| Year[I] | Recipient(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1959 | Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (artist) | "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" | - Children's Marching Song – Cyril Stapleton (artist)
- Fun in Shariland – Shari Lewis (artist)
- Mommy, Give Me a Drinka Water – Danny Kaye (artist)
- "Tubby the Tuba" – José Ferrer (artist)
- "Witch Doctor" – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (artist)
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| 1960 | Peter Ustinov (artist) | Peter and the Wolf | - The Arabian Nights – Maria Ray
- Hansel & Gretel – Franz Allers
- Popeye's Favorite Sea Chanties – Captain Allen Swift
- Three to Make Music/Cinderella – Mary Martin
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| 1961 | Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (artist) | Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks | - Adventures in Music, Grade 3, Volume 1 – Howard Mitchell
- Dr. Seuss Presents: Bartholomew and the Oobleck – Marvin Miller
- Folk Songs for Young People – Pete Seeger
- Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes – Sterling Holloway
- Stories and Songs of the Civil War – Ralph Bellamy
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| 1962 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) | Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf | - Golden Treasury of Great Music and Literature – (performed by Various Artists)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians – (performed by original movie cast)
- The Soupy Sales Show – Soupy Sales (artist)
- Young Abe Lincoln (Broadway recording) – (performed by the original Broadway cast)
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| 1963 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) | Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | - The Cat Who Walked by Herself – Boris Karloff (artist)
- The Chipmunk Songbook – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (artist)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales – Danny Kaye (artist)
- Shari in Storyland – Shari Lewis (artist)
- Through Children's Eyes – The Limeliters (artist)
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You – John Ciardi (artist)
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| 1964 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) | Bernstein Conducts For Young People | - Addition and Subtraction – Rica Owen Moore
- Children's Concert – Pete Seeger (artist)
- Let's Go to the Zoo – (performed by various artists)
- On Top of Spaghetti – (performed by Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)
- Puff, the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul and Mary (artist)
- Winnie-the-Pooh – Jack Gilford (artist)
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| 1965 | Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews (artists) | Mary Poppins | - Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – (narrated by Hugh Downs with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra)
- Chim Chim Cheree and Other Children's Choices – (performed by Burl Ives and Children's Chorus)
- Daniel Boone – Fess Parker
- "A Spoonful of Sugar" – (performed by Mary Martin & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)
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| 1966 | Marvin Miller (artist) | Dr. Seuss Presents: "Fox in Socks" and "Green Eggs and Ham" | - Alice Through the Looking-Glass – (performed by the motion picture cast)
- The Christmas That Almost Wasn't – (performed by Paul Tripp and Cast)
- For the Children of the World: Art Linkletter Narrates the Bible – Art Linkletter
- Happiness Is – (performed by Marty Gould conducting the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)
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| 1967 | Marvin Miller (artist) | "Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran The Zoo" And "Sleep Book"" | - Love Songs for Children: "A" You're Adorable – Diahann Carroll
- Patrick Muldoon and His Magic Balloon – Carmel Quinn
- "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (artist)
- Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree – Sterling Holloway & Sebastian Cabot (artists)
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| 1968 | Boris Karloff (artist) | "Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas" | - The Carnival of the Animals – (narrated by Tutti Camarata, music by Symphonie-Orchester Graunke)
- A Happy Birthday Book with Winnie-the-Pooh – Sterling Holloway
- The Jungle Book – (performed by the motion picture cast)
- Jungle Books – Richard Kiley (artist)
- Magic Fishbone/Happy Prince/Potted Princess – Julie Harris & Richard Kiley (artists)
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| 1970 | Peter, Paul and Mary (artist) | Peter, Paul and Mommy | - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – (Performed by the Do-Re-Mi Chorus)
- Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa – Eartha Kitt (artist)
- For All My Little Friends – Tiny Tim (artist)
- Yellow Submarine and Other Big Hits for Little People – (Performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus)
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| 1971 | Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) | Sesame Street | - The Aristocats
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown
- Rubber Duckie
- Susan Sings Songs from "Sesame Street" – Loretta Long (artist)
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| 1972 | Bill Cosby (artist) | Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs | - Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie and Other Songs from "Sesame Street" – (Performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus)
- Sex Explained for Children – Stanley Daniels
- The Story of Sheherazade – Julie Harris
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – (Performed by Peter Moore conducting the Golden Orchestra and Chorus)
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| 1973 | Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno (artists)
· Produced by Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo, and Lee Chamberlin | "The Electric Company" | - Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- The Muppet Alphabet Album
- Sesame Street II
- Snoopy Come Home
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| 1974 | Joe Raposo (producer) | Sesame Street Live! | - Free to Be... You and Me
- The Little Prince – Peter Ustinov (artist)
- Multiplication Rock – Bob Dorough (artist)
- Songs from "The Electric Company" TV Show
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| 1975 | Paul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot & Sterling Holloway (artists) | "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" | - America Sings
- Eli Wallach Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer – Eli Wallach
- New Adventures of Bugs Bunny, Volume 2 – Mel Blanc
- Robin Hood – Roger Miller
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| 1976 | Richard Burton (artist) | "The Little Prince" | - Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
- Merry Christmas from Sesame Street
- Mr. Popper's Penguins – Jim Backus
- Really Rosie – Carole King (artist)
- Sesame Street Monsters
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| 1977 | Hermione Gingold & Karl Böhm (artists) | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals | - The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay – Muhammad Ali
- Disney's A Christmas Carol
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- "Winnie-the-Pooh for President (Campaign Song)" – Sterling Holloway (artist)
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| 1978 | Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) | Aren't You Glad You're You | - A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Dope! The Dope King's Last Stand – Muhammad Ali
- Russell Hoban, The Mouse and His Child – Peter Ustinov (artist)
- The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album
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| 1979 | Jim Henson (producer) | The Muppet Show | - Charlie Brown's All-Stars
- The Hobbit
- Peter and the Wolf – (Performed by David Bowie with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by)
- Sesame Street Fever
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| 1980 | Jim Henson & Paul Williams (producers) | The Muppet Movie | - Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation – Anne Murray
- Sesame Disco
- The Stars Come out on Sesame Street
- You're in Love, Charlie Brown
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| 1981 | David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) | In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record | - Big Bird's Bedtime Stories
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
- Love
- The People in Your Neighborhood
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| 1982 | Jim Henson & Dennis Scott (producers) | Sesame Country | - Ants'hillvania
- Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
- A Chipmunk Christmas
- The Fox and the Hound
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| 1983 | David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) | In Harmony 2 | - Animals and Other Things – (Performed by Candle with the Agapeland Singers)
- Best of Friends – (Performed by The Smurfs)
- The Chipmunks Go Hollywood
- Here Comes Garfield – Lou Rawls
- I Am God's Project – (Performed by Birdwing Kids Korus)
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| 1984 | Michael Jackson (artist)
· Quincy Jones (producer) | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | - Born to Add: The Great Rock N Roll from Sesame Street
- The Music Machine II – Candle (artist)
- Rocky Mountain Holiday – (Performed by John Denver and the Muppets)
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| 1985 | Shel Silverstein (artist)
· Ron Haffkine (producer) | Where the Sidewalk Ends | - Agapeland at Play with Holly Heart
- Flashbeagle
- Jim Henson's Muppets Present Fraggle Rock
- Kids' Praise! 4: Singsational Servants
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
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| 1986 | Jim Henson & Steve Buckingham (producers) | Follow That Bird: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | - Bullfrogs and Butterflies II – Candle
- E.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Christopher Plummer & Michael Tilson Thomas
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Dudley Moore & John Williams (artists)
- The Velveteen Rabbit – Meryl Streep & George Winston (artists)
- We Are the World – (Performed by Children of the World)
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| 1987 | Jim Henson, Geri Van Rees & Kathryn King (producers) | The Alphabet | - A Child's Gift of Lullabyes – Tanya Goodman Sykes
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" – Carly Simon
- A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein
- One-Minute Bedtime Stories – Shari Lewis
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| 1988 | Bobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson (artists)
· Produced by Bobby McFerrin, Mark Sottnick, and Tom Bradshaw | The Elephant's Child | - Bullfrogs and Butterflies Part III – Candle
- The Emperor and the Nightingale – Glenn Close & Mark Isham (artists)
- Everything Grows – Raffi
- Lullaby for Teddy – Barbara Fairchild
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| 1989 | Robin Williams (artist)
· Music by Ry Cooder
· Produced by Mark Sottnick and Ry Cooder | Pecos Bill | - The Bible: The Amazing Book – Candle
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Glenn Close & Tim Story (artists)
- Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals, Part II – "Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos
- The Tailor of Gloucester – Meryl Streep & The Chieftains
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Meryl Streep & Lyle Mays
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| 1990 | Tanya Goodman (artist)
· David R. Lehman & J. Aaron Brown (producers) | The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 | - Bullfrogs and Butterflies IV: I've Been Born Again
- A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs)
- Oliver and Company: Story and Songs from the Motion Picture
- Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band – Raffi (artist)
- Thumbelina – Kelly McGillis & Mark Isham (artists)
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| 1991 | Alan Menken (composer) Howard Ashman (lyricist) | The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | - Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers – Doc Watson (artist)
- How the Leopard Got His Spots – Danny Glover & Ladysmith Black Mambazo (artists)
- The Little Mermaid: Read Along – Roy Dotrice (artist)
- The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 2 – Tanya Goodman (artist)
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| 1992 | Clifford "Barney", Robertson (producer) | A Cappella Kids | - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby – Danny Glover & Taj Mahal
- The Emperor's New Clothes – John Gielgud & Mark Isham
- Paul Bunyan – Jonathan Winters & Leo Kottke
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / A Zoo Called Earth / Gerald McBoing Boing – Peter Schickele
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| 1993 | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | - Chipmunks in Low Places - Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Snuggle Up: A Gift of Songs for Sweet Dreams – J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman and Barbara Bailey Hutchinson
- Woody's Grow Big Songs 1 and 2
- Pete Seeger's Family Concert – Pete Seeger
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| 2012 | Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers) | All About Bullies... Big and Small | - Are We There Yet?
- Fitness Rock & Roll - Miss Amy (artist)
- GulfAlive
- I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow
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| 2013 | The Okee Dokee Brothers
· Engineered/Mixed & Produced by Dean Jones | Can You Canoe? | - High Dive – Bill Harley (artist)
- Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie – Elizabeth Mitchell (artist)
- Radio Jungle – The Pop Ups (artist)
- A Swinging Jungle Tale
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| 2014 | Jennifer Gasoi (artist)
· Engineered/Mixed by Pierre Messier
· Produced by Jennifer Gasoi | Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well | - Blue Clouds – Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower (artist)
- The Mighty Sky – Beth Nielsen Chapman (artist)
- Recess – Justin Roberts (artist)
- Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World's Bravest Kids – Alastair Moock & Friends (artist)
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| 2015 | Neela Vaswani (artist) | I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World | - Appetite for Construction – The Pop Ups
- Just Say Hi! – Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could
- The Perfect Quirk – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Through the Woods – The Okee Dokee Brothers
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| 2016 | Tim Kubart (artist) | Home | - ¡Come Bien! Eat Right! – José-Luis Orozco
- Dark Pie Concerns – Gustafer Yellowgold
- How Great Can This Day Be – Lori Henriques
- Trees – Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly
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| 2017 | Secret Agent 23 Skidoo | Infinity Plus One | - Explorer Of The World – Frances England
- Novelties – Recess Monkey
- Press Play – Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
- Saddle Up – The Okee Dokee Brothers
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| 2018 | Lisa Loeb (artist) | Feel What U Feel | - Brighter Side – Gustafer Yellowgold
- Lemonade – Justin Roberts
- Rise Shine #Woke – Alphabet Rockers
- Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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| 2019 | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | All The Sounds | - Tim Kubart for Building Blocks
- Falu for Falu's Bazaar
- The Pop Ups for Giants of Science
- FRANK & DEANE for The Nation of Imagine
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| 2020 | Jon Samson & Al Walser | Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype | - Caspar Babypants – Flying High!
- Daniel Tashian – I Love Rainy Days
- Alphabet Rockers – The Love
- The Okee Dokee Brothers – Winterland
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| 2021 | Joanie Leeds | All the Ladies | - Alastair Moock & Friends – Be A Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders (declined nomination)
- Dog on Fleas – I'm an Optimist (declined nomination)
- The Okee Dokee Brothers – Songs for Singin' (declined nomination)
- Justin Roberts – Wild Life
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| 2022 | Falu | A Colorful World | - 123 Andrés – Activate
- 1 Tribe Collective – All One Tribe
- Pierce Freelon – Black To The Future
- Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Crayon Kids
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| 2023 | Alphabet Rockers | The Movement | - Wendy & DB – Into The Little Blue House
- Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band – Los Fabulosos
- Divinity Roxx – Ready Set Go!
- Justin Roberts – Space Cadet
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| 2024 | 123 Andrés - Raniero Palm & Vladimir Suárez, producers
- Leandro Alvarez, Luis Angel Bonilla & Orlando di Pietro, engineers/mixers
| We Grow Together - Preschool Songs | - Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!
- Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars
- DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids!
- Uncle Jumbo – Taste the Sky
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| 2025 | Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band - Winning producers and engineers/mixers TBD
| Brillo, Brillo! | - Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats – Creciendo
- John Legend – My Favourite Dream
- Rock For Children – Solid Rock Revival
- Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids – World Wide Playdate
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| 2026 | FYÜTCH & Aura V | Harmony | - Joanie Leeds & Joya - Ageless: 100 Years Young
- Mega Ran - Buddy's Magic Tree House
- Flor Bromley - Herstory
- Tori Amos - The Music of Tori Amos and The Muses
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