Black-Eyed Susan Award - Picture Book (Awarded by Maryland Association of School Librarians)

Awards List

2015

Lost and Found
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Brush of the Gods
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

Carnivores
(Nominee)
Aaron Reynolds

What's Your Favorite Animal?
(Nominee)
Eric Carle

At the Same Moment, Around the World
(Nominee)
Clotilde Perrin

Joy in Mudville
(Nominee)
Bob Raczka

The Most Magnificent Thing
(Nominee)
Ashley Spires

Dog vs. Cat
(Nominee)
Chris Gall

The Tooth Fairy Wars
(Nominee)
Kate Coombs

Peanut Butter & Cupcake
(Nominee)
Terry Border

Julia's House for Lost Creatures
(Nominee)
Ben Hatke

2014

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Winner)
Drew Daywalt

Stuck
(Nominee)
Oliver Jeffers

Spike, the Mixed-up Monster
(Nominee)
Susan Hood

Helen's Big World
(Nominee)
Doreen Rappaport

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Lion Vs Rabbit
(Nominee)
Alex Latimer

The Magic Bojabi Tree
(Nominee)
Dianne Hofmeyr

This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

The Invisible Boy
(Nominee)
Trudy Ludwig

2013

Creepy Carrots!
(Winner)
Aaron Reynolds

Stand Straight, Ella Kate
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus
(Nominee)
John Grandits

A Storm Called Katrina
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina
(Nominee)
Monica Brown

Henry's Heart
(Nominee)
Charise Mericle Harper

Fox Tails
(Nominee)
Amy Lowry

Sophie's Fish
(Nominee)
A.E. Cannon

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear
(Nominee)
Leigh Hodgkinson

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Mousetronaut
(Nominee)
Mark Kelly

Joha Makes a Wish
(Nominee)
Eric A. Kimmel

2012

Cat Secrets
(Winner)
Jef Czekaj

Tsunami!
(Nominee)
Kimiko Kajikawa

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
(Nominee)
Donna Jo Napoli

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
(Nominee)
Samantha R. Vamos

Argus
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

Me... Jane
(Nominee)
Patrick McDonnell

Perfect Square
(Nominee)
Michael Hall

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Detective Blue
(Nominee)
Steve Metzger

Hampire!
(Nominee)
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Max's Castle
(Nominee)
Kate Banks

2011

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Winner)
Devin Scillian

That Book Woman
(Nominee)
Heather Henson

Persephone
(Nominee)
Sally Pomme Clayton

Gracias/Thanks
(Nominee)
Pat Mora

Fly Free
(Nominee)
Roseanne Thong

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
(Nominee)
Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
(Nominee)
Marilyn Singer

Chicken Big
(Nominee)
Keith Graves

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
(Nominee)
Michael Ian Black

GUYKU
(Nominee)
Bob Raczka

I Didn't Do It
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

The Lion's Share
(Nominee)
Matthew McElligott

2010

Let's Do Nothing!
(Winner)
Tony Fucile

Pet Dragon
(Nominee)
Christoph Niemann

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

The Plot Chickens
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed
(Nominee)
J.C. Phillipps

Have I Got a Book for You!
(Nominee)
Melanie Watt

Imogene's Last Stand
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Long Shot
(Nominee)
Chris Paul

2009

Chester
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

The Gingerbread Girl
(Nominee)
Lisa Campbell Ernst

The End
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Dadblamed Union Army Cow
(Nominee)
Susan Fletcher

Do Unto Otters
(Nominee)
Laurie Keller

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Madam President
(Nominee)
Lane Smith

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Fiona's Luck
(Nominee)
Teresa Bateman

2008

Scaredy Squirrel
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

Who Is Melvin Bubble?
(Nominee)
Nick Bruel

Across the Alley
(Nominee)
Richard Michelson

This Jazz Man
(Nominee)
Karen Ehrhardt

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

Bob and Otto
(Nominee)
Nick Bruel

Dogku
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
(Nominee)
Alan Madison

2007

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
(Winner)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Hungry Coat
(Nominee)
Demi

Dad, Jackie, and Me
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
(Nominee)
Carolyn Crimi

This Is the Dream
(Nominee)
Diane Z. Shore

The Gold Miner's Daughter
(Nominee)
Jackie Mims Hopkins

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

Pop's Bridge
(Nominee)
Eve Bunting

Max's Words
(Nominee)
Kate Banks

Henry's Freedom Box
(Nominee)
Ellen Levine

2006

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
(Winner)
Kevin O'Malley

I Wanna Iguana
(Nominee)
Karen Kaufman Orloff

Zen Shorts
(Nominee)
Jon J. Muth

Traction Man Is Here!
(Nominee)
Mini Grey

Leaf Man
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

My Penguin Osbert
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

2005

Falling for Rapunzel
(Winner)
Leah Wilcox

Boxes for Katje
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
(Nominee)
Frank Asch

Apples to Oregon
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

2004

Clever Beatrice
(Nominee)
Margaret Willey

Ruby's Wish
(Nominee)
Shirin Yim Bridges

Three Samurai Cats
(Nominee)
Eric A. Kimmel

2003

Scranimals
(Winner)
Jack Prelutsky

Dory Story
(Nominee)
Jerry Pallotta

The Monster Who Ate My Peas
(Nominee)
Danny Schnitzlein

Under the Quilt of Night
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

2002

Runaway Rice Cake
(Nominee)
Ying Chang Compestine

Coolies
(Nominee)
Yin

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Goin' Someplace Special
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Mice and Beans
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

2001

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

Olivia
(Nominee)
Ian Falconer

Gift of the Crocodile
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Weslandia
(Nominee)
Paul Fleischman

2000

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

My Rows and Piles of Coins
(Nominee)
Tololwa Mollel

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

1999

A Bad Case of Stripes
(Winner)
David Shannon

Grandpa's Teeth
(Nominee)
Rod Clement

The Giant Carrot
(Nominee)
Jan Peck

Night at the Fair
(Nominee)
Donald Crews

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
(Nominee)
Julius Lester

Something Beautiful
(Nominee)
Sharon Dennis Wyeth

The Scrambled States of America
(Nominee)
Laurie Keller

1998

One Grain of Rice
(Nominee)
Demi

Jamaica Louise James
(Nominee)
Amy Hest

To Market, To Market
(Nominee)
Anne Miranda

Mouse Mess
(Nominee)
Linnea Riley

Bunny Money
(Nominee)
Rosemary Wells

1997

Can a Coal Scuttle Fly?
(Nominee)
Camay Calloway Murphy

Fanny's Dream
(Nominee)
Caralyn Buehner

Dem Bones
(Nominee)
Bob Barner

1996

Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!
(Winner)
Tom Birdseye

Tops & Bottoms
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
(Nominee)
Lloyd Moss

1995

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
(Winner)
Jerdine Nolen

Uncle Jed's Barbershop
(Nominee)
Margaree King Mitchell

Swamp Angel
(Nominee)
Anne Isaacs

1994

Go Away, Big Green Monster!
(Winner)
Ed Emberley

The Rough-Face Girl
(Nominee)
Rafe Martin

The Widow's Broom
(Nominee)
Chris Van Allsburg

In the Small, Small Pond
(Nominee)
Denise Fleming

1993

Trouble with Trolls
(Winner)
Jan Brett

1992

Araboolies of Liberty Street
(Winner)
Sam Swope

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
(Nominee)
Bill Martin Jr.; John Archambault

The Very Quiet Cricket
(Nominee)
Eric Carle

Fly Away Home
(Nominee)
Eve Bunting

Tuesday
(Nominee)
David Wiesner

In the Tall, Tall Grass
(Nominee)
Denise Fleming

Sierra
(Nominee)
Diane Siebert

Beauty and the Beast
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

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Chapter Book

Grades 4-6

Grades 6-8

Grades 6-9

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