2004 Medal Winner:
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (»ýÁã ±â»ç µ¥½ºÆä·Î)
by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, (Candlewick Press)
Honor Books:
- Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
- An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books)