Minnesota Book Award - Children's Literature

Awards List

2016

Red: A Crayon's Story
(Finalist)
Michael Hall

Ten Pigs
(Finalist)
Derek Anderson

Behold! a Baby
(Finalist)
Stephanie Watson

Dad's First Day
(Finalist)
Mike Wohnoutka

2015

It's an Orange Aardvark!
(Finalist)
Michael Hall

Little Puppy and the Big Green Monster
(Finalist)
Mike Wohnoutka; Tim Hamilton

2014

Moo!
(Winner)
David LaRochelle

Peep Leap
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Verdick; John Bendall-Brunello

How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans
(Finalist)
David LaRochelle

The Case of the Missing Donut
(Finalist)
Alison McGhee

2013

It's a Tiger!
(Winner)
David LaRochelle

Tell Me About Your Day Today
(Finalist)
Mem Fox

Waking Dragons
(Finalist)
Jane Yolen

2012

The Last Day of Kindergarten
(Finalist)
Nancy Loewen

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
(Finalist)
Joyce Sidman

2011

My Heart Is Like a Zoo
(Winner)
Michael Hall

A Night on the Range
(Finalist)
Aaron Frisch

2010

Red Sings from Treetops
(Winner)
Joyce Sidman

Song of Middle C
(Finalist)
Alison McGhee

The Longest Night
(Finalist)
Marion Dane Bauer

2009

The House in the Night
(Winner)
Susan Marie Swanson

My Friend, the Starfinder
(Finalist)
George Ella Lyon

Monkey with a Tool Belt
(Finalist)
Chris Monroe

2008

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Winner)
Lynne Jonell

The Perfect Nest
(Finalist)
Catherine Friend

2007

Tomorrow, The River
(Winner)
Dianne E. Gray

The Shadow Thieves
(Finalist)
Anne Ursu

Winter is the Warmest Season
(Finalist)
Lauren Stringer

2004

One-Dog Canoe
(Finalist)
Mary Casanova

Award Categories

Anthology

Children's Fiction

Children's Literature

Children's Picture

Educational

Fiction

Genre

Memoir

Multicultural

New Author

Novel

Readers' Choice

Young Adult

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Youth Literature

Award Years

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002