Nevada Young Readers' Award - Picture Book

Awards List

2016

Jangles
(Nominee)
David Shannon

Mustache Baby
(Nominee)
Bridget Heos

Sophie's Squash
(Nominee)
Pat Zietlow Miller

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

Lost Cat
(Nominee)
Roger Mader

My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

I'm My Own Dog
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

Maddi's Fridge
(Nominee)
Lois Brandt

2015

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Winner)
Drew Daywalt

All the Way to America
(Nominee)
Dan Yaccarino

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake
(Nominee)
Michael B. Kaplan

Stuck
(Nominee)
Oliver Jeffers

The Monster Who Lost His Mean
(Nominee)
Tiffany Strelitz Haber

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses
(Nominee)
James Dean

2014

Silly Doggy!
(Winner)
Adam Stower

Won Ton
(Nominee)
Lee Wardlaw

Three Hens and a Peacock
(Nominee)
Lester L. Laminack

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School
(Nominee)
Laura Murray

One Cool Friend
(Nominee)
Toni Buzzeo

Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo
(Nominee)
Rebecca Janni

Mossy
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

2013

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Winner)
Devin Scillian

The Curious Garden
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Chalk
(Nominee)
Bill Thomson

Chicken Big
(Nominee)
Keith Graves

Children Make Terrible Pets
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Charlie the Ranch Dog
(Nominee)
Ree Drummond

How I (Almost) Got Rid of My Alien Pen Pal
(Nominee)
Pam Smallcomb

2012

I Need My Monster
(Winner)
Amanda Noll

Doghouse
(Nominee)
Jan Thomas

What the Ladybug Heard
(Nominee)
Julia Donaldson

City Dog, Country Frog
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Interrupting Chicken
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

Chick 'n' Pug
(Nominee)
Jennifer Sattler

2011

Duck at the Door
(Nominee)
Jackie Urbanovic

The Incredible Book-Eating Boy
(Nominee)
Oliver Jeffers

Duck! Rabbit!
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Pingo
(Nominee)
Brandon Mull

2010

Chester
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

The Gum Chewing Rattler
(Nominee)
Joe Hayes

Prairie Christmas
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

Farley Found It!
(Nominee)
Bruce Van Patter

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

Wolf! Wolf!
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Wave
(Nominee)
Suzy Lee

Splat the Cat
(Nominee)
Rob Scotton

2009

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

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Nominee)
Karen Beaumont

Big Chickens
(Nominee)
Leslie Helakoski

Do Not Open This Book
(Nominee)
Michaela Muntean

Library Lion
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

Not a Box
(Nominee)
Antoinette Portis

Bad Dog, Marley!
(Nominee)
John Grogan

2008

Sweet Tooth
(Winner)
Margie Palatini

The Magic Rabbit
(Nominee)
Richard Jesse Watson

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
(Nominee)
Carolyn Crimi

Twenty-One Elephants: And Still Standing
(Nominee)
April Jones Prince

Fancy Nancy
(Nominee)
Jane O'Connor

Duck and Goose
(Nominee)
Tad Hills

2007

Arrowhawk
(Winner)
Lola M. Schaefer

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

2006

My Lucky Day
(Winner)
Keiko Kasza

Recess Queen
(Nominee)
Alexis O'Neill

How I Became a Pirate
(Nominee)
Melinda Long

Just a Minute!
(Nominee)
Yuyi Morales

Bubblegum, Bubblegum
(Nominee)
Lisa Wheeler

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

2005

Diary of a Worm
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

One-Dog Canoe
(Nominee)
Mary Casanova

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
(Nominee)
Michael Garland

2004

Enemy Pie
(Nominee)
Derek Munson

Duck on a Bike
(Nominee)
David Shannon

A Story for Bear
(Nominee)
Dennis Haseley

Ruby's Wish
(Nominee)
Shirin Yim Bridges

2003

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

First Day Jitters
(Nominee)
Julie Danneberg

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

The Scarecrow's Hat
(Nominee)
Ken Brown

2002

Hooway for Wodney Wat
(Winner)
Helen Lester

The Bat Boy and His Violin
(Nominee)
Gavin Curtis

Bark, George
(Nominee)
Jules Feiffer

2001

Wolf
(Nominee)
Becky Bloom

1998

The Secret Shortcut
(Winner)
Mark Teague

1997

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
(Winner)
Jerdine Nolen

1993

The Dog Who Had Kittens
(Winner)
Polly M. Robertus

1989

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
(Winner)
Laura Numeroff

1988

The Polar Express
(Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

Award Categories

Intermediate

Picture Book

Young Adult

Young Readers

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