Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Children's Illustrated (Awarded by American Booksellers Association)

Awards List

2008

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

Pirates Don't Change Diapers
(Honor Book)
Melinda Long

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
(Honor Book)
Jane O'Connor

Llama Llama Mad at Mama
(Honor Book)
Anna Dewdney

2007

Fancy Nancy
(Honor Book)
Jane O'Connor

Pirateology
(Honor Book)
William Lubber

Library Lion
(Honor Book)
Michelle Knudsen

Flotsam
(Honor Book)
David Wiesner

2006

Zen Shorts
(Winner)
Jon J. Muth

Seen Art?
(Honor Book)
Jon Scieszka

Diary of a Spider
(Honor Book)
Doreen Cronin

Leaf Man
(Honor Book)
Lois Ehlert

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

2005

Duck for President
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

Kitten's First Full Moon
(Honor Book)
Kevin Henkes

Mister Seahorse
(Honor Book)
Eric Carle

The Best Pet of All
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Lost in the Woods
(Nominee)
Carl R. Sams II; Jean Stoick

Wild About Books
(Honor Book)
Judy Sierra

Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation
(Nominee)
Mark Teague

Jungle Drums
(Nominee)
Graeme Base

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
(Honor Book)
Mo Willems

Alice the Fairy
(Nominee)
David Shannon

2004

How I Became a Pirate
(Winner)
Melinda Long

Diary of a Worm
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
(Nominee)
Douglas Wood

Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy
(Nominee)
Ian Falconer

2003

Dear Mrs. LaRue
(Winner)
Mark Teague

Giggle, Giggle, Quack
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Three Questions
(Nominee)
Jon J. Muth

The Spider and the Fly
(Nominee)
Tony DiTerlizzi

Top of the World
(Nominee)
Holly Hobbie

2002

Olivia Saves the Circus
(Winner)
Ian Falconer

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs
(Nominee)
Alan Katz

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
(Nominee)
Patty Lovell

The Water Hole
(Nominee)
Graeme Base

2001

Olivia
(Winner)
Ian Falconer

Stranger in the Woods
(Nominee)
Carl R. Sams II

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

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
(Nominee)
Jane Yolen

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
(Nominee)
Rose A. Lewis

Award Categories

ABBY Adult Trade Winner

ABBY Children's Winner

ABBY Winner

Adult

Adult Fiction

Book of the Year

Children's

Children's Illustrated

Children's Literature

Fiction

Paperback

Rediscovery

Award Years

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

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