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

Awards List

2002

The Thief Lord
(Winner)
Cornelia Funke

2001

The Bad Beginning
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Stargirl
(Nominee)
Jerry Spinelli

2000

Because of Winn-Dixie
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

Bud, Not Buddy
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Sector 7
(Nominee)
David Wiesner

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

1999

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

If You Give a Pig a Pancake
(Nominee)
Laura Numeroff

Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

1998

The Hat
(Winner)
Jan Brett

The Gardener
(Nominee)
Sarah Stewart

1997

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
(Winner)
Kevin Henkes

The Golden Compass
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

My Many Colored Days
(Nominee)
Dr. Seuss

My Very First Mother Goose
(Nominee)
Iona Opie

1996

The Library
(Nominee)
Sarah Stewart

Math Curse
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

1995

The Rainbow Fish
(Winner)
Marcus Pfister

Time for Bed
(Nominee)
Mem Fox

All the Places to Love
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Town Mouse, Country Mouse
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

Pink and Say
(Nominee)
Patricia Polacco

Red Ranger Came Calling
(Nominee)
Berkeley Breathed

1994

Stellaluna
(Winner)
Janell Cannon

The Rainbow Fish
(Nominee)
Marcus Pfister

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

Time for Bed
(Nominee)
Mem Fox

Santa Calls
(Nominee)
William Joyce

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
(Nominee)
Eugene Trivizas

Mama, Do You Love Me?
(Nominee)
Barbara M. Joosse

1993

Love You Forever
(Nominee)
Robert N. Munsch
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

Trouble with Trolls
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

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

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