Kirkus Best Books of the Year - Funniest Picture Books (Awarded by Kirkus)

Awards List

2025

Stalactite & Stalagmite
(*)
Drew Beckmeyer

Don't Trust Fish!
(*)
Neil Sharpson

Mistaco
(*)
Eliza Kinkz

Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Recess
(*)
Lane Smith

This Year, a Witch!
(*)
Zoey Abbott

Aggie and the Ghost
(*)
Matthew Forsythe

2024

The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn
(*)
Shawn Harris

Animal Albums from A to Z
(*)
Cece Bell

The Spaceman
(*)
Randy Cecil

Trucky Roads
(*)
Lulu Miller

The First Week of School
(*)
Drew Beckmeyer

The Dictionary Story
(*)
Sam Winston

We Are Definitely Human
(*)
X. Fang

2022

Mina
(*)
Matthew Forsythe

Knight Owl
(*)
Christopher Denise

A Gift for Nana
(*)
Lane Smith

Lou
(*)
Breanna Carzoo

Two Dogs
(*)
Ian Falconer

Creepy Crayon!
(*)
Aaron Reynolds

NO! Said Custard the Squirrel
(*)
Sergio Ruzzier

2021

Something's Wrong!
(*)
Jory John

How to Apologize
(*)
David LaRochelle

What Does Little Crocodile Say?
(*)
Eva Montanari

The Mysterious Sea Bunny
(*)
Peter Raymundo

Invasion of the Unicorns
(*)
David Biedrzycki

Ruffles and the Red, Red Coat
(*)
David Melling

Award Categories

Affirming Picture Books

Bedtime Books

Beginning Readers

Board Books

Book Club Fiction

Books for Beginning Readers

Debut Fiction

Dystopian Fiction

Empowering Picture Books

Environmental Fiction

Fiction

Fiction in Translation

Fictional Families

Fictional Voices

Funniest Picture Books

Historical Fiction

Informational Picture Books

Joyous Picture Books

Middle Grade Exploring Social Themes

Middle-Grade About Speaking Up

Middle-Grade Activist

Middle-Grade Adventures

Middle-Grade Family Stories

Middle-Grade Fantasy and SF

Middle-Grade Fiction

Award Years

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019