| Year | Award for Best Original Work of Literature | Original Title | Title in English |
| 2013 | Barbara Simoniti | Močvirniki | Marsh Creatures |
| 2011 | Majda Koren | Mici iz 2. a | Mici from Class 2A |
| 2009 | Andrej Rozman - Roza | 100 + 1 uganka | 100 + 1 Riddles |
| 2007 | Anja Štefan | Kotiček na koncu sveta | The Little Corner at the End of the World |
| 2005 | Desa Muck | Anica | Anica |
| 2003 | Mojca Osojnik | Hiša, ki bi rada imela sonce | The House That Wanted to Be in the Sun |
| 2001 | Anja Štefan | Melje, melje, mlinček | Grind, Grind, Little Mill |
| 1999 | Andrej Rozman - Roza | Črvive pesmi | Wormy Poems |
| 1997 | Dim Zupan | Leteči mački | Flying Cats |
| 1995 | Neli Kodrič | Lov na zvezde | Hunting for Stars |
| 1993 | Vida Jeraj Hribar | Večerna sonata | Evening Sonata |
| 1991 | Lojze Krakar | Prišel je lev | The Lion Came |
| 1989 | Marija Vojskovič | Hiša številka 15 | House No. 15 |
| 1988 | Miroslav Košuta | Na Krasu je krasno | The Karst is Awesome |
| 1987 | Niko Grafenauer | Majhnica | The Diminutive |
| 1986 | Mate Dolenc | Morska dežela na železniški postaji | The Land of Sea at the Railway Station |
| 1985 | Kajetan Kovič | Pajacek in punčka | The Clown and the Little Girl |
| 1984 | Vida Brest | Majhen človek na veliki poti | Little Man on a Long Road |
| 1983 | Vitomil Zupan | Potovanje v tisočera mesta | Travels to Myriad Towns |
| 1982 | Tone Partljič | Hotel sem prijeti sonce | I Wanted to Grasp the Sun |
| 1981 | Branko Hofman | Ringo Star | Ringo Star |
| 1980 | Niko Grafenauer | Nebotičniki, sedite | Skyscrapers, Be Seated |
| 1979 | Leopold Suhodolčan | Piko Dinozaver and other books | Piko the Dinosaur |
| 1979 | Saša Vegri | Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi | Mum Says that in Dad's Head |
| 1978 | Slavko Pregl | Geniji v kratkih hlačah | Geniuses in Shorts |
| 1977 | Dane Zajc | Abecedarija | Alphabetary |
| 1976 | Jože Snoj | Avtomoto mravlje and Pesmi za punčke | Automotive Ants and Poems for Girls |
| 1975 | Svetlana Makarovič | Kam, kam, kosovirja?, Kosovirja na leteči žlici and Pekarna Mišmaš | Where to, Kosovirs?, The Kosovirs on the Flying Spoon and The Mishmash Bakery |
| 1974 | Ferdo Godina | Sezidala si bova hišico | We Shall Build Ourselves a House |
| 1973 | Svetlana Makarovič | Miška spi | The Little Mouse Sleeps |
| 1972 | Kristina Brenk | Deklica Delfina in lisica Zvitorepka | The Girl Delphine and the Cunning Fox |
| 1971 | Lojze Zupanc | Zlato pod Blegošem | Gοld Under Mount Blegoš |
| 1971 | Janez Bitenc | Ciciban poje | Ciciban Sings |
| 1970 | France Forstnerič | Srakač | The Magpie |
| 1970 | Jože Šmit | Kako bomo umirali | How We Shall be Dying |
| 1969 | Jože Snoj | Barabakos in kosi | Barabablack and the Blackbirds |
| 1969 | Ivo Zorman | V tem mesecu se osipa mak | The Month the Poppy Blossoms Scatter |
| 1968 | Smiljan Rozman | Reporter Tejč poroča | Tejč the Reporter Reports |
| 1967 | Anton Ingolič | Gimnazijka | High-School Girl |
| 1966 | Jože Ciuha | Potovanje v deseto deželo | Voyage To the Tenth Land |
| 1966 | Branka Jurca | Vohljači in prepovedane skrivnosti | The Snoopers and the Forbidden Secrets |
| 1965 | Leopold Suhodolčan | Velikan in Pajac | The Giant and the Clown |
| 1964 | France Avčin | Kjer tišina šepeta | Where the Silence Whispers |
| 1963 | Kajetan Kovič | Franca izpod klanca | Franca from Under the Hill |
| 1963 | Breda Smolnikar | Otročki, življenje teče dalje | Children, Life Goes On |
| 1962 | Lojze Krakar | Sonce v knjigi | The Sun in a Book |
| 1961 | Tone Pavček | Velesenzacija | Megasensation |
| 1961 | Vid Pečjak | Drejček in trije Marsovčki | Andy and the Three Martians |
| 1960 | Branka Jurca | Okoli in okoli | Round and Round |
| 1960 | Janez Kajzer | Mimo dnevnega načrta | Beyond the Daily Plan |
| 1959 | Frane Milčinski - Ježek | Zvezdica Zaspanka | The Sleepy Little Star |
| 1958 | Anton Ingolič | Tajno društvo PGC | The Secret Society PGC |
| 1958 | Tone Pavček | Juri-Muri v Afriki | Juri-Muri in Africa |
| 1957 | Lojze Zupanc | Povodni mož v Savinji | The River Merman of the Savinja |
| 1956 | Miško Kranjec | Čarni nasmeh | Enchanting Smile |
| 1956 | Ela Peroci | Tisočkratlepa | Thousandtimeslovely |
| 1955 | Ela Peroci | Moj dežnik je lahko balon | My Umbrella Can Be a Balloon |
| 1955 | Josip Ribičič | Rdeča pest | Red Fist |
| 1955 | Tone Seliškar | Posadka brez ladje | Crew Without a Ship |
| 1954 | Ivan Bratko | Teleskop | Telescope |
| 1953 | Fran Saleški Finžgar | Iz mladih dni | From the Days of My Youth |
| 1953 | Miško Kranjec | Imel sem jih rad | I Liked Them |
| 1951 | France Bevk | Mali upornik | The Young Rebel |
| 1950 | Pavel Golia | Sneguljčica | Snow White |
| 1949 | France Bevk | Tonček | Tony |
| 1949 | Prežihov Voranc | Solzice | Lillies of the Valley |
| 1949 | Josip Ribičič | Tinče in Binče | Tinče and Binče |
| 1949 | Tone Seliškar | Mule | The Mules |
| Year | Award for Best Original Illustration | Original Title | Title in English |
| 2013 | Peter Škerl | Močvirniki | Marsh Creatures |
| 2011 | Damijan Stepančič | Zgodba o sidru | The Story of the Anchor |
| 2009 | Svjetlan Junaković | 100 + 1 uganka | 100 + 1 Riddles |
| 2007 | Alenka Sottler | Pepelka | Cinderella |
| 2005 | Suzana Bricelj | Mala nočna torta s plameni | A Small Night Cake With Flames |
| 2003 | Damijan Stepančič | Leteči krožnik na našem vrtu | A Flying Saucer in Our Garden |
| 2001 | Lila Prap | Male živali and Živalske uspavanke | Small Animals and Animal Lullabies |
| 1999 | Zvonko Čoh | Enci benci na kamenci | children's folk limericks |
| 1997 | Jelka Godec Schmidt | Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke | Bisernica: Traditional Short Stories for Children |
| 1993 | Wang Huiqin | Brokatna podoba | Image in Brocade |
| 1991 | Dušan Muc | Kronika ljubezenskih pripetljajev | A Chronicle of Amorous Incidents |
| 1989 | Miroslav Šuput | Begavka po valovih | She Who Runs on the Waves |
| 1988 | Zvonko Čoh | Račka Puhačka and Rastoče težave Jadrana Krta | The Fluffy Duckling and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole |
| 1987 | Dušan Petričić | Guliver med pritlikavci | Gulliver in Lilliput |
| 1986 | Andrej Trobentar | Waitapu and Pavji rep in druge kitajske basni | Waitapu and The Peacock's Tail and Other Chinese Fables |
| 1985 | Marija Lucija Stupica | Pastirica in dimnikar | The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep |
| 1984 | Danijel Demšar | Kuža Luža and Mama žaba in žabčki and Kužmucke | Puddles the Dog and Mother Frog and Froggies and Puppykittens |
| 1983 | Marija Lucija Stupica | Leteči kovček and Regica in Skokica | The Flying Trunk and Frog and Toad |
| 1982 | Kostja Gatnik | Mrzla reka and Nove prigode profesorja Modrinjaka | Cold River and The New Adventures of Professor Branestawm |
| 1981 | Kamila Volčanšek | Kralj Drozgobrad | King Thrushbeard |
| 1980 | Marjanca Jemec Božič | Ko Nina spi and Deževen dan je krasen dan and others | When Nina Sleeps and A Rainy Day is a Wonderful Day |
| 1979 | Jelka Reichman | Cepecepetavček | Cepecepetavček |
| 1978 | Marjan Amalietti | Netočka Nezvanova and Ulenspiegel | Netochka Nezvanova and Ulenspiegel |
| 1977 | Marjan Manček | Kozlovska sodba v Višnji gori | The Goat Trial in Višnja Gora |
| 1976 | Ivan Seljak - Čopič | Afriške pripovedke and Robinson Crusoe | African Tales and Robinson Crusoe |
| 1975 | Milan Bizovičar | Abecedarija | Alphabetary |
| 1974 | Milan Bizovičar | Možiček med dimniki | A Man Amidst the Chimneys |
| 1973 | Marija Lucija Stupica | Kraljična na zrnu graha | The Princess and the Pea |
| 1972 | Božo Kos | Rodiš se samo enkrat | You Are Only Born Once |
| 1971 | Ive Šubic | Kos rženega kruha | A Slice of Rye Bread |
| 1970 | Marlenka Stupica | Krojaček Hlaček and Številke and Babica v cirkusu | Trooser The Tailor and Numbers and Grandma at the Circus |
| 1969 | Lidija Osterc | Laponske pripovedi and Strašni lovec Bumbum and Očala tete Bajavaje | Tales from Lapland and Bumbum the Terrifying Hunter and Aunt Bajavaja's Specs |
| 1969 | Ive Šubic | Mladost v džungli | Youth in the Jungle |
| 1968 | Božo Kos | Veliki in mali kapitan and Kavboj Pipec in Rdeča pesa | Captain Big and Captain Little and Pipec the Cowboy and Red Beat |
| 1967 | Milan Bizovičar | Solzice and Salomonovi rudniki | Lillies of the Valley and King Solomon's Mines |
| 1967 | Jože Ciuha and Ive Šubic | Jugoslavija | Yugoslavia |
| 1966 | Jože Ciuha | Gospod Baroda in druge ljudske pesmi | Mr Baroda and Other Traditional Songs |
| 1966 | Aco Mavec | Otok zakladov | Treasure Island |
| 1966 | Lidija Osterc | Lonček, kuhaj! and Sneguljčica | The Magic Porridge Pot and Snow White |
| 1965 | Jože Ciuha | Pomlad ob Soči and Deček Jarbol and Nina na Ceylonu | Spring by the River Soča and The Boy Jarbol and Nina in Ceylon |
| 1965 | Melita Vovk | Basni and Puhek v Benetkah and Pustov god | Fables and Puhek in Venice and Pust's Birthday |
| 1964 | Ančka Gošnik Godec | Za lahko noč and O treh grahih and Zlata ptica | For Goodnight and About Three Peas and The Golden Bird |
| 1964 | Lidija Osterc | Hišica iz kock | House of Building Blocks |
| 1964 | Savo Sovre | Nemška vadnica za 5. in 6. razred osnovne šole | German Exercise Book for 5th and 6th Class of Primary School |
| 1964 | Tone Žnidaršič | Nauk o človeku za 7. razred osnovnih šol | On the Human Body for 7th Class of Primary School |
| 1963 | Štefan Planinc | Pesmi za otroke | Songs for Children |
| 1963 | Ivan Seljak - Čopič | Aska in volk | Aska and the Wolf |
| 1962 | Milan Bizovičar | Zgodbe iz mesta Rič-Rač | Tales from Rič-Rač Town |
| 1962 | Cita Potokar | Lizike za vse | Lollipops for All |
| 1961 | Roža Piščanec | Medenjakova hišica | Medenjak's House |
| 1960 | Ančka Gošnik Godec | Ptičke so odletele and Deček in gozd and Vile | The Birds Have Flown Away and The Boy and the Forrest and Fairies |
| 1960 | Marlenka Stupica | Ostržek | Pinocchio |
| 1959 | Štefan Planinc | Sinička nas je obiskala and Prvi ljudje na Mesecu and Karkažu | The Bluetit Visited Us and The First Men in the Moon and Carcajou |
| 1959 | Marij Pregelj | Starec in morje | The Old Man and the Sea |
| 1959 | Nikolaj Omersa | Skrivnostni jezdec and Pisani svet and Pogumni kapitani | The Mysterious Rider and Colourful World and Captains Courageous |
| 1959 | Marlenka Stupica | Pastir | The Shepherd |
| 1959 | Štefan Planinc | Tajno društvo PGC and Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu | The PGC Secret Society and Animals in a Curved Mirror |
| 1958 | Milan Bizovičar | Maghellanovo potovanje okoli sveta | Magellan's Journey Around the World |
| 1957 | Marij Pregelj | Beli očnjak | White Fang |
| 1957 | Melita Vovk | Zgode in nezgode kraljevskega dvora | Tales and Mishaps of the Royal Court |
| 1956 | France Mihelič | Štirje letni časi | The Four Seasons |
| 1956 | Maksim Sedej | Potovanje v tisočera mesta and Pastirček | Travels to a Thousand Towns and The Little Shepheard Boy |
| 1955 | Nikolaj Omersa | Zajčkov zvonček | Bunny's Bell |
| 1955 | Ivan Seljak - Čopič | Knjiga o Titu and Posadka brez ladje | The Book About Tito and The Crew Without a Ship |
| 1954 | Jože Ciuha | Cekin | The Coin |
| 1954 | Roža Piščanec | Heidi | Heidi |
| 1954 | Maksim Sedej | Racko in Lija | Racko and Lija |
| 1954 | Marlenka Stupica | Trnuljčica | Sleeping Beauty |
| 1953 | Evgen Sajovic | Snežna kraljica in druge pravljice | The Snow Queen and other stories |
| 1953 | Maksim Sedej | Tisoč in ena noč | One Thousand and One Nights |
| 1952 | Boris Kobe | Visoška kronika | The Visoko Chronicles |
| 1952 | Rado Krošelj | Barčica | The Little Boat |
| 1952 | France Mihelič | Pestrna | The Child Minder |
| 1952 | Marlenka Stupica | Mehurčki | Bubbles |
| 1952 | Janez Vidic | Letni časi | The Seasons |
| 1951 | Gvido Birolla | Trije bratje in trije razbojniki | Three Brothers and Three Robbers |
| 1951 | France Mihelič | Najdihojca | Najdihojca |
| 1951 | Slavko Pengov | Pod svobodnim soncem | Under A Free Sun |
| 1951 | Dušan Petrič | Kaj je videl Mižek Figa | What Mižek Figa Saw |
| 1951 | Ive Šubic | Kralj Matjaž reši svojo nevesto | King Matjaž Saves his Bride |
| 1951 | Janez Vidic | Živalske pripovedke | Animal Tales |
| 1950 | Tone Kralj | Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu | The Story of Prince Jeruslan |
| 1950 | Nikolaj Omersa | Zgodbe o živalih | Stories about Animals |
| 1950 | Marlenka Stupica | Na Krasu | On The Carst |
| 1950 | Janez Vidic | Premagane zverine | Defeated Beasts |
| 1949 | Maksim Gaspari | Čuri-Muri velikan | The Monster Cockroach |
| 1949 | France Mihelič | Solzice | Lillies of the Valley |
| 1949 | Marij Pregelj | Otroška leta | My Childhood Years |
| 1949 | France Podrekar | Butalci | Dumbville |
| 1949 | Ive Šubic | Nejček | Nejček |
| Year | Award for Best Non-fiction Book for Children | Original Title | Title in English |
| 1997 | Viljenka Jalovec | Stavnica | Alphabet and Picture Bets |
| 1993 | Samo Kuščer | Energija | Energy |
| 1991 | Aleksander Konjajev | Nejc in drobnoživke | Nejc and Tiny Bugs |
| 1989 | Janez Strnad | Iz take so snovi kot sanje | From the Stuff of Dreams |
| 1988 | Manca Košir | Mladi novinar | The Young Journalist |
| 1988 | Alenka Goljevšček | Med bogovi in demoni: liki iz slovenske mitologije | Amongst Gods and Daemons: Figures from Slovene Mythology |
| 1987 | Samo Kuščer | Logo in računalnik | Logo and Computers |
| 1986 | Jana Milčinski | Lukec dobi sestrico | Lukec Gets a Sister |
| 1985 | Tita Kovač Artemis | Kemiki skozi stoletja | Chemists Through the Centuries |
| 1984 | Aleksander Konjajev | Nevidni živi svet | The Invisible Living World |
| 1983 | Matjaž Schmidt | Nejčev prvi leksikon | Nejc's First Dictionary |
| 1982 | Berta Golob | Žive besede | Living Words |
| 1981 | Pavel Kunaver | Pravljica in resnica o zvezdah | The Story and Truth About the Stars |
| 1980 | Marijan Prosen | Utrinki iz astronomije | Flashes from Astronomy |
| 1979 | Marija Makarovič | Kmečka abeceda and Kmečko gospodarstvo na Slovenskem | The Farmer's Alphabet and Farm Management in Slovenia |
| 1978 | Zoran Jerin | Himalaja, rad te imam | Himalayas, I Love You |
| 1977 | Jože Pahor | Dogodivščine v atomskem inštitutu | At the Atomic Institute |
| 1976 | Rajko Pavlovec | Kras | The Karst |
| 1975 | Kazimir Tarman | Zakaj, zato v ekologiji | Questions and Answers in Ecology |
| 1974 | Miran Ogrin | Od Kalifornije do Ognjene zemlje | From California to the Land of Fire |
| 1972 | Slavko Kremenšek | Slovensko študentovsko gibanje 1919–1941 | The Slovene Student Movement 1919 – 1941 |
| 1971 | Luc Menaše | Evropski umetnostnozgodovinski leksikon | European Art Historical Dictionary |
| 1970 | Jovan Hadži | Razvojna pota živalstva | The Development of Animals |
| 1969 | Stanko Kotnik | Po domovih naših pisateljev | In the Homes of Our Writers |
| 1968 | Janez Stanič | Onkraj Kremlja | The Other Side of the Kremlin |
| 1968 | Alenka Gerlovič | Likovni pouk otrok | Art Classes for Children |
| 1967 | France Planina | Jugoslavija | Yugoslavia |
| 1965 | Joško Battestin | Mikroskop Pionir | The Pioneer Microscope |
| 1964 | Miroslav Adlešič | Svet zvoka in glasbe | The World of Sound and Music |
| 1963 | Ciril Cvetko | Opera in njeni mojstri | The Opera and Its Masters |
| 1962 | Miha Likar | Virusi, Bakterije in Glivice | Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi |
| 1961 | Anton Ramovš | Zemlja skozi milijone let and Geološki izleti po ljubljanski okolici | Earth Over Millions of Years and Geological Outings Around Ljubljana |
| 1960 | France Križanič | Križem po matematiki and Elektronski aritmetični računalniki | Across Maths and Electronic Calculators |
| 1959 | Lavo Čermelj | Z raketo v vesolje | A Rocket for Space |
| 1958 | Robert Neubauer | Ceylon | Ceylon |
| 1958 | Dušan Savnik | Svet nasprotij | A World of Opposites |
| 1957 | Miroslav Adlešič | Svet svetlobe in barv | The World of Light and Colours |
| 1957 | Miroslav Zei | Iz življenja sesalcev | The Lives of Mammals |
| 1956 | Janez Matjašič | Iz življenja najmanjših | From the Lives of the Smallest |
| 1955 | Božo Škerlj | Neznana Amerika | Unknown America |
| 1954 | Božo Petek | Letalsko modelarstvo | Model Airplanes |
| 1953 | Lavo Čermelj | Nikola Tesla in razvoj elektrotehnike | Nikola Tesla and the Development of Electrotechins |
| 1952 | Miroslav Adlešič | Od mehanike do elektronike | From Mechanics to Electronics |
| 1952 | Anton Polenec | Iz življenja pajkov | The Life of Spiders |
| 1952 | Miroslav Zei | Iz ribjega sveta | The World of Fish |
| 1951 | France Križanič | Kratkočasna matematika | Maths for Fun |
| 1951 | Drago Matanović | Pogled v elektrotehniko | A Look at Electrotechnics |
| 1951 | Vladimir Naglič | Kratke zanimivosti iz pomorstva | Interesting Facts about Seafaring |
| 1951 | Jože Pahor | Hodil po zemlji sem naši | I Walked Our Land |
| 1950 | Anton Polenec | Iz življenja žuželk | The Lives of Insects |
| 1949 | Katja Špur | for her journalistic work | |
