New York Public Library Best Books - Kids: Picture Books (Awarded by New York Public Library)

Awards List

2022

Daddy Speaks Love
(*)
Leah Henderson

Ten Blocks to the Big Wok
(*)
Ying-Hwa Hu

Bathe the Cat
(*)
Alice B. McGinty

Nigel and the Moon
(*)
Antwan Eady

Gibberish
(*)
Young Vo

Kunoichi Bunny
(*)
Sara Cassidy

Abdul's Story
(*)
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

Black: The Many Wonders of My World
(*)
Nancy Johnson James

A Blue Kind of Day
(*)
Rachel Tomlinson

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky
(*)
Jihyun Kim

I Hate Borsch!
(*)
Yevgenia Nayberg

Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
(*)
Nina LaCour

Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
(*)
Derick Wilder

Hot Dog
(*)
Doug Salati

My Hands Tell a Story
(*)
Kelly Starling Lyons

Days Like This
(*)
Oriane Smith

Every Dog in the Neighborhood
(*)
Philip C. Stead

The Little House of Hope
(*)
Terry Catasus Jennings

Berry Song
(*)
Michaela Goade

Skater Cielo
(*)
Rachel Katstaller

Our Story Starts in Africa
(*)
Patrice Lawrence

Song in the City
(*)
Daniel Bernstrom

Nothing Special
(*)
Desiree Cooper

Viva's Voice
(*)
Raquel Donoso

My Paati's Saris
(*)
Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Award Categories

Comics

Fantasy

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Horror

Kids: Early Readers

Kids: Graphic Novels

Kids: Middle Grade

Kids: Picture Books

Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense

Romance

Science Fiction

Short Stories

Teens: Comics

Teens: Fantasy

Teens: Historical Fiction

Teens: On the Dark Side

Teens: Realistic

Teens: Romance

Teens: Science Fiction

Award Years

2022

2021