1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
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2 | 2024-25 | Beneath | Cori Doerrfeld | Cori Doerrfeld | Little Brown and Company | ||
3 | 2024-25 | Delicious Story, A | Barney Saltzberg | Barney Saltzberg | Astra Books for Young Readers | ||
4 | 2024-25 | Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons | Laura Purdie Salas | Alexandria Neonakis | Millbrook Press (Lerner) | ||
5 | 2024-25 | Jumper: A Day In The Life of A Backyard Jumping Spider | Jessica Lanan | Jessica Lanan | Roaring Brook Press | ||
6 | 2024-25 | Just One Flake | Travis Jonker | Travis Jonker | Abrams | ||
7 | 2024-25 | My Powerful Hair | Carole Lindstrom | Steph Littlebird | Abrams Books for Young Readers | ||
8 | 2024-25 | Our Pool | Lucy Ruth Cummins | Lucy Ruth Cummins | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | ||
9 | 2024-25 | Red Jacket, The | Bob Holt | Bob Holt | HarperCollins Publishers | ||
10 | 2024-25 | Song in the City | Daniel Bernstrom | Jenin Mohammed | Amistad BFYR (HarperCollins) | ||
11 | 2024-25 | Together Tree, The | Aisha Saeed | LeUyen Pham | Salaam Reads | ||
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1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
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2 | 2023-24 | Beak Book, The | Robin Page | Robin Page | Beach Lane Books | ||
3 | 2023-24 | Berry Song | Michaela Goade | Michaela Goade | Little, Brown and Company | ||
4 | 2023-24 | Big Leaf Leap, The | Molly Beth Griffin | Meleck Davis | Minnesota Historical Society Press | ||
5 | 2023-24 | Honor | Blue Floats Away | Travis Jonker | Grant Snider | Abrams | |
6 | 2023-24 | Hello, Mandarin Duck! | Bao Phi | Dion MDB | Capstone | ||
7 | 2023-24 | House for Every Bird, A | Megan Maynor | Kaylani Juanita | Knopf | ||
8 | 2023-24 | John's turn | Mac Barnett | Kate Berube | Candlewick Press | ||
9 | 2023-24 | Winner | Knight Owl | Christopher Denise | Christopher Denise | Christy Ottaviano Books | |
10 | 2023-24 | Honor | Pizza! A Slice of History | Greg Pizzoli | Greg Pizzoli | Viking Books for Young Readers | |
11 | 2023-24 | This is a School | John Schu | Veronica Miller Jamison | Candlewick Press | ||
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1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2022-23 | Begin with a Bee | Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root | Claudia McGehee | University of Minnesota Press | ||
3 | 2022-23 | Winner | Box Turtle, The | Vanessa Roeder | Vanessa Roeder | Penguin Young Readers Group | |
4 | 2022-23 | Electric Slide and Kai | Kelly J. Baptist | Darnell Johnson | Lee & Low Books | ||
5 | 2022-23 | Honor | Federico and the Wolf | Rebecca Gomez | Elisa Chavarri | Clarion Books | |
6 | 2022-23 | Jayden’s Impossible Garden | Mélina Mangal | Ken Daley | FreeSpirit Press | ||
7 | 2022-23 | Josie Dances | Denise Lajimodiere | Angela Erdrich | Minnesota Historical Society Press | ||
8 | 2022-23 | Laxmi's Mooch | Shelly Anand | Nabi H. Ali | Kokila/Penguin Random House | ||
9 | 2022-23 | Old Truck, The | Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey | Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey | Norton Young Readers | ||
10 | 2022-23 | Honor | Paper Kingdom | Helena Ku Rhee | Pascal Campion | Random House Books for Young Readers | |
11 | 2022-23 | What Color Is My Hijab? | Hudda Ibrahim | Meenal Patel | Beaver's Pond Press, St. Paul, MN |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2021-22 | Winner | Friday night wrestle fest | JF (JENNY) Fox | Micah Player | Roaring Brook Press | |
3 | 2021-22 | I Am Every Good Thing | Derrick Barnes | Gordon C James | Nancy Paulsen Books | ||
4 | 2021-22 | Johnny's Pheasant | Cheryl Minnema | Julie Flett | University of MN Press | ||
5 | 2021-22 | Lift | Minh Lê | Dan Santat | Little Brown | ||
6 | 2021-22 | Proudest Blue, The: a Story of Hijab and Family | Ibtihaj Muhammad | Hatem Aly | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | ||
7 | 2021-22 | Honor | See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog | David LaRochelle | Mike Wohnoutka | Candlewick | |
8 | 2021-22 | Honor | Snail Crossing | Corey R. Tabor | Corey R. Tabor | Harper Collins | |
9 | 2021-22 | Swashby and the sea | Beth Ferry | Juana Martinez-Neal | HMH Books for Young Readers | ||
10 | 2021-22 | Ten Ways to Hear Snow | Cathy Camper | Kenard Pak | Kokila | ||
11 | 2021-22 | The Oldest Student | Rita Lorraine Hubbard | Oge Mora | Schwartz & Wade Books |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2020-21 | Be Kind | Pat Zietlow Miller | Jen Hill | Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan | ||
3 | 2020-21 | Bear Came Along | Richard T. Morris | LeUyen Pham | Little Brown and Co | ||
4 | 2020-21 | Honor | Dog Named Doug, A | Karma Wilson | Matt Myers | Margaret K McElderry / Simon and Schuster | |
5 | 2020-21 | Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story | Kevin Noble Maillard | Juana Martinez-Neal | Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan | ||
6 | 2020-21 | Going Down Home with Daddy | Kelly Starling Lyons | Daniel Minter | Peachtree | ||
7 | 2020-21 | Map into the World, A | Kao Kalia Yang | Seo Kim | Carolrhoda Books / Lerner | ||
8 | 2020-21 | Honor | Misunderstood Shark | Ame Dyckman | Scott Magoon | Orchard Books / Scholastic | |
9 | 2020-21 | Winner | Potato Pants | Laurie Keller | Laurie Keller | Christy Ottavaino Books / Henry Holt | |
10 | 2020-21 | Snowman - Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations | Laura Purdie Salas | Micha Archer | Charlesbridge | ||
11 | 2020-21 | Under My Hijab | Hena Khan | Aaliya Jaleel | Lee & Low Books |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2019-20 | Alma and How She Got Her Name | Juana Martinez-Neal | Juana Martinez-Neal | Candlewick | ||
3 | 2019-20 | Bowwow Powwow | Benda J. Child | Jonathan Thunder | MN Hisorical Society Press | ||
4 | 2019-20 | Winner | Can I Be Your Dog? | Troy Cummings | Troy Cummings | Random House | |
5 | 2019-20 | Honor | Crash, Splash, or Moo! | Bob Shea | Bob Shea | Little Brown and Co | |
6 | 2019-20 | Day You Begin, The | Jaqueline Woodson | Rafael López | Nancy Paulsen/Penguin Random House | ||
7 | 2019-20 | Drawn Together | Minh Lê | Dan Santat | Disney Hyperion | ||
8 | 2019-20 | Good For Nothing Button! | Charise Mericle Harper | Charise Mericle Harper | Hyperion Books for Children/Disney | ||
9 | 2019-20 | Honeybee, The | Kirsten Hall | Isabelle Arsenault | Atheneum/Simon & Scheuster | ||
10 | 2019-20 | John Deere That's Who! | Tracy Nelson Maurer | Tim Zeltner | Henry Holt and Co | ||
11 | 2019-20 | Honor | We Don't Eat Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins | Ryan T. Higgins | Disney Hyperion |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2018-19 | After the Fall | Santat, Dan | Santat, Dan | (Roaring Brook) Macmillan | ||
3 | 2018-19 | Alfie | Heder, Thyra | Heder, Thyra | Abrams | ||
4 | 2018-19 | Honor | Big Cat, Little Cat | Cooper, Elisha | Cooper, Elisha | (Roaring Brook) Macmillan | |
5 | 2018-19 | Different Pond, A | Phi, Bao | Bui, Thi | Capstone | ||
6 | 2018-19 | Du Iz Tak? | Ellis, Carson | Ellis, Carson | Candlewick | ||
7 | 2018-19 | Honor | Give Me Back My Book! | Foster, Travis & Ethan Long | Foster, Travis & Ethan Long | Chronicle | |
8 | 2018-19 | Jabari Jumps | Cornwall, Gaia | Cornwall, Gaia | Candlewick | ||
9 | 2018-19 | Winner | Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, The | Daywalt, Drew | Rex, Adam | Balzer & Bray / Harper Collins | |
10 | 2018-19 | Maya Lin: Artist-Architecht of Light and Lines | Harvey, Jeanne Walker | Phumiruk, Dow | Henry Holt / Macmillan | ||
11 | 2018-19 | Quickest Kid in Clarksville, The | Miller, Pat Zietlow | Morrison, Frank | Chronicle |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | Copyright Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2017-18 | Honor | Good Night Owl | Greg Pizzoli | Greg Pizzoli | Disney | 2016 | |
3 | 2017-18 | Honor | Hippos are Huge! | Jonathan London | Matthew Trueman | Candlewick | 2015 | |
4 | 2017-18 | I Will Not Eat You | Adam Lehrhaupt | Scott Magoon | Simon and Schuster | 2016 | ||
5 | 2017-18 | Lost. Found. | Marsha Diane Arnold | Matthew Cordell | Roaring Book Press (Macmillan) | 2015 | ||
6 | 2017-18 | Mother Bruce | Ryan T. Higgins | Ryan T. Higgens | Disney Hyperion | 2015 | ||
7 | 2017-18 | Winner | Night Gardener, The | Terry Fan and Eric Fan | Terry Fan and Eric Fan | Simon and Schuster Books for Young Reader | 2016 | |
8 | 2017-18 | One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Woman of Gambia | Miranda Paul | Elizabeth Zunon | Millbrook Press (Lerner) | 2015 | ||
9 | 2017-18 | Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice and Hope in a New Land | John Coy | Wing Young Huie | Carolrhoda Books (Lerner) | 2016 | ||
10 | 2017-18 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Sherman Alexie | Yuyi Morales | Little Brown and Company | 2016 | NOTE: Please consult the note in this document from the Anti-Defamation League about naming cerimonies before sharing this book: http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education-outreach/book-of-the-month-thunder-boy-jr.pdf | |
11 | 2017-18 | Yard Sale | Eve Bunting | Lauren Castillo | Candlewick | 2015 |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2016-17 | Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret | Bob Shea | Bob Shea | |||
3 | 2016-17 | The Bear Ate Your Sandwich | Julia Sarcone-Roach | Julia Sarcone-Roach | |||
4 | 2016-17 | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson | Sean Qualls | |||
5 | 2016-17 | In a Village by the Sea | Muon Van | April Chu | |||
6 | 2016-17 | 3rd | Night Animals | Gianna Marino | Gianna Marino | ||
7 | 2016-17 | 1st | Red: A Crayon's Story | Michael Hall | Michael Hall | ||
8 | 2016-17 | Rhoda's Rock Hunt | Molly Beth Griffin | Jennifer A. Bell | |||
9 | 2016-17 | Sidewalk Flowers | JonArno Lawson | Sydney Smith | |||
10 | 2016-17 | Water is Water | Miranda Paul | Jason Chin | |||
11 | 2016-17 | 2nd | Wolfie the Bunny | Ame Dyckman | Zachariah OHora |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2015-16 | Blizzard | John Rocco | John Rocco | |||
3 | 2015-16 | Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 | Michelle Markel | Melissa Sweet | |||
4 | 2015-16 | 1st | The Day the Crayons Quit | Drew Daywalt | Oliver Jeffers | ||
5 | 2015-16 | Draw! | Raúl Colón | Raúl Colón | |||
6 | 2015-16 | Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Eric Larkin | |||
7 | 2015-16 | 2nd | Gaston | Kelly DiPucchio | Christian Robinson | ||
8 | 2015-16 | It's an Orange Aardvark! | Michael Hall | Michael Hall | |||
9 | 2015-16 | 3rd | Ninja Red Riding Hood | Corey Rosen Schwartz | Dan Santat | ||
10 | 2015-16 | Penny and Her Marble | Kevin Henkes | Kevin Henkes | |||
11 | 2015-16 | Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life | Lois Ehlert | Lois Ehlert |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2014-15 | Dark, The | Lemony Snicket | Jon Klassen | LITTLE, BROWN BFYR | ||
3 | 2014-15 | Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased | Amy Novesky | Yuyi Morales | HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH | ||
4 | 2014-15 | Good News Bad News | Jeff Mack | Jeff Mack | CHRONICLE BOOKS | ||
5 | 2014-15 | Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball | John Coy | Joe Morse | CAROLRHODA | ||
6 | 2014-15 | 3rd | I’m Bored | Michael Ian Black | Debbie Ridpath Ohi | SIMON & SCHUSTER BFYR | |
7 | 2014-15 | 2nd | Jangles | David Shannon | David Shannon | BLUE SKY | |
8 | 2014-15 | 1st | Moo! | David LaRochelle | Mike Wohnoutka | WALKER & COMPANY | |
9 | 2014-15 | Mr. Tiger Goes Wild | Peter Brown | Peter Brown | LITTLE, BROWN BFYR | ||
10 | 2014-15 | My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood | Tameka Fryer Brown | Shane Evans | VIKING JUVENILE | ||
11 | 2014-15 | Step Gently Out | Helen Frost | Rick Lieder | CANDLEWICK PRESS |
1 | Year Nominated | Winner | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher | Copyright Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2013-2014 | 1st | Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man | Chabon, Michael | Parker, Jake | Balzar + Bray | 2011 |
3 | 2013-2014 | Balloons Over Broadway | Sweet, Melissa | Sweet, Melissa | Houghton Mifflin | 2011 | |
4 | 2013-2014 | Bear Has a Story to Tell | Snead, Philip C. | Stead, Erin E. | Roaring Brook Press | 2012 | |
5 | 2013-2014 | Blackout | Rocco, John | Rocco, John | Hyperion | 2011 | |
6 | 2013-2014 | Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town | Casanova, Mary | Hoyt, Ard | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2011 | |
7 | 2013-2014 | 2nd | Extra Yarn | Barnett, Mac | Klassen, John | Balzar + Bray | 2012 |
8 | 2013-2014 | It's a Tiger | LaRochelle, David | Tankard, Jeremy | Chronicle Books | 2012 | |
9 | 2013-2014 | Neville | Juster, Norton | Karas, G. Brian | Schwartz & Wade | 2011 | |
10 | 2013-2014 | 3rd | Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons | Litwin, Eric | Dean, James | HarperCollins | 2012 |
11 | 2013-2014 | Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps | Winter, Jeanette | Winter, Jeanette | Schwartz & Wade | 2011 |