Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites - Picture Books (Awarded by Barnes and Noble)

Awards List

2023

Noticing
(*)
Kobi Yamada

When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
(*)
Marc Colagiovanni

Gustav Is Missing!
(*)
Andrea Zuill

Big
(*)
Vashti Harrison

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
(*)
Mo Willems

Begin Again: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go
(*)
Oliver Jeffers

Something, Someday
(*)
Amanda Gorman

The Big Cheese
(*)
Jory John; Pete Oswald

Down the Hole
(*)
Scott Slater

2022

The Year We Learned to Fly
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Nigel and the Moon
(*)
Antwan Eady

I'm Not Scared, You're Scared
(*)
Seth Meyers

Knight Owl
(*)
Christopher Denise

Lizzy and the Cloud
(*)
Terry Fan; Eric Fan

Don't Eat Bees
(*)
Dev Petty

A Spoonful of Frogs
(*)
Casey Lyall

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
(*)
Mo Willems

Ozzie and Prince Zebedee
(*)
Gela Kalaitzidis

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(*)
Mac Barnett

2021

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
(*)
Joanna Ho

Mel Fell
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Milo Imagines the World
(*)
Matt De La Pena

What the Road Said
(*)
Cleo Wade

The Rock from the Sky
(*)
Jon Klassen

Oddbird
(*)
Derek Desierto

It Could Be Worse
(*)
Einat Tsarfati

Dragonboy
(*)
Fabio Napoleoni

Born on the Water
(*)
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Room for Everyone
(*)
Naaz Khan

2020

The People
(*)
Kristen Bell

You Matter
(*)
Christian Robinson

Playing Possum
(*)
Jennifer Black Reinhardt

We Will Rock Our Classmates
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

I Promise
(*)
LeBron James

If You Come to Earth
(*)
Sophie Blackall

Lights on Wonder Rock
(*)
David Litchfield

All Because You Matter
(*)
Tami Charles

What We'll Build
(*)
Oliver Jeffers

And the People Stayed Home
(*)
Kitty O'Meara

2019

The Crayons' Christmas
(*)
Drew Daywalt

Grumpy Monkey Party Time!
(*)
Suzanne Lang

The Kindness Book
(*)
Todd Parr

This Is Baby
(*)
Jimmy Fallon

My Book With No Pictures
(*)
B.J. Novak

Sisters First
(*)
Jenna Bush Hager

Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
(*)
Andrea Beaty

The Cool Bean
(*)
Jory John; Pete Oswald

The Serious Goose
(*)
Jimmy Kimmel

2018

Mary Poppins
(*)
P.L. Travers
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Dear Girl
(*)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Little Blue Truck's Springtime
(*)
Alice Schertle

Be Kind
(*)
Pat Zietlow Miller

What Do You Do with a Chance
(*)
Kobi Yamada

I've Loved You Since Forever
(*)
Hoda Kotb

Grumpy Monkey
(*)
Suzanne Lang

We Don't Eat Our Classmates!
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

Fiona the Hippo
(*)
Richard Cowdrey

The Day You Begin
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Princesses Save the World
(*)
Savannah Guthrie; Allison Oppenheim

Big Plans
(*)
Drew Scott; Jonathan Scott

Elbow Grease
(*)
John Cena

I Lost My Tooth!
(*)
Mo Willems

She's Got This
(*)
Laurie Hernandez

She Persisted Around the World
(*)
Chelsea Clinton

Award Categories

Christian Children's Books

Fantasy

Fiction

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels & Comics

Horror

Literary Fiction

Manga

Mysteries & Thrillers

Picture Books

Romance Novels

Science Fiction

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Young Adult Books

Young Adult SF & Fantasy

Young Reader Graphic Novels

Young Reader's Books

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017