Boston Globe–Horn Book AwardHonor

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First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. show more Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book. (Copied from official site.) show less
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Honor 258

WorkCategoryYear
Promise Boys by Nick BrooksFiction & Poetry2023
When Clouds Touch Us by Thanhhà LạiFiction & Poetry2023
H Is for Harlem by Dinah JohnsonNonfiction2023
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela JoyNonfiction2023
Remember by Joy HarjoPicture Book2023
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston WeatherfordPicture Book2023
Rez Dogs by Joseph BruchacFiction2022
Borders by Thomas KingFiction2022
The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found by Dina NayeriNonfiction2022
Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History by Schele WilliamsNonfiction2022
Moon Pops by Hŭi-na PaekPicture Book2022
War by José Jorge LetriaPicture Book2022
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyFiction & Poetry2021
Punching the Air by Ibi ZoboiFiction & Poetry2021
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina SoontornvatNonfiction2021
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston WeatherfordNonfiction2021
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick BarnesPicture Book2021
Watercress by Andrea WangPicture Book2021
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoFiction2020
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae KellerFiction2020
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo MaclearNonfiction2020
Pokko and the Drum by Matthew ForsythePicture Book2020
The Parker Inheritance by Varian JohnsonFiction2018
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. PérezFiction2018
A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars by Seth FishmanNonfiction2018
The 57 Bus by Dashka SlaterNonfiction2018
When's My Birthday? by Julie FoglianoPicture Book2018
A Different Pond by Bao PhiPicture Book2018
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki GrimesFiction & Poetry2017
The Best Man by Richard PeckFiction & Poetry2017
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve SheinkinNonfiction2017
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa SweetNonfiction2017
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew CordellPicture Book2017
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne SchwartzPicture Book2017
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy SchlitzFiction2016
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca SteadFiction2016
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. AndersonNonfiction2016
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston WeatherfordNonfiction2016
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman AlexiePicture Book2016
One Day, The End.: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai DotlichPicture Book2016
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip HooseFiction2015
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonFiction2015
Egg and Spoon by Gregory MaguireNonfiction2015
Challenger Deep by Neal ShustermanNonfiction2015
It's Only Stanley by Jon AgeePicture Book2015
Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters by Oliver JeffersPicture Book2015
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth WeinFiction2014
Boxers by Gene Luen YangFiction2014
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen YangFiction2014
Saints by Gene Luen YangFiction2014
The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest--and Most Surprising--Animals on Earth by Steve JenkinsNonfiction2014
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby PowellNonfiction2014
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel BeatyPicture Book2014
Rules of Summer by Shaun TanPicture Book2014
Seraphina by Rachel HartmanFiction2013
A Corner of White by Jaclyn MoriartyFiction2013
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy HaleNonfiction2013
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Award - Author Winner Title(s)) by Andrea PinkneyNonfiction2013
Black Dog by Levi PinfoldPicture Book2013
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal PeetFiction2012
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinFiction2012
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased by Amy NoveskyNonfiction2012
And Then It's Spring by Julie FoglianoPicture Book2012
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick LewisPicture Book2012
Anna Hibiscus by AtinukeFiction2011
Chime by Franny BillingsleyFiction2011
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin JenkinsNonfiction2011
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart RossNonfiction2011
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce SidmanPicture Book2011
Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline WoodsonPicture Book2011
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz RyanFiction & Poetry2010
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen TurnerFiction & Poetry2010
Anne Frank: Her life in words and pictures from the archives of The Anne Frank House by Menno MetselaarNonfiction2010
Smile by Raina TelgemeierNonfiction2010
It's a Secret by John BurninghamPicture Book2010
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyPicture Book2010
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. AndersonFiction & Poetry2009
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanFiction & Poetry2009
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David MacaulayNonfiction2009
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee StoneNonfiction2009
Old Bear by Kevin HenkesPicture Book2009
Higher! Higher! by Leslie PatricelliPicture Book2009
Savvy by Ingrid LawFiction2008
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark DowellFiction & Poetry2008
Frogs by Nic BishopNonfiction2008
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara KerleyNonfiction2008
Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy CoffeltPicture Book2008
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla FrazeePicture Book2008
Clementine by Sara PennypackerFiction & Poetry2007
Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-JonesFiction & Poetry2007
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin BurnsNonfiction2007
Escape!: The Story of The Great Houdini by Sid FleischmanNonfiction2007
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc FromentalPicture Book2007
Wolves by Emily GravettPicture Book2007
Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie LariosFiction & Poetry2006
Yellow Star by Jennifer RoyFiction & Poetry2006
A Mother's Journey by Sandra MarkleNonfiction2006
Wildfire by Taylor MorrisonNonfiction2006
Sky Boys by Deborah HopkinsonPicture Book2006
MAMA: a TRUE story, in which a BABY HIPPO loses his MAMA during a TSUNAMI, but finds a new home, and a new MAMA by Jeanette WinterPicture Book2006
Kalpana's Dream by Judith ClarkeFiction & Poetry2005
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn NelsonFiction & Poetry2005
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth by James Cross GiblinNonfiction2005
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael RosenNonfiction2005
That New Animal by Emily JenkinsPicture Book2005
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton JusterPicture Book2005
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia RylantFiction & Poetry2004
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudFiction & Poetry2004
Surprising Sharks by Nicola DaviesNonfiction2004
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma SchyffertNonfiction2004
The Shape Game by Anthony BrownePicture Book2004
Snow Music by Lynne Rae PerkinsPicture Book2004
Feed by M. T. AndersonFiction & Poetry2003
Locomotion by Jacqueline WoodsonFiction & Poetry2003
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Wendie C. OldNonfiction2003
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel PhilbrickNonfiction2003
Dahlia by Barbara McClintockPicture Book2003
Blues Journey by Walter Dean MyersPicture Book2003
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKayFiction & Poetry2002
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. WilliamsFiction & Poetry2002
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. AndersonNonfiction2002
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie (Golden Kite Awards) by Elizabeth PartridgeNonfiction2002
Little Rat Sets Sail by Monika Bang-CampbellPicture Book2002
I Stink! by Kate McMullanPicture Book2002
Troy by Adèle GerasFiction & Poetry2001
Everything on a Waffle by Polly HorvathFiction & Poetry2001
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa by Don BrownNonfiction2001
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis HurstNonfiction2001
Five Creatures by Emily JenkinsPicture Book2001
The Stray Dog by Marc SimontPicture Book2001
King of Shadows by Susan CooperFiction2000
145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean MyersFiction2000
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter by Alan GovenarNonfiction2000
Sitting Bull and His World by Albert MarrinNonfiction2000
Buttons by Brock ColePicture Book2000
A Day, A Dog by Gabrielle VincentPicture Book2000
The Trolls by Polly HorvathFiction1999
Monster by Walter Dean MyersFiction1999
William Shakespeare & the Globe by AlikiNonfiction1999
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer ArmstrongNonfiction1999
Dance! With Bill T. Jones by Bill T. JonesPicture Book1999
The Owl and the Pussycat [Marshall] by Edward LearPicture Book1999
While No One Was Watching by Jane Leslie ConlyFiction1998
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis HoltFiction1998
Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life by Russell FreedmanNonfiction1998
Chuck Close: Up Close by Jan GreenbergNonfiction1998
Seven Brave Women by Betsy HearnePicture Book1998
Popcorn: Poems by James StevensonPicture Book1998
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly GiffFiction1997
Harlem by Walter Dean MyersFiction1997
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. AdlerNonfiction1997
Leonardo da Vinci (Time-Traveling Twins) by Diane StanleyNonfiction1997
Home on the Bayou by G. Brian KarasPicture Book1997
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression by Kate LiedPicture Book1997
The Moorchild by Eloise McGrawFiction1996
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth WhiteFiction1996
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears: And Other Iroquois Stories (Parabola Storytime series) by Joseph BruchacNonfiction1996
Haystack by Bonnie GeisertNonfiction1996
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn BuehnerPicture Book1996
Home Lovely by Lynne Rae PerkinsPicture Book1996
Jericho by Janet HickmanFiction1995
Earthshine by Theresa NelsonFiction1995
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (The Family Library) by Robie H. HarrisNonfiction1995
The Great Fire by Jim MurphyNonfiction1995
Swamp Angel by Anne IsaacsPicture Book1995
Flour Babies by Anne FineFiction1994
Western Wind by Paula FoxFiction1994
A Tree Place: And Other Poems by Constance LevyNonfiction1994
Unconditional Surrender: U. S. Grant and the Civil War by Albert MarrinNonfiction1994
Owen by Kevin HenkesPicture Book1994
A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North by Peter SísPicture Book1994
The Giver by Lois LowryFiction1993
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen KrullNonfiction1993
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermottPicture Book1993
Komodo! by Peter SísPicture Book1993
Somewhere In The Darkness by Walter Dean MyersFiction1992
Nothing but the Truth: A Play by Ronn SmithFiction1992
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois EhlertNonfiction1992
The Handmade Alphabet by Laura RankinNonfiction1992
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise FlemingPicture Book1992
Paradise Cafe and Other Stories by Martha BrooksFiction1991
Judy Scuppernong by Brenda SeabrookeFiction1991
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell FreedmanNonfiction1991
Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England by Diane StanleyNonfiction1991
Aardvarks, Disembark! by Ann JonasPicture Book1991
Sophie and Lou by Petra MathersPicture Book1991
Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam ConradFiction1990
Saturnalia by Paul FleischmanFiction1990
Insect Metamorphosis: From Egg to Adult by Nancy GoorNonfiction1990
Valentine and Orson by Nancy Ekholm BurkertPicture Book1990
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Jr. MartinPicture Book1990
Eva by Peter DickinsonFiction1989
Gideon Ahoy! by William MayneFiction1989
Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish (A Borzoi book) by Philip M. IsaacsonNonfiction1989
The Rainbow People by Laurence YepNonfiction1989
Island Boy by Barbara CooneyPicture Book1989
The Nativity by Ron LanderPicture Book1989
Granny Was a Buffer Girl by Berlie DohertyFiction1988
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul FleischmanFiction1988
Memory by Margaret MahyFiction1988
African Journey by John ChiassonNonfiction1988
Little by Little: A Writer's Education by Jean LittleNonfiction1988
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie BakerPicture Book1988
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. WilliamsPicture Book1988
Georgia Music by Helen V. GriffithFiction1987
Isaac Campion by Janni HowkerFiction1987
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna ColeNonfiction1987
Steamboat in a Cornfield by John HartfordNonfiction1987
Being Born by Sheila KitzingerNonfiction1987
Old Henry by Joan W. BlosPicture Book1987
In Coal Country by Judith HendershotPicture Book1987
Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. WilliamsPicture Book1987
Prairie Songs by Pam ConradFiction1986
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesFiction1986
Dark Harvest: Migrant Farmworkers in America by Brent K. AshabrannerNonfiction1986
The truth about Santa Claus by James Cross GiblinNonfiction1986
Gorilla by Anthony BrownePicture Book1986
The Trek (Reading Rainbow Books) by Ann JonasPicture Book1986
The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgPicture Book1986
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-SmithFiction1985
The Changeover by Margaret MahyFiction1985
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald DahlNonfiction1985
Mama Don't Allow by Thacher HurdPicture Book1985
Like Jake and Me by Mavis JukesPicture Book1985
How Much Is a Million? by David M. SchwartzPicture Book1985
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van AllsburgPicture Book1985
Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne JonesFiction1984
Unclaimed Treasures by Patricia MacLachlanFiction1984
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia VoigtFiction1984
Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World by Polly Schoyer BrooksNonfiction1984
Children of the Wild West by Russell FreedmanNonfiction1984
The Tipi by David YueNonfiction1984
Dawn by Molly BangPicture Book1984
The Guinea Pig ABC by Kate DukePicture Book1984
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold LobelPicture Book1984
Homesick: My Own Story by Jean FritzFiction1983
The Road to Camlann: The Death of King Arthur by Rosemary SutcliffFiction1983
Dicey's Song by Cynthia VoigtFiction1983
Hiroshima No Pika by Maruki ToshiNonfiction1983
The Jewish Americans: A History in Their Own Words 1650-1950 by Milton MeltzerNonfiction1983
Friends by Helme HeinePicture Book1983
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling LouiePicture Book1983
Doctor De Soto by William SteigPicture Book1983
The Voyage Begun by Nancy BondFiction1982
Ask Me No Questions by Ann SchleeFiction1982
The Scarecrows by Robert WestallFiction1982
Lobo of the Tasaday by John NanceNonfiction1982
Dinosaurs of North America by Helen Roney SattlerNonfiction1982
The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol by Tomie dePaolaPicture Book1982
Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert BurchFiction1981
Flight of the Sparrow by Julia CunninghamFiction1981
John Diamond by Leon GarfieldFiction1981
The Hospital Book by James HoweNonfiction1981
Junk Food, Fast Food, Health Food: What Americans Eat and Why by Lila PerlNonfiction1981
You can't be timid with a trumpet : notes from the orchestra by Stan SkardinskiNonfiction1981
Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf BakerPicture Book1981
On Market Street by Arnold LobelPicture Book1981
Jumanji by Chris Van AllsburgPicture Book1981

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