Charlotte Zolotow AwardHonor Book

Given by Cooperative Children’s Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (CCBC)

Other Names: Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
79 Works 39,286 Books 3,408 Reviews 4.2
The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States in the preceding year. Up to five honor books and up to ten highly commended show more titles may also be named each year.

Established in 1998 by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children's book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books, and author of more than 70 picture books, including such classic works as William's Doll and Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (25), Honor Book (79), Highly Commended Title (202)
Years:
All, 2023 (3), 2022 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (2), 2018 (5), 2017 (3), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (3), 2012 (3), 2011 (4), 2010 (3), 2009 (5), 2008 (3), 2007 (2), 2006 (2), 2005 (3), 2004 (5), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (2), 1999 (2), 1998 (1)

Honor Book 79

WorkYear
On My Papa's Shoulders by Niki Daly2023
Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler2023
My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood2023
Catch That Chicken! by Atinuke2022
The Cot in the Living Room by Hilda Eunice Burgos2022
My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano2022
Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly2022
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott2022
Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe2020
Saturday by Oge Mora2020
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard2020
Truman by Jean Reidy2020
A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang2020
Honey by David Ezra Stein2019
Saturday Is Swimming Day by Hyewon Yum2019
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke2018
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall2018
Buster and the Baby by Amy Hest2018
Niko Draws a Feeling by Robert Raczka2018
Herbert's First Halloween by Cynthia Rylant2018
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie2017
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming2017
Alan's Big, Scary Teeth by Peter Jarvis2017
When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt2016
The New Small Person by Lauren Child2016
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña2016
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick2016
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor2016
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate2015
Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle2015
Beautiful Moon by Tonya Bolden2015
Water rolls, water rises = El agua rueda, el agua sube by Pat Mora2015
Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg2015
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean2014
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown2014
Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins2014
Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller2014
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson2014
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue2013
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff2013
Flabbersmashed About You by Rachel Vail2013
Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2012
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz2012
Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray2012
April and Esme Tooth Fairies by Bob Graham2011
Hip-Pocket Papa by Sandra Markle2011
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead2011
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems2011
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide2010
Birds by Kevin Henkes2010
Pouch! by David Ezra Stein2010
In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck2009
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant2009
How Mama Brought the Spring by Fran Manushkin2009
Silent Music by James Rumford2009
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz2009
At Night by Jonathan Bean2008
Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins2008
Dragon Dancing by Carole Lexa Schaefer2008
Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look2007
Mrs. Crump's Cat by Linda Smith2007
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. Mckissack2006
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth2006
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson2005
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems2005
Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson2005
Two Old Potatoes and Me by John Coy2004
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell2004
Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye2004
Calabash Cat by James Rumford2004
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! by George Shannon2004
The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson2003
Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins2002
Wings by Christopher Myers2001
Three Cheers for Catherine the Great! by Cari Best2000
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer2000
John Willy and Freddy McGee by Holly Meade1999
Pete's a Pizza by William Steig1999
Don't Laugh, Joe! (Picture Puffin Books) by Keiko Kasza1998

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