Young Hoosier Book Award - Picture Book

Awards List

2016

Take Me Out to the Yakyu
(Nominee)
Aaron Meshon

Ben Rides On
(Nominee)
Matt Davies

Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg
(Nominee)
Lori Mortensen

Memoirs of a Hamster
(Nominee)
Devin Scillian

The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf
(Nominee)
Mark Teague

Water in the Park
(Nominee)
Emily Jenkins

Crankee Doodle
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
(Nominee)
Bob Shea

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

What Floats in a Moat?
(Nominee)
Lynne Berry

My Dream Playground
(Nominee)
Kate Becker

How to Train a Train
(Nominee)
Jason Carter Eaton

Mitchell Goes Bowling
(Nominee)
Hallie Durand

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Outfoxed
(Nominee)
Mike Twohy

Eat Like a Bear
(Nominee)
April Pulley Sayre

The Girl Who Heard Colors
(Nominee)
Marie Harris

Mo's Mustache
(Nominee)
Ben Ben

E-I-E-I-O!: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help from a Hen
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

2015

Creepy Carrots!
(Winner)
Aaron Reynolds

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

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
(Nominee)
Mark Pett; Gary Rubinstein

Stuck
(Nominee)
Oliver Jeffers

Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
(Nominee)
Allison Wortche

George Washington's Birthday: A Mostly True Tale
(Nominee)
Margaret McNamara

Chopsticks
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Z Is for Moose
(Nominee)
Kelly Bingham

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
(Nominee)
William Joyce

A Home for Bird
(Nominee)
Philip Christian Stead

Little Sweet Potato
(Nominee)
Amy Beth Bloom

Rocket Writes a Story
(Nominee)
Tad Hills

Creepy Carrots!
(Nominee)
Aaron Reynolds

It's All about Me-Ow
(Nominee)
Hudson Talbott

Lemonade in Winter
(Nominee)
Emily Jenkins

Nightsong
(Nominee)
Ari Berk

Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon
(Nominee)
Patty Lovell

Mousetronaut
(Nominee)
Mark Kelly

2014

Cat Secrets
(Winner)
Jef Czekaj

The Firehouse Light
(Nominee)
Janet Nolan

Won Ton
(Nominee)
Lee Wardlaw

All the Way to America
(Nominee)
Dan Yaccarino

Argus
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

The Little Red Pen
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Me... Jane
(Nominee)
Patrick McDonnell

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

Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Pig Kahuna
(Nominee)
Jennifer Sattler

Same, Same But Different
(Nominee)
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

E-Mergency!
(Nominee)
Tom Lichtenheld

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

2013

Shark vs. Train
(Winner)
Chris Barton

Stanza
(Nominee)
Jill Esbaum

Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
(Nominee)
Jonah Winter

Chalk
(Nominee)
Bill Thomson

My Garden
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Wonder Horse
(Nominee)
Emily Arnold McCully

City Dog, Country Frog
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Lots of Spots
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Chicken Big
(Nominee)
Keith Graves

Interrupting Chicken
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
(Nominee)
Michael Ian Black

Thank You, Miss Doover
(Nominee)
Robin Pulver

GUYKU
(Nominee)
Bob Raczka

Flora's Very Windy Day
(Nominee)
Jeanne Birdsall

2012

Miss Mingo and the First Day of School
(Nominee)
Jamie Harper

Are You Ready to Play Outside?
(Nominee)
Mo Willems
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Little Red Bird
(Nominee)
Nick Bruel

Bats at the Library
(Nominee)
Brian Lies

Duck! Rabbit!
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class
(Nominee)
Eileen Spinelli

Princess K.I.M. and the Lie That Grew
(Nominee)
Maryann Cocca-Leffler

The Curious Garden
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles
(Nominee)
J. Patrick Lewis

The Circus Ship
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!
(Nominee)
Maureen Wright

Long Shot
(Nominee)
Chris Paul

The Mitten
(Nominee)
Jim Aylesworth

Big Chickens Go to Town
(Nominee)
Leslie Helakoski

Let's Do Nothing!
(Nominee)
Tony Fucile

2011

A Friend's Tale
(Winner)
Daniel Kirk

Giant of Seville
(Nominee)
Dan Andreasen

Ella, Of Course!
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Badger's Fancy Meal
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

On Meadowview Street
(Nominee)
Henry Cole

Dirty Joe, the Pirate
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Katie Loves the Kittens
(Nominee)
John Himmelman

Dog Who Belonged to No One
(Nominee)
Amy Hest

One Is a Feast for Mouse
(Nominee)
Judy Cox

There's a Wolf at the Door
(Nominee)
Zoe Alley

Too Many Toys
(Nominee)
David Shannon

2010

Once I Ate a Pie
(Winner)
Patricia MacLachlan

John, Paul, George & Ben
(Nominee)
Lane Smith

Nothing to Do
(Nominee)
Douglas Wood

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

Grandpa for Sale
(Nominee)
Dotti Enderle

Fred Stays with Me!
(Nominee)
Nancy Coffelt

Dogku
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie
(Nominee)
Laura Rankin

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Ivan the Terrier
(Nominee)
Peter Catalanotto

Orange Shoes
(Nominee)
Trinka Hakes Noble

Do Unto Otters
(Nominee)
Laurie Keller

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
(Nominee)
Alan Madison

2009

Bad Kitty
(Winner)
Nick Bruel

Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef
(Nominee)
Marianne Berkes / Marianne Collins Berkes

Dad, Jackie, and Me
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

Magnus at the Fire
(Nominee)
Jennifer Armstrong

Carmine
(Nominee)
Melissa Sweet

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

Leaf Man
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Show Way
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

The Boy Who Loved Words
(Nominee)
Roni Schotter

Lilly's Big Day
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Bats at the Beach
(Nominee)
Brian Lies

Letters from a Desperate Dog
(Nominee)
Eileen Christelow

The Shivers in the Fridge
(Nominee)
Fran Manushkin

2008

You Read to Me & I'll Read to You: 20th-Century Stories to Share
(Nominee)
Janet Schulman

How I Became a Pirate
(Nominee)
Melinda Long

Giant and the Beanstalk
(Nominee)
Diane Stanley

I Wanna Iguana
(Nominee)
Karen Kaufman Orloff

Karate Hour
(Nominee)
Carol Nevius

Apples to Oregon
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Coming on Home Soon
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail
(Nominee)
Coleen Salley

Diary of a Spider
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Dog Who Cried Wolf
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

2007

Arrowhawk
(Winner)
Lola M. Schaefer

Souperchicken
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs
(Nominee)
Alan Katz

Diary of a Worm
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
(Nominee)
Michael Garland

Boxes for Katje
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(Nominee)
Jim Aylesworth

John Philip Duck
(Nominee)
Patricia Polacco

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

The Umbrella
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

My Penguin Osbert
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

2006

My Lucky Day
(Winner)
Keiko Kasza

Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy
(Nominee)
Phil Bildner

Summer Sun Risin'
(Nominee)
W. Nikola-Lisa

Earthquack!
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Epossumondas
(Nominee)
Coleen Salley

First Day in Grapes
(Nominee)
L. King Perez

2005

Ted
(Winner)
Tony DiTerlizzi

The Other Side
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale
(Nominee)
April Pulley Sayre

The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!
(Nominee)
Cynthia Rylant

Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale
(Nominee)
Eileen Spinelli

Emily's Art
(Nominee)
Peter Catalanotto

Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse
(Nominee)
Linda Oatman High; Linda Oatman High

2004

The Monster Who Ate My Peas
(Winner)
Danny Schnitzlein

Cindy Ellen
(Nominee)
Susan Lowell

Waiting for Wings
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Bedhead
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Award Categories

Children's

Grades 4-6

Grades 6-8

Grades K-3

Intermediate

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