Horn Book Picture Book Awards
2011
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Click to search this book in our catalog   Salley Mayor
2010
I Know Here
Click to search this book in our catalog   Laurel Croza
2009
Bubble Trouble
Click to search this book in our catalog   Margaret Mahy
 
2008
At Night
 Jonathan Bean
Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. Bean (The Apple Pie That Papa Baked; reviewed below) creates almost magic...More
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2007
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
 Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. As inventive and fresh as Seeger's Hidden Alphabet, the three gentle s...More
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2006
Leaf Man
 Lois Ehlert
Publishers Weekly: Ehlert (Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf) returns to one of her favorite themes—the rainbow bea...More
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2005
Traction Man is Here
Click to search this book in our catalog   Mini Grey
Publishers Weekly : Starred Review. A cluttered house, lovingly rendered in comic-book panels by Grey (The Very S...More
2004
The Man Who Walked between the Towers
Click to search this book in our catalog   Mordicai Gerstein
Publishers Weekly : This effectively spare, lyrical account chronicles Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between Manha...More
2003
Big Momma Makes the World
Click to search this book in our catalog   Phyllis Root
Publishers Weekly : In this sassy creation myth that tweaks the first chapter of Genesis, Big Momma "roll[s] up...More
 
2002
"Lets Get a Pup!" said Kate
 Bob Graham
Publishers Weekly : Dog lover Graham (Max) adds another tail-wagging treat of a picture book to an oeuvre that inclu...More
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2001
Cold Feet
 Cynthia DeFelice
Publishers Weekly : DeFelice and Parker (previously paired for The Dancing Skeleton) join forces again, this time to...More
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2000
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
 D.B. Johnson
School Library Journal : K-Gr 4-A nicely realized retelling of a short passage from Henry Thoreau's Walden. Henry an...More
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1999
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Click to search this book in our catalog   Joy Cowley
School Library Journal : PreS-Gr 3-In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the nig...More
1998
And If the Moon Could Talk
Click to search this book in our catalog   Kate Banks
Publishers Weekly : With quiet phrases and luxurious color, Banks and Hallensleben (Baboon) evoke a perfectly peacef...More
1997
The Adventures of Sparrowboy
Click to search this book in our catalog   Brian Pinkney
Publishers Weekly : Though sobering front-page headlines worry a young paperboy, the comics--especially a strip call...More
 
1996
In the Rain With Baby Duck
 Amy Hest
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1995
John Henry
 Julius Lester
Publishers Weekly : A great American hero comes fully to life in this epic retelling filled with glorious, detailed ...More
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1994
Grandfathers Journey
 Allen Say
Publishers Weekly : Say transcends the achievements of his Tree of Cranes and A River Dream with this breathtaking p...More
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1993
The Fortune Tellers
Click to search this book in our catalog   Lloyd Alexander
Publishers Weekly : The hands of fate deftly propel this original folktale. A seedy fortune-teller profits from gull...More
1992
Seven Blind Mice
Click to search this book in our catalog   Ed Young
Publishers Weekly : In a stunning celebration of color Caldecott medalist Young ( Lon Po Po ) offers a vibrant varia...More
1991
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Click to search this book in our catalog   Katherine Paterson
Publishers Weekly : In another picture book retelling of a Japanese folktale, Paterson ( The Tongue-Cut Sparrow ) re...More
 
1990
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
 Ed Young
Publishers Weekly : This version of the Red Riding Hood story from Young ( The Emperor and the Kite ; Cats Are Cats ...More
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