Children's Book Week: Historical List of Themes and Poster Artists

Year Theme Poster Artist
2007 Rise Up Reading Edward Koren
2006 More Books, Please! Jules Feiffer
2005 Imagine Mark Teague
2004 Let's Book Chris Raschka
2003 Free to Read David Wiesner
2002 Book Time Kevin Henkes
2001 Get Carried Away...Read Simms Taback
2000 Fuel Your Mind David Shannon
1999 Plant a seed...Read! Eric Carle
1998 Books Go Everywhere Diane Stanley
1997 Any Time is Book Time Peter Sis
1996 Oh, the Places You'll Go Jan Brett
1995 Bound for Discovery Lane Smith
1994 Books for Everyone/Everyone for Books Jerry Pinkney
1993 Share the Adventure William Joyce
1992 Read...Think...Dream Fred Marcellino
1991 The World is an Open Book Paul Zelinsky
1990 Wonder Through the Pages Ed Young
1989 Ready, Set, Read! Richard Egielski
1988 Wish Upon A Book Steven Kellogg
1987 Change Your Mind Marc Simont
1986 Reach for A Book Chris Van Allsburg
1985 Good Books, Good Times! Marc Brown
1984 Bring on the Books! Gerald McDermott
1983 Get Into Books Tomie dePaola
1982 Get Lost in a Book James Stevenson
1981 Anytime Anyplace Any Book Wendy Watson
1980 Books Alive! Trina Schart Hyman
1979 More Books in the Home! Rosemary Wells
1978 Hello Book Laurent De Brunhoff
1977 Read All About It Anita Lobel
1976 BookMagic Uri Shulevitz
1975 Curious? Read! Richard Scarry
1974 Books for All Reasons James Marshall
1973 Live! Read! Margot Zemach
1972 Books Now! Books Wow! William Steig
1971 Read-IN '71 Arnold Lobel
1970 This is the Age of the Book Mercer Mayer
1969 Book Power Emily McCully
1968 Go Places with Books Ellen Raskin
1967 Take Off with Books Tomi Ungerer
1966 Books Please Antonio Frasconi
1965 Sing Out for Books Ezra Jack Keats
1964 Swing Into Books Bruno Munari
1963 Three Cheers for Books Adrienne Adams
1962 I Like Books! Kate Seredy
1961 Hurray for Books! Peter Burchard
1960 Hurray for Books! Maurice Sendak
1959 Go Exploring in Books Feodor Rojankovsky
1958 Explore with Books Paul Rand
1957 Explore with Books Alice and Martin Provensen
1956 It's Always Book Time Leonard Weisgard
1955 Let's Read More Garth Williams
1954 Let's Read Lynd Ward
1953 Reading Is Fun Jan Balet
1952 Reading Is Fun Roger Duvoisin
1951 New Horizons with Books Marcia Brown
1950 Make Friends with Books William Pène du Bois
1949 Make Friends with Books Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott
1948 Books Tell the Story Marguerite Loffte de Angeli
1947 Books for the World of Tomorrow Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
1946 Books are Bridges Maud and Miska Petersham
1945 United Through Books Gertrude Howe
1944 United Through Books Nedda Walker
1943 Build the Future with Books Elizabeth Orton Jones
1942 Forward with Books F. Hasse
1941 Forward with Books Helen Moore Sewell
1940 Good Books, Good Friends Maud and Miska Petersham
1939 Books Around the World Ralph Bell Fuller
1938 New Books, New Worlds Joseph Binder
1937 Reading—The Magic Highway to Adventure Kenneth Fagg
1936 Books to Grow on—The Modern World for Young Readers Jay M. Reibel
1935 Reading for Fun Richard Floethe
1934 Ride the Book Trail to Knowledge and Adventure Grace A. Paull
1933 Grow Up with Books: Add a Shelf for Every Year Ruth Alexander Nichols
1932 Young America's Book Parade Walter Cole
1931 Round the World Book Fair Maud and Miska Petersham
1930 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith (repeat of 1919 poster)
1929 More Books in the Home Robert Gellert
1928 Books—Romance, History, Travel Newell Convers Wyeth (repeat of 1927 poster)
1927 Books—Romance, History, Travel Newell Convers Wyeth
1926 After All—There is Nothing Like a Good Book Jon O. Brubaker (repeat of 1925 poster)
1925 After All—There is Nothing Like a Good Book Jon O. Brubaker
1924 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith
1923 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith (repeat of 1919 poster)
1922 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith (repeat of 1919 poster)
1921 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith (repeat of 1919 poster)
1920 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith (repeat of 1919 poster)
1919 More Books In The Home! Jessie Willcox Smith