | ||||||
| Title | Author | Publisher | Genre | Misc. | ||
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell | Nene Award Winner, 1964 | ||||
| Mary Poppins | Pamela Travers | Nene Award Winner, 1965 | ||||
| Old Yeller | Fred Gipson | Nene Award Winner, 1966 | ||||
| no award given | Nene Award Winner, 1967 | |||||
| Ribsy | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1968 | ||||
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1969 | ||||
| Henry Reed's Babysitting Service | Keith Robertson | Nene Award Winner, 1970 | ||||
| Ramona the Pest | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1971 | ||||
| Runaway Ralph | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1972 | ||||
| Sounder | William Armstrong | Nene Award Winner, 1973 | ||||
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Richard Bach | Nene Award Winner, 1974 | ||||
| Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret | Judy Blume | Nene Award Winner, 1975 | ||||
| How to Eat Fried Worms | Thomas Rockwell | Nene Award Winner, 1976 | ||||
| Freaky Friday | Mary Rodgers | Nene Award Winner, 1977 | ||||
| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | Roald Dahl | Nene Award Winner, 1978 | ||||
| Ramona and Her Father | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1979 | ||||
| The Cat Ate My Gymsuit | Paula Danziger | Nene Award Winner, 1980 | ||||
| My Robot Buddy | Alfred Slote | Nene Award Winner, 1981 | ||||
| Superfudge | Judy Blume | Nene Award Winner, 1982 | ||||
| Bunnicula | Deborah & James Howe | Nene Award Winner, 1983 | ||||
| Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade | Barthe DeClements | Nene Award Winner, 1984 | ||||
| Jelly Belly | Robert Kimmel Smith | Nene Award Winner, 1985 | ||||
| Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Stephen Manes | Nene Award Winner, 1986 | ||||
| Karen Kepplewhite is the World's Best Kisser | Eve Bunting | Nene Award Winner, 1987 | ||||
| You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye | Patricia Hermes | Nene Award Winner, 1988 | ||||
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary | Nene Award Winner, 1989 | ||||
| Fudge | Charlotte Towner Graeber | Nene Award Winner, 1990 | ||||
| There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar | Nene Award Winner, 1991 | ||||
| The Whipping Boy | Sid Fleischman | Nene Award Winner, 1992 | ||||
| Fudge-a-mania | Judy Blume | Nene Award Winner, 1993 | ||||
| Shiloh | Phyllis Naylor | Nene Award Winner, 1994 | ||||
| My Teacher is an Alien | Bruce Coville | Nene Award Winner, 1995 | ||||
| Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | Nene Award Winner, 1996 | ||||
| Ghosts in Fourth Grade | Constance Hiser | Nene Award Winner, 1997 | ||||
| Under the Blood-Red Sun | Graham Salisbury | Nene Award Winner, 1998 | ||||
| Best School Year Ever | Barbara Robinson | Nene Award Winner, 1999 | ||||