Irma Black AwardHonor Book

Given by Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature

Other Names: Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
66 Works 53,357 Books 3,345 Reviews 4.3
Originally known as the Irma Simonton Black Award, or the Irma Black Award.

"At Irma Black's untimely death in 1972, Bank Street College of Education established the annual Irma Simonton Black show more Award for Excellence in Children's Literature with the encouragement and support of her family. The Award was presented in Irma's name only until 1992, when James Black's name was added in recognition of his ardent support of the Award. Now known as the "Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature"." show less
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All, Gold Medal (2), Contender (124), Winner (50), Silver Medal (6), Honor Book (66)
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All, 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (3), 2018 (3), 2017 (3), 2016 (3), 2015 (3), 2014 (3), 2013 (3), 2012 (3), 2011 (3), 2010 (3), 2009 (3), 2008 (3), 2007 (3), 2006 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (3), 2003 (2), 2002 (3), 2001 (3), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1977 (1), 1974 (1)

Honor Book 66

WorkYear
Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story by Shana Keller2021
Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow2021
Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker2021
Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon2020
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry2020
The Most Terrible of All by Muon Thi Van2020
The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee2019
Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins2019
Sun! One in a Billion by Stacy McAnulty2019
How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie by Gilbert Ford2018
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman2018
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat2018
A Hungry Lion, or, A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins2017
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith2017
Quackers by Liz Wong2017
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall2016
Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy2016
You Can Do It, Bert! by Ole Könnecke2016
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox2015
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton2015
Blizzard by John Rocco2015
Chick-o-Saurus Rex by Lenore and Daniel Jennewein2014
The King of Little Things by Bil Lepp2014
Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton2014
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen2013
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems2013
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems2013
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown2012
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen2012
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel by Dan Yaccarino2012
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black2011
Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown2011
Dust Devil by Anne Isaacs2011
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett2010
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis2010
Sergio Saves the Game by Edel Rodriguez2010
Frogs by Nic Bishop2009
The Ghost Catcher: A Bengali Folktale by Martha Hamilton2009
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley2009
Spiders by Nic Bishop2008
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy2008
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington2008
Roasted Peanuts by Tim Egan2007
Duck & Goose by Tad Hills2007
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen2007
Terrific by Jon Agee2006
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. Mckissack2006
Willa and the Wind by Janice M. Del Negro2006
Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall2005
The Firekeeper's Son by Linda Sue Park2005
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra2005
Tanuki's Gift by Tim Myers2004
The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison2004
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds2004
I Stink! by Kate McMullan2003
Epossumondas by Coleen Salley2003
Milo's Hat Trick by Jon Agee2002
A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech2002
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens2002
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin2001
mammalabilia by Douglas Florian2001
Basho and the Fox by Tim J. Myers2001
Tasty Baby Belly Buttons by Judy Sierra2000
Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen1999
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams1977
Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip1974

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