| Year | Winner | Book | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Stuart Trueman | You're Only as Old as You Act | McClelland |
| 1968 | Max Ferguson | And Now... Here's Max | McGraw-Hill |
| 1967 | Richard J. Needham | Needham's Inferno | MacMillan of Canada |
| 1966 | George Bain | Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children | Clarke Irwin |
| 1965 | Gregory Clark | War Stories | Ryerson Press |
| 1964 | Harry J. Boyle | Homebrew and Patches | Clarke Irwin |
| 1963 | Donald Jack | Three Cheers for Me | Collier-Macmillan |
| 1962 | W. O. Mitchell | Jake and the Kid | Macmillan of Canada |
| 1961 | Norman Ward | Mice in the Beer | Longmans |
| 1960 | Pierre Berton | Just Add Water and Stir | McClelland & Stewart |