Theodor Seuss Geisel
Award
The
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, established in 2004, will be
given annually beginning in 2006 to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most
distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known
as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding
year. The award is to recognize the author(s) and illustrator(s) of a beginning
reader book who demonstrate great creativity and imagination in his/her/their
literary and artistic achievements to engage children in reading.
2012 Winner -
Tales for Picky Eaters by
Josh Schneider
2012 Honor Books:
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
See Me Run by Paul Meisel
I Broke My Trunk
by Mo Willems
2011 Winner -
Bink and Gollie by
Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
2011 Honor Books:
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same by Grace
Lin
We Are in a Book!
by Mo Willems
2010 Winner -
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No by
Geoffrey Hayes
2010 Honor Books:
I Spy Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Little Mouse Gets Ready
by Jeff Smith
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by
Wong Herbert Yee
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day by Kate
McMullan; illustrated
2009 Winner -
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by
Mo Willems
2009 Honor Books:
Wolfsnail: a Backyard Predator by Sarah C.
Campbell
Stinky
by Eleanor Davis
Chicken Said, "Cluck!" by Judyann Ackerman Grant;
illustrated by Sue Truesdell
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
2008 Winner -
There is a Bird on Your Head! by
Mo Willems
2008 Honor Books:
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat
by Darrin Lunde;
illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler;
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre;
illustrated by Steve Jenkins
2007 Winner -
Zelda and Ivy: Runaways by Laura McGee
Kvasnosky
2007 Honor Books:
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
Move Over, Rover
by Karen
Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
2006 Winner -
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by
Sucie Stevenson
2006 Honor Books:
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd
Arnold
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman;
illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van
Leeuwen; illustrated by Ann Schweninger
Updated:
January 23, 2012.
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