Boston Globe–Horn Book AwardPicture Book

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Other Names: Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award
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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
Stages:
All, Winner (168), Honor (258)
Categories:
All, Fiction (105), Fiction & Poetry (42), Nonfiction (130), Picture Book (143), Special Citation (6)
Years:
All, 2023 (3), 2022 (3), 2021 (3), 2020 (2), 2019 (1), 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 (3), 2002 (3), 2001 (3), 2000 (3), 1999 (3), 1998 (3), 1997 (3), 1996 (3), 1995 (2), 1994 (3), 1993 (3), 1992 (2), 1991 (3), 1990 (3), 1989 (3), 1988 (3), 1987 (4), 1986 (4), 1985 (4), 1984 (4), 1983 (4), 1982 (2), 1981 (4), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1)

Winner 57

WorkYear
When You Can Swim by Jack Wong2023
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds2022
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott2021
Saturday by Oge Mora2020
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke2019
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki2018
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan2017
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill2016
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee2015
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown2014
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean2013
Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier2013
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett2012
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Salley Mavor2011
I Know Here by Laurel Croza2010
Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy2009
At Night by Jonathan Bean2008
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger2007
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert2006
Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey2005
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein2004
Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root2003
"Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate by Bob Graham2002
Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice2001
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson2000
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley1999
And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks1998
The Adventures Of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney1997
In the Rain with Baby Duck by Amy Hest1996
John Henry by Julius Lester1995
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say1994
The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander1993
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young1992
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson1991
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young1990
Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells1989
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder1988
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe1987
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang1986
Jonah and the Great Fish by Warwick Hutton1984
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams1983
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard1982
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak1981
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg1980
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs1979
Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno1978
Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason by Wallace Tripp1977
Thirteen by Remy Charlip1976
Anno's Alphabet by Mitsumasa Anno1975
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings1974
King Stork by Howard Pyle1973
Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham1972
If I Built a Village. by Kazue Mizumura1971
Hi, Cat! by Ezra Jack Keats1970
Adventures of Paddy Pork by John S. Goodall1969
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel1968
London Bridge is Falling Down by Peter Spier1967

Honor 86

WorkYear
Remember by Joy Harjo2023
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford2023
Moon Pops by Hŭi-na Paek2022
A Guerra (Em Portugues do Brasil) by José Jorge Letria2022
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes2021
Watercress by Andrea Wang2021
Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe2020
When's My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano2018
A Different Pond by Bao Phi2018
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell2017
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz2017
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie2016
One Day, The End.: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai Dotlich2016
It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee2015
Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters by Oliver Jeffers2015
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty2014
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan2014
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold2013
And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano2012
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis2012
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman2011
Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson2011
It's a Secret by John Burningham2010
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney2010
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes2009
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli2009
Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt2008
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee2008
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental2007
Wolves by Emily Gravett2007
Sky Boys by Deborah Hopkinson2006
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 Winter2006
That New Animal by Emily Jenkins2005
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster2005
The Shape Game by Anthony Browne2004
Snow Music by Lynne Rae Perkins2004
Dahlia by Barbara McClintock2003
Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers2003
Little Rat Sets Sail by Monika Bang-Campbell2002
I Stink! by Kate McMullan2002
Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins2001
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont2001
Buttons by Brock Cole2000
A Day, A Dog by Gabrielle Vincent2000
Dance! With Bill T. Jones by Bill T. Jones1999
The Owl and the Pussycat [Marshall] by Edward Lear1999
Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne1998
Popcorn: Poems by James Stevenson1998
Home on the Bayou by G. Brian Karas1997
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression by Kate Lied1997
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner1996
Home Lovely by Lynne Rae Perkins1996
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs1995
Owen by Kevin Henkes1994
A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North by Peter Sís1994
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott1993
Komodo! by Peter Sís1993
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming1992
Aardvarks, Disembark! by Ann Jonas1991
Sophie and Lou by Petra Mathers1991
Valentine and Orson by Nancy Ekholm Burkert1990
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Jr. Martin1990
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney1989
The Nativity by Ron Lander1989
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker1988
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams1988
Old Henry by Joan W. Blos1987
In Coal Country by Judith Hendershot1987
Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams1987
Gorilla by Anthony Browne1986
The Trek (Reading Rainbow Books) by Ann Jonas1986
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg1986
Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd1985
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes1985
How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz1985
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg1985
Dawn by Molly Bang1984
The Guinea Pig ABC by Kate Duke1984
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel1984
Friends by Helme Heine1983
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie1983
Doctor De Soto by William Steig1983
The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol by Tomie dePaola1982
Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker1981
On Market Street by Arnold Lobel1981
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg1981

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