award winning books
Below are list of a variety of award winning books. So browse through them and see if there is anything that interests you. Why not collect all of your favorite award winners?
  

caldecott medal

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. It was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Together with the Newbery Medal, it is the most prestigious American children's book award.
2009 winner
The House in the Night - Susan Marie Swanson - Book
The House in the Night (Print) - Susan Marie Swanson +w

Traveling from a tidy home all the way to the moon and back, this nighttime,...  read more
nominees
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Print) - Marla Frazee +w
A River of Words (Print) - Jen Bryant +w
How I Learned Geography (Print) - Uri Shulevitz +w
2008 winner
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick - Book
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Print) - Brian Selznick +w

In this most unusual and intriguing children's novel, Brian Selznick, a winner...  read more
nominees
Henry's Freedom Box (Print) - Ellen Levine +w
Knuffle Bunny Too (Print) - Mo Willems +w
The Wall (Print) - Peter Sis +w
First the Egg (Print) - Laura Vaccaro Seeger +w
2007 winner
Flotsam - David Wiesner - Book
Flotsam (Print) - David Wiesner +w

The 2007 Caldecott Medal-winner is a detailed, beautifully illustrated wordless...  read more
nominees
Gone Wild (Print) - David Mclimans +w
Moses (Print) - Carole Boston Weatherford +w
2006 winner
The Hello, Goodbye Window - Norton Juster - Book
The Hello, Goodbye Window (Print) - Norton Juster +w

For an excited, imaginative little girl, an overnight visit with her beloved...  read more
nominees
Rosa (Print) - Nikki Giovanni +w
Zen Shorts (Print) - Jon J. Muth +w
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems (Print) - Joyce Sidman +w
Hot Air (Print) - Marjorie Priceman +w
2005 winner
Kitten's First Full Moon - Kevin Henkes - Book
Kitten's First Full Moon (Print) - Kevin Henkes +w

A curious and thirsty kitten sees the full moon for the first time and becomes...  read more
nominees
Knuffle Bunny (Print) - Mo Willems +w
Coming on Home Soon (Print) - Jacqueline Woodson +w
The Red Book (Print) - Barbara Lehman +w
2004 winner
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein - Book
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Print) - Mordicai Gerstein +w

The true story of street performer Philippe Petit's 1974 high wire walk between...  read more
nominees
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Print) - Mo Willems +w
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (Print) - Margaret Chodos-Irvine +w
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Print) - Robin Page +w
2003 winner
My Friend Rabbit - Eric Rohmann - Book
My Friend Rabbit (Print) - Eric Rohmann +w

When Rabbit accidently gets his friend Mouse's toy airplane stuck in a tree,...  read more
nominees
The Spider and the Fly (Print) - Mary Botham Howitt +w
Hondo & Fabian (Print) - Peter McCarty +w
Noah's Ark (Print) - Jerry Pinkney +w
2002 winner
The Three Pigs - David Wiesner - Book
The Three Pigs (Print) - David Wiesner +w

In this takeoff on the familiar story of the THREE LITTLE PIGS, the three porcine...  read more
nominees
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (Print) - Barbara Kerley +w
Martin's Big Words (Print) - Doreen Rappaport +w
The Stray Dog (Print) - Marc Simont +w
2001 winner
So, You Want to Be President? - Judith St. George - Book
So, You Want to Be President? (Print) - Judith St. George +w

This book, with caricature artwork throughout, invites readers to learn some...  read more
nominees
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type (Print) - Doreen Cronin +w
Casey at the Bat (Print) - Ernest Lawrence Thayer +w
Olivia (Print) - Ian Falconer +w
2000 winner
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Simms Taback - Book
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Print) - Simms Taback +w

Joseph, an amazing and resourceful tailor, turns his old and worn-out coat...  read more
nominees
A Child's Calendar (Print) - John Updike +w
Ugly Duckling (Print) - Hans Christian Andersen +w
When Sophie Gets Angry Really, Really Angry... (Print) - Molly Bang +w
Sector 7 (Print) - David Wiesner +w
1999 winner
Duke Ellington - Andrea Davis Pinkney - Book
Duke Ellington (Print) - Andrea Davis Pinkney +w

A picture-book biography of the innovative songwriter, jazz musician, and orchestra...  read more
nominees
Snow (Print) - Uri Shulevitz +w
Tibet (Print) - Peter Sis +w
No, David (Print) - David Shannon +w
1998 winner
Rapunzel - Paul O. Zelinsky - Book
Rapunzel (Print) - Paul O. Zelinsky +w

A version of the Rapunzel story based on 17th-century French and Italian sources...  read more
nominees
The Gardener (Print) - Sarah Stewart +w
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Print) - Simms Taback +w
Harlem (Print) - Walter Dean Myers +w
1997 winner
Golem - David Wisniewski - Book
Golem (Print) - David Wisniewski +w

A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch...  read more
nominees
The Graphic Alphabet (Print) - David Pelletier +w
Starry Messenger (Print) - Unknown +w
Hush! A Thai Lullaby (Print) - Minfong Ho +w
The Paperboy (Print) - Dav Pilkey +w
1996 winner
Officer Buckle and Gloria - Peggy Rathmann - Book
Officer Buckle and Gloria (Print) - Peggy Rathmann +w

Officer Buckle knows a lot about safety, but his boring lectures put his audiences...  read more
nominees
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin (Print) - Lloyd Moss +w
The Faithful Friend (Print) - Robert D. San Souci +w
Alphabet City (Print) - Stephen T. Johnson +w
Tops & Bottoms (Print) - Stevens +w
1995 winner
Smoky Night - Eve Bunting - Book
Smoky Night (Print) - Eve Bunting +w

This is the story of a street riot, seen through a young boy's eyes. Because...  read more
nominees
Swamp Angel (Print) - Anne Isaacs +w
John Henry (Print) - Julius Lester +w
Time Flies (Print) - Eric Rohmann +w