Beehive Award - Picture Book (Awarded by Children's Literature Association of Utah)

Awards List

2022

When Pencil Met Eraser
(Winner)
Karen Kilpatrick

Let's All Creep Through Crocodile Creek
(Nominee)
Jonny Lambert

Sulwe
(Nominee)
Lupita Nyong'o

In a Jar
(Nominee)
Deborah Marcero

Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath
(Nominee)
Todd Tarpley

Swim Swim Sink
(Nominee)
Jenn Harney

The Box Turtle
(Nominee)
Vanessa Roeder

Snail Crossing
(Nominee)
Corey R. Tabor

Rita and Ralph's Rotten Day
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Lift
(Nominee)
Minh Le

2021

The Very Impatient Caterpillar
(Winner)
Ross Burach

Oliver: The Second-Largest Living Thing on Earth
(Nominee)
Josh Crute

The Wall in the Middle of the Book
(Nominee)
Jon Agee

The Neighbors
(Nominee)
Einat Tsarfati

Harold & Hog Pretend For Real!
(Nominee)
Dan Santat

Jasper & Ollie
(Nominee)
Alex Willan

Sign Off
(Nominee)
Stephen Savage

Bear Came Along
(Nominee)
Richard T. Morris

Skulls!
(Nominee)
Blair Thornburgh

SumoKitty
(Nominee)
David Biedrzycki

2020

Can I Be Your Dog?
(Winner)
Troy Cummings

A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale
(Nominee)
Penny Parker Klostermann

My Pillow Keeps Moving
(Nominee)
Laura Gehl

My Toothbrush Is Missing!
(Nominee)
Jan Thomas

Petra
(Nominee)
Marianna Coppo

The Rabbit Listened
(Nominee)
Cori Doerrfeld

When Pigs Fly
(Nominee)
James Burks

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

Knock Knock
(Nominee)
Tammi Sauer

Walrus in the Bathtub
(Nominee)
Deborah Underwood

2019

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
(Winner)
Drew Daywalt

Alan's Big, Scary Teeth
(Nominee)
Jarvis

What to Do with a Box
(Nominee)
Jane Yolen

Lion Lessons
(Nominee)
Jon Agee

Penguin Problems
(Nominee)
Jory John

Not Quite Narwhal
(Nominee)
Jessie Sima

A Perfect Day
(Nominee)
Lane Smith

Jabari Jumps
(Nominee)
Gaia Cornwall

Toad on the Road
(Nominee)
Stephen Shaskan

Where is Bear?
(Nominee)
Jonathan Bentley

2018

Mother Bruce
(Winner)
Ryan T. Higgins

Strictly No Elephants
(Nominee)
Lisa Mantchev

The Night Gardener
(Nominee)
Terry Fan; Eric Fan

There's a Giraffe in My Soup
(Nominee)
Ross Burach

The Cow Who Climbed a Tree
(Nominee)
Gemma Merino

Normal Norman
(Nominee)
Tara Lazar

It Came in the Mail
(Nominee)
Ben Clanton

The Lion Inside
(Nominee)
Rachel Bright

Poor Little Guy
(Nominee)
Elanna Allen

Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion
(Nominee)
Alex T. Smith

2017

The Book with No Pictures
(Winner)
B.J. Novak

Ninja!
(Nominee)
Arree Chung

Blizzard
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Goodnight Already!
(Nominee)
Jory John; Benji Davies

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
(Nominee)
Julia Sarcone-Roach

I Don't Want to Be a Frog
(Nominee)
Dev Petty

It's Only Stanley
(Nominee)
Jon Agee

Pool
(Nominee)
Jihyeon Lee

Duck's Vacation
(Nominee)
Gilad Soffer

Duncan the Story Dragon
(Nominee)
Amanda Driscoll

2016

How to Babysit a Grandma
(Winner)
Jean Reagan

Picture Day Perfection
(Nominee)
Deborah Diesen

Battle Bunny
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett; Jon Scieszka

I'm a Frog!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Because I Stubbed My Toe
(Nominee)
Shawn Byous

Don't Play with Your Food
(Nominee)
Bob Shea

Maple
(Nominee)
Lori Nichols

The Odd One Out
(Nominee)
Britta Teckentrup

The Girl and the Bicycle
(Nominee)
Mark Pett

This Is a Moose
(Nominee)
Richard T. Morris

The Tooth Fairy Wars
(Nominee)
Kate Coombs

I'm My Own Dog
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

2015

Mustache Baby
(Winner)
Bridget Heos

Andrew Drew and Drew
(Nominee)
Barney Saltzberg

I Need My Own Country!
(Nominee)
Rick Walton

Penguin and Pinecone
(Nominee)
Salina Yoon

I Hate Picture Books!
(Nominee)
Timothy Young

Ribbit!
(Nominee)
Rodrigo Folgueira

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Mustache Baby
(Nominee)
Bridget Heos

Count the Monkeys
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Journey
(Nominee)
Aaron Becker

Xander's Panda Party
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

2014

My Garden
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Bink and Gollie
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo; Alison McGhee

Mitchell's License
(Nominee)
Hallie Durand

Stars
(Nominee)
Mary Lyn Ray

Plant a Kiss
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Z Is for Moose
(Nominee)
Kelly Bingham

Boy + Bot
(Nominee)
Ame Dyckman

How to Babysit a Grandpa
(Nominee)
Jean Reagan

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
(Nominee)
Eric Litwin

It's a Tiger!
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

2013

Press Here
(Winner)
Herve Tullet

Children Make Terrible Pets
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Art & Max
(Nominee)
David Wiesner

Doodleday
(Nominee)
Ross Collins

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
(Nominee)
Susan A. Shea

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake
(Nominee)
Michael B. Kaplan

Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

How I (Almost) Got Rid of My Alien Pen Pal
(Nominee)
Pam Smallcomb

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Me and My Dragon
(Nominee)
David Biedrzycki

2012

Shark vs. Train
(Winner)
Chris Barton

All the World
(Nominee)
Liz Garton Scanlon

Spells
(Nominee)
Emily Gravett

Chalk
(Nominee)
Bill Thomson

City Dog, Country Frog
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

The Cow Loves Cookies
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

Brontorina
(Nominee)
James Howe

2011

Duck! Rabbit!
(Winner)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

That Book Woman
(Nominee)
Heather Henson

Birds
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Tsunami!
(Nominee)
Kimiko Kajikawa

The Circus Ship
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

2010

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
(Winner)
Elise Broach

The End
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

I Am Invited to a Party!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Cow That Laid an Egg
(Nominee)
Andy Cutbill

The Chicken of the Family
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

My Travelin' Eye
(Nominee)
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

South
(Nominee)
Patrick McDonnell

2009

If I Built a Car
(Winner)
Chris Van Dusen

Coming on Home Soon
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Adele & Simon
(Nominee)
Barbara McClintock

The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians
(Nominee)
Carla Morris

The Incredible Book-Eating Boy
(Nominee)
Oliver Jeffers

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

2008

Mommy?
(Winner)
Maurice Sendak

Fancy Nancy
(Nominee)
Jane O'Connor

John, Paul, George & Ben
(Nominee)
Lane Smith

Tudley Didn't Know
(Nominee)
John Himmelman

Library Lion
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

2007

Where's the Dragon?
(Winner)
Jason Hook

Toughest Cowboy
(Nominee)
John Frank

Russell the Sheep
(Nominee)
Rob Scotton

America's White Table
(Nominee)
Margot Theis Raven

While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat
(Nominee)
Amy Reichert

Diary of a Spider
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Dog Who Cried Wolf
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Show Way
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

2005

Diary of a Worm
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

2003

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
(Winner)
Patty Lovell

2002

Sitting Ducks
(Winner)
Michael Bedard

Award Categories

Fiction

Graphic Novel: Children

Graphic Novel: Young Adult

Informational

Picture Book

Poetry

Young Adult

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