Cybils Award facts for kids
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| Presented by | Bloggers with expertise in children's literature |
| First awarded | 2006 |
The Cybils Awards are special yearly book awards. They are given out by people who write online about books for kids and teens. These awards were started in 2006 by Kelly Herold and Anne Boles Levy. They wanted to create an award that was different. Some other awards felt too fancy or didn't pick books carefully enough. The Cybils Awards aim to find books that are both really well-written and super fun for kids to read.
People can suggest books for the awards in ten different types of children's and teen literature. These include books like Fantasy and Science fiction, Graphic novels, and Non-fiction. After books are suggested, they go through two rounds of judging by groups of experts. A winner is then chosen for each type of book. The judges pick books based on how good the writing is (this is called literary merit) and how much kids will enjoy them (this is kid appeal).
The people who judge the books are volunteers. They are usually active bloggers who know a lot about children's or teen books. They might be readers, authors, librarians, booksellers, or teachers. They all have a real interest in books for young people.
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How Books Are Chosen
- Anyone can suggest a children's or young adult book.
- The book must have been published between October 16 of the year before and October 15 of the current award year.
- Books can be written in English or be bilingual (in two languages).
- You can only suggest one book per person for each category.
- Book suggestions are open from October 1 to October 15 each year.
- Books should show both great writing and be very appealing to kids.
Award Winners
Board Books
Board books are sturdy books for very young children.
| Year | Author(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Christopher Franceschelli, illus. by Peskimo | Cityblock | Winner | |
| Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein, illus. by Citlali Reyes | Cuauhtemoc: Shapes/Formas | Finalist | ||
| Sandra Boynton | Dinosaur Dance! | |||
| Emily Sper | Follow the Yarn: A Book of Colors | |||
| Agnese Baruzzi | Look, Look Again | |||
| 2017 | Nathan Thoms, illus. by Carles Ballesteros | Changing Faces: Meet Happy Bear | Winner | |
| Douglas Florian, illus. by Barbara Bakos | Bears Are Big | Finalist | ||
| Kenji Oikawa and Mayuko Takeuc | Circle, Triangle, Elephant: A Book of Shapes and Surprises | |||
| Leslie Patricelli | Hair | |||
| Catherine Rayner | One Happy Tiger | |||
| Nina Laden | Peek-a Moo! | |||
| Susanna Leonard Hill, illus. by Daniel Wiseman | When Your Lion Needs a Bath | |||
| 2018 | Janik Coat | Llamaphones | Winner | |
| Steve Light | Black Bird Yellow Sun | Finalist | ||
| David W. Miles | But First, We Nap: : A Little Book About Nap Time | |||
| Elsa Mroziewicz | Peek-A-Who | |||
| Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin | These Colors Are Bananas | |||
| Jean Jullien | Why The Face? | |||
| Jacques Duquennoy | Zoe and Zack: Shapes | |||
| 2019 | Tatsuhide Matsuoka, trans. by Cathy Hirano | Jump! | Winner | |
| Joyce Wan | Dream Big | Finalist | ||
| Aleksandra Szmidt | Good Night, World | |||
| Della Ross Ferreri, illus. by Mette Engel | Huggle Wuggle, Bedtime Snuggle | |||
| Ryan T. Higgins | Peek-A-Bruce | |||
| Elsa Mroziewicz | Peek-a-Who Too? | |||
| Aaron Becker | You Are Light | |||
| 2020 | No award was presented in 2020 | |||
| 2021 | Marine Schneider | Big Bear, Little Bear | Winner | |
| Cushman Abi | Animals Go Vroom! | Finalist | ||
| Toni Buzzeo, illus. by Chi Birmingham | Caution! Road Signs Ahead | |||
| Carter Higgins | Circle Under Berry | |||
| Janik Coat | Comparrotives | |||
| Jean Jullien | This Is Still Not A Book | |||
| Ben Newman | Turn Seek Find: Habitats | |||
| 2022 | Giuliano Ferri | Look Twice | Winner | |
Early Chapter Books
These books are for kids who are just starting to read longer stories.
| Year | Author | Illustrator | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 2009 | Lucy Nolan | Mike Reed | Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) | Winner | |
| Tim Kennemore | Mike Spoor | Alice's Shooting Star | Finalist | ||
| Claudia Mills | Heather Maione | How Oliver Olson Changed the World | |||
| Kate DiCamillo | Chris Van Dusen | Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes | |||
| Katherine Applegate | Brian Biggs | Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin | |||
| 2010 | Jacqueline Jules | Miguel Benitez | Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off | Winner | |
| Atinuke | Anna Hibiscus | Finalist | |||
| Eric Wight | Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 | ||||
| Lucy Nolan | Mike Ree | Home on the Range | |||
| Stephanie Greene | Stephanie Sisson | Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade | |||
| 2011 | Atinuke | Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus! | Winner | ||
| Sara Pennypacker | Marla Frazee | Clementine and the Family Meeting | Finalist | ||
| Charise Mericle Harper | Just Grace and the Double Surprise | ||||
| Julie Sternberg | Matthew Cordell | Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie | |||
| Doreen Cronin | Kevin Cornell | The Trouble with Chickens | |||
| 2012 | Sonya Hartnett | Ann James | Sadie and Ratz | Winner | |
| Annie Barrows | Sophie Blackall | Ivy and Bean Make the Rules | Finalist | ||
| Kate Messner | Brian Floca | Marty McGuire Digs Worms! | |||
| Cece Bell | Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover | ||||
| Anna Branford, illus. by | Elanna Allen | Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot | |||
| 2013 | James Preller, illus. by | Iacopo Bruno | Home Sweet Horror | Winner | |
| Ursula Vernon | The Case of the Toxic Mutants | Finalist | |||
| Claudia Mills | Rob Shepperson | Kelsey Green, Reading Queen | |||
| Hilary McKay | Lulu and the Dog from the Sea | ||||
| Lauren Myracle | Jed Henry | The Life of Ty: Penguin Problems | |||
| Anna Branford | Elanna Allen | Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat | |||
| 2014 | Judith Viorst | Kevin Cornell | Lulu's Mysterious Mission | Winner | |
| Abby Hanlon | Dory Fantasmagory | Finalist | |||
| Julie Sternberg | Matthew Cordell | Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake | |||
| Hilary McKay | Lulu and the Rabbit Next Door | ||||
| Doreen Cronin | Kevin Cornell | The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure | |||
| Nicola Davies | Annabel Wright | The Lion Who Stole My Arm | |||
| Anna Branford | Elanna Allen | Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend | |||
| 2015 | Abby Hanlon | Dory and the Real True Friend | Winner | ||
| Bruce Hale | Big Bad Detective Agency | Finalist | |||
| Kate Messner | Kelley McMorris | Rescue on the Oregon Trail | |||
| Hilary McKay | Lulu and the Hamster in the Night | ||||
| Yasmine Surovec | My Pet Human | ||||
| Kallie George | Alexandra Boiger | Clover's Luck | |||
| Liam O'Donnell | Aurélie Grand | West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher | |||
| 2016 | Polly Faber | Clara Vulliamy | Mango & Bambang: The Not-a-Pig | Winner | |
| Abby Hanlon | Dory Dory Black Sheep | Finalist | |||
| Juana Medina | Juana and Lucas | ||||
| Shannon Hale and Dean Hale | LeUyen Pham | The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde | |||
| Linda Urban | Katie Kath | Weekends with Max and His Dad | |||
| Kate DiCamillo | Chris Van Dusen | Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? | |||
| 2017 | Suzanne Selfors | Barbara Fisinger | Wedgie & Gizmo | Winner | |
| Patricia MacLachlan | Marc Boutavant | Barkus | Finalist | ||
| Asia Citro | Marion Lindsay | Dragons and Marshmallows | |||
| Kallie George | Stephanie Graegin | The Greatest Gift | |||
| Jacqueline Jules | Kim Smith | My Fantástica Family | |||
| Terry Lynn Johnson | Jani Orban | Overboard! | |||
| Laura Amy Schlitz | Brian Floca | Princess Cora and the Crocodile | |||
| Shannon Hale and Dean Hale | LeUyen Pham | The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation | |||
| 2018 | Debbi Michiko Florence | Elizabet Vukovic | Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl | Winner | |
| Ellen Potter | Felicita Sala | Big Foot and Little Foot | Finalist | ||
| Asia Citro | Marion Lindsay | Caterflies and Ice | |||
| Anna Humphrey | Kass Reich | Megabat | |||
| H. M. Bouwman | Charlie Alder | Owen and Eleanor Move In | |||
| Alice Kuipers | Diana Toledano | Polly Diamond and the Magic Book | |||
| 2019 | Megan Frazer Blakemore | Nadja Sarell | Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet | Winner | |
| Rachel Vail | A Is for Elizabeth | Finalist | |||
| Chitra Soundar | Uma Krishnaswamy | Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories from India | |||
| Alex T. Smith | Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure | ||||
| Julian Gough | Rabbit & Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits | ||||
| 2020 | Lauren Castillo | Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us | Winner | ||
| Lyla Lee | Dung Ho | Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business | Finalist | ||
| Hannah Barnaby | Anoosha Syed | Monster and Boy | |||
| Andrea Beaty | David Roberts | Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote | |||
| Kate DiCamillo | Chris Van Dusen | Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem | |||
| 2021 | Jacqueline Davies | Deborah Hocking | Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World | Winner | |
| Gary D. Schmidt and Elizabeth Stickney | Eugene Yelchin | A Long Road on a Short Day | Finalist | ||
| Carter Higgins | Jennifer K. Mann | Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish | |||
| Atinuke | Onyinye Iwu | Too Small Tola | |||
| Saadia Faruqi | Yasmin the Scientist | ||||
| 2022 | Kallie George | Birgitta Sif | Crimson Twill: Witch in the City | Winner |
Easy Readers
These books are designed for children who are learning to read on their own.
| Year | Author | Illustrator | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 2008 | Mo Willems | I Love My New Toy | Winner | ||
| James Howe | Marie-Louise Gay | Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time | Finalists | ||
| Mo Willems | I Will Surprise My Friend! | ||||
| Katie Speck | Paul Rátz de Tagyos | Maybelle Goes to Tea | |||
| Kate Dicamillo | Chris Van Dusen | Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig | |||
| 2009 | Mo Willems | Watch Me Throw the Ball! | Winner | ||
| David Catrow | Max Spaniel: Dinosaur Hunt | Finalists | |||
| Lori Ries | Frank W. Dormer | Good Dog, Aggie | |||
| Cynthia Rylant | Arthur Howard | Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans | |||
| Joan Holub | Tim Bowers | Shampoodle | |||
| 2010 | Mo Willems | We Are in a Book! | Winner | ||
| Erica Silverman | Betsy Lewin | Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Spring Babies | Finalists | ||
| Tedd Arnold | Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl | ||||
| Melissa Stewart | National Geographic Readers: Ants | ||||
| Dori Chaconas | Lisa McCue | Cork and Fuzz: The Babysitters | |||
| 2011 | Mo Willems | I Broke My Trunk! | Winner | ||
| Lori Ries | Frank W. Dormer | Aggie Gets Lost | Finalist | ||
| Tim Egan | Dodsworth in Rome | ||||
| Eve Bunting | Josée Masse | Frog and Friends | |||
| 2012 | Frank Viva | A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse | Winner | ||
| Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee | Tony Fucile | Bink and Gollie: Two for One | Finalist | ||
| Kevin Henkes | Penny and Her Doll | ||||
| Kevin Henkes | Penny and Her Song | ||||
| Michael J. Daley | Thomas F. Yezerski | Pinch and Dash Make Soup | |||
| 2013 | Dosh Archer | Urgency Emergency! Big Bad Wolf | Winner | ||
| Mo Willems | A Big Guy Took My Ball! | Finalist | |||
| Jamie Michalak | Frank Remkiewicz | Joe and Sparky Go to School | |||
| Jonathan Fenske | Love Is in the Air | ||||
| Kevin Henkes | Penny and Her Marble | ||||
| Josh Schneider | The Meanest Birthday Girl | ||||
| 2014 | Maxwell Eaton III | Okay, Andy! | Winner | ||
| Ethan Long | Clara and Clem Under the Sea | Finalist | |||
| Sarah Dillard | Extraordinary Warren: A Super Chicken | ||||
| Melissa Wiley | Ag Jatkowska | Inch and Roly and the Sunny Day Scare | |||
| Mo Willems | My New Friend Is So Fun! | ||||
| Alex Milway | Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey | ||||
| Jennifer E. Morris | The Ice Cream Shop | ||||
| 2015 | Grace Lin | Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly | Winner | ||
| Jonathan Fenske | A Pig, a Fox, and a Box | Finalist | |||
| David A. Adler | Sam Ricks | Don't Throw It to Mo! | |||
| Ethan Long | In, Over and On the Farm | ||||
| Kitson Jazynka | Rosa Parks | ||||
| Shelby Alinsky | Slither, Snake! | ||||
| Jacqueline Jules | Kim Smith | Picture Perfect | |||
| 2016 | Tina Kugler | Snail and Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends | Winner | ||
| Mo Willems | The Cookie Fiasco | Finalist | |||
| Elise Gravel | The Great Antonio | ||||
| Kara LaReau | Matt Myers | The Infamous Ratsos | |||
| Cece Bell | Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit | ||||
| Laurie Keller | We Are Growing! | ||||
| 2017 | Dori Hillestad Butler | Nancy Meyers | King & Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code | Winner | |
| Laurel Snyder | Emily Hughes | Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy | Finalist | ||
| Shelley Rotner | I Like the Farm | ||||
| Salina Yoon | My Kite is Stuck! and Other Stories | ||||
| Jan Thomas | There's a Pest in the Garden! | ||||
| Candice Ransom | Monique Dong | Tooth Fairy's Night | |||
| Jonathan Fenske | We Need More Nuts! | ||||
| Jan Thomas | What Is Chasing Duck? | ||||
| 2018 | Corey R. Tabor | Fox the Tiger | Winner | ||
| Laura Driscoll | Catalina Echeverri | I Want to Be a Doctor | Finalist | ||
| J. E. Morris | Much Too Much Birthday | ||||
| Jan Thomas | My Toothbrush Is Missing | ||||
| Paula Yoo | Shirley Ng-Benitez | The Perfect Gift | |||
| 2019 | Saadia Faruqi | Hatem Aly | Yasmin the Superhero | Winner | |
| Sergio Ruzzier | Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories | Finalist | |||
| Jamie Michalak | Bob Kolar | Frank and Bean | |||
| Jonathan Fenske | Hello, Crabby!: An Acorn Book | ||||
| 2020 | David LaRochelle | Mike Wohnoutka | See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog | Winner | |
| Laura Gehl | Fred Blunt | Cat Has a Plan | Finalist | ||
| Dori Hillestad Butler | Nancy Meyers | King & Kayla and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor | |||
| Katharine Kenah | Abby Carter | The Best Seat in First Grade | |||
| Kelly Starling Lyons | Nina Mata | Ty's Travels: All Aboard! | |||
| Ryan T. Higgins | Mo Willems | What About Worms!? | |||
| Saadia Faruqi | Hatem Aly | Yasmin the Gardener | |||
| 2021 | David LaRochelle | Mike Wohnoutka | See the Dog: Three Stories About a Cat | Winner | |
| Sam Wedelich | Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf | Finalist | |||
| Corey R. Tabor | Fox at Night | ||||
| Maggie P. Chang | Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too! | ||||
| Meika Hashimoto | Gillian Reid | Kitty and Dragon | |||
| Saadia Faruqi | Hatem Aly | Yasmin the Librarian | |||
| 2022 | Emma Otheguy | Andrés Landazábal | Reina Ramos Works It Out | Winner |
Middle Grade Novels
These are longer stories for readers aged 8-12.
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Laura Amy Schlitz | A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama | Winner | |
| Frank Cottrell-Boyce | Framed | Finalists | ||
| Mike Lupica | Heat | |||
| Kirsten Miller | Kiki Strike | |||
| Cynthia Kadohata | Weedflower | |||
| 2007 | Linda Urban | A Crooked Kind of Perfect | Winner | |
| Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Leap of Faith | Finalists | ||
| Cynthia Kadohata | Cracker: The Best Dog In Vietnam | |||
| Kerry Madden | Louisiana's Song | |||
| Sarah Miller | Miss Spitfire | |||
| Pat Murphy | Wild Girls | |||
| Lauren Tarshis | Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree | |||
| Nathan D. Wilson | Leepike Ridge | |||
| 2008 | Siobhan Dowd | The London Eye Mystery | Winner | |
| Lenore Look | Alvin Ho | Finalists | ||
| Helen Frost | Diamond Willow | |||
| Wendy Mass | Every Soul a Star | |||
| Frances O'Roark Dowell | Shooting the Moon | |||
| 2009 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Chains | Winner | |
| Ann Burg | All The Broken Pieces | Finalist | ||
| Nora Raleigh Baskin | Anything But Typical | |||
| Dean Pitchford | Captain Nobody | |||
| Rosanne Parry | Heart of a Shepherd | |||
| Sara Lewis Holmes | Operation Yes | |||
| Barbara O'Connor | The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis | |||
| 2010 | Tom Angleberger | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda | Winner | |
| Rob Buyea | Because of Mr. Terupt | Finalist | ||
| Stuart Gibbs | Belly Up | |||
| Lisa Railsback | Betti on the High Wire | |||
| Leslie Connor | Crunch | |||
| Alan Silberberg | Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze | |||
| Ellen Potter | The Kneebone Boy | |||
| 2011 | Elissa Brent Weissman | Nerd Camp | Winner | |
| Tom Angleberger | Darth Paper Strikes Back | Finalist | ||
| G. Neri | Ghetto Cowboy | |||
| Kirby Larson | The Friendship Doll | |||
| Wendy Wan-Long Shang | The Great Wall of Lucy Wu | |||
| Lisa Yee | Warp Speed | |||
| Trent Reedy | Words In The Dust | |||
| 2012 | R. J. Palacio | Wonder | Winner | |
| Joan Bauer | Almost Home | Finalist | ||
| Carl Hiaasen | Chomp | |||
| Watt Key | Fourmile | |||
| Rebecca Stead | Liar & Spy | |||
| Lisa Harkrader | The Adventures of Beanboy | |||
| Kristin Levine | The Lions of Little Rock | |||
| 2013 | David Carroll | Ultra | Winner | |
| Chris Grabenstein | Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Finalist | ||
| Alan Gratz | Prisoner B-3087 | |||
| Ann E. Burg | Serafina's Promise | |||
| Greg Pincus | The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. | |||
| 2014 | Dean Pitchford | Nickel Bay Nick | Winner | |
| Varsha Bajaj | Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood | Finalist | ||
| Dairman | All Four Stars | |||
| Donna Gephart | Death by Toilet Paper | |||
| Terry Lynn Johnson | Ice Dogs | |||
| Kwame Alexander | The Crossover | |||
| Megan Jean Sovern | The Meaning of Maggie | |||
| 2015 | Kevin Sands | The Blackthorn Key | Winner | |
| Erin Entrada Kelly | Blackbird Fly | Finalist | ||
| Jennifer Chambliss Bertman | Book Scavenger | |||
| Susan Vaught | Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy | |||
| Thanhha Lai | Listen, Slowly | |||
| 2016 | Jason Reynolds | Ghost | Winner | |
| Jennifer L. Holm | Full of Beans | Finalist | ||
| Joseph Marshall | In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse | |||
| John David Anderson | Ms. Bixby's Last Day | |||
| Sarah Weeks | Save Me a Seat | |||
| Gordon Korman | Slacker | |||
| Claire Legrand | Some Kind of Happiness | |||
| 2017 | Alan Gratz | Refugee | Winner | |
| Hena Khan | Amina's Voice | Finalist | ||
| Steven B. Frank | Armstrong and Charlie | |||
| Beth Vrabel | Caleb and Kit | |||
| Dusti Bowling | Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus | |||
| Gordon Korman | Restart | |||
| Pablo Cartaya | The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora | |||
| 2018 | Varian Johnson | The Parker Inheritance | Winner | |
| Kelly Yang | Front Desk | Finalist | ||
| Jacqueline Woodson | Harbor Me | |||
| Anne O'Brien Carelli | Skylark and Wallcreeper | |||
| Jessie Janowitz | The Doughnut Fix | |||
| Stacy McAnulty | The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl | |||
| Anne Nesbet | The Orphan Band of Springdale | |||
| 2019 | Dan Gemeinhart | The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise | Winner | |
| Barbara Dee | Maybe He Just Likes You | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Scheerger | Operation Frog Effect | |||
| Lindsey Stoddard | Right as Rain | |||
| Jamie Sumner | Roll with It | |||
| Lynne Kelly | Song for a Whale | |||
| Padma Venkatraman | The Bridge Home | |||
| 2020 | Janae Marks | From the Desk of Zoe Washington | Winner | |
| Lauren Wolk | Echo Mountain | Finalist | ||
| Ernesto Cisneros | Efren Divided | |||
| Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Fighting Words | |||
| Kacen Callender | King and the Dragonflies | |||
| Ann Clare LeZotte | Show Me a Sign | |||
| Aida Salazar | The Land of the Cranes | |||
| 2021 | Gordon Korman | Linked | Winner | |
| Kate Albus | A Place to Hang the Moon | Finalist | ||
| Ellen Oh | Finding Junie Kim | |||
| Ann Braden | Flight of the Puffin | |||
| Caroline Gertler | Many Points of Me | |||
| Chad Lucas | Thanks a Lot, Universe | |||
| Barbara Dee | Violets Are Blue | |||
| 2022 | Amina Luqman-Dawson | Freewater | Winner | |
| Tae Keller | Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone | Finalist | ||
| A. S. King | Attack of the Black Rectangles |
Young Adult Novels
These books are written for teenagers.
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Rachel Cohn and David Levithan | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Winner | |
| Markus Zusak | The Book Thief | Finalists | ||
| Dana Reinhardt | Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life | |||
| Kirby Larson | Hattie Big Sky | |||
| Nancy Werlin | Rules of Survival | |||
| 2007 | Barry Lyga | Boy Toy | Winner | |
| Sherman Alexie | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Finalists | ||
| Nancy Crocker | Billie Standish Was Here | |||
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | The Off Season | |||
| Laura Resau | Red Glass | |||
| Carrie Jones | Tips on Having a Gay (ex)Boyfriend | |||
| Gary D. Schmidt | The Wednesday Wars | |||
| 2008 | E. Lockhart | The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | Winner | |
| Robin Benway | Audrey, Wait! | Finalists | ||
| C. K. Kelly Martin | I Know It's Over | |||
| Melina Marchetta | On the Jellicoe Road | |||
| Sara Zarr | Sweethearts | |||
| Christine Fletcher | Ten Cents a Dance | |||
| 2009 | Courtney Summers | Cracked Up To Be | Winner | |
| Michelle D. Kwasney | Blue Plate Special | Finalist | ||
| Brent Crawford | Carter Finally Gets It | |||
| Natalie Standiford | How To Say Goodbye In Robot | |||
| Julie Halpern | Into the Wild Nerd Yonder | |||
| Justina Chen Headley | North of Beautiful | |||
| Laurie Halse Anderson | Wintergirls | |||
| 2010 | Swati Avasthi | Split | Winner | |
| Watt Key | Dirt Road Home | Finalist | ||
| Tara Kelly | Harmonic Feedback | |||
| Erin McCahan | I Now Pronounce You Someone Else | |||
| Mark Shulman | Scrawl | |||
| Courtney Summers | Some Girls Are | |||
| Lucy Christopher | Stolen | |||
| 2011 | Geoff Herbach | Stupid Fast | Winner | |
| Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss | Finalist | ||
| Ruta Sepetys | Between Shades of Gray | |||
| Sophie Flack | Bunheads | |||
| A. S. King | Everybody Sees the Ants | |||
| Marianna Baer | Frost | |||
| Joshua C. Cohen | Leverage | |||
| 2012 | Jesse Andrews | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Winner | |
| Matthew Quick | Boy21 | Finalist | ||
| Elizabeth Wein | Code Name Verity | |||
| Eliot Schrefer | Endangered | |||
| Barry Lyga | I Hunt Killers | |||
| Antonia Michaelis | The Storyteller | |||
| J.J. Johnson | The Theory of Everything | |||
| 2013 | Evan Roskos | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | Finalist | |
| Rainbow Rowell | Eleanor & Park | |||
| Ruta Sepetys | Out of The Easy | |||
| Elizabeth Wein | Rose Under Fire | |||
| 2014 | Brandy Colbert | Pointe | Winner | |
| Isabel Quintero | Gabi, a Girl in Pieces | Finalist | ||
| Gail Giles | Girls Like Us | |||
| Jandy Nelson | I'll Give You the Sun | |||
| Jason Reynolds | When I Was the Greatest | |||
| 2015 | Tamara Ireland Stone | Every Last Word | Winner | |
| Courtney Summers | All the Rage | Finalist | ||
| Julie Murphy | Dumplin' | |||
| Nicola Yoon | Everything, Everything | |||
| Kekla Magoon | How It Went Down | |||
| Elana K. Arnold | Infandous | |||
| Susan Juby | The Truth Commission | |||
| 2016 | Ruta Sepetys | Salt to the Sea | Winner | |
| Brittany Cavallaro | A Study in Charlotte | Finalist | ||
| Brie Spangler | Beast | |||
| Kody Keplinger | Run | |||
| Jeff Zentner | The Serpent King | |||
| Karen Fortunati | The Weight of Zero | |||
| Marieke Nijkamp | This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp | |||
| 2017 | Renée Watson | Piecing Me Together | Winner | |
| Jared Reck | A Short History of the Girl Next Door | Finalist
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| Jennifer Mathieu | Moxie | |||
| S. K. Ali | Saints and Misfits | |||
| Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give | |||
| Benjamin Alire Saenz | The Inexplicable Logic of My Life | |||
| Erin McCahan | The Lake Effect | |||
| 2018 | Courtney Summers | Sadie | Winner | |
| Adib Khorram | Darius the Great Is Not Okay | Finalist | ||
| Ashley Herring Blake | Girl Made of Stars | |||
| Tiffany D. Jackson | Monday's Not Coming | |||
| Ibi Zoboi | Pride | |||
| Kody Keplinger | That's Not What Happened | |||
| Bryan Bliss | We'll Fly Away | |||
| 2019 | Mindy McGinnis | Heroine | Winner | |
| Nina Moreno | Don't Date Rosa Santos | Finalist | ||
| Gilly Segal | I'm Not Dying with You Tonight | |||
| Angie Thomas | On The Come Up | |||
| Randy Ribay | Patron Saints of Nothing | |||
| Stacey Lee | The Downstairs Girl | |||
| Elizabeth Acevedo | With the Fire on High | |||
| 2020 | Yamile Saied Méndez | Furia | Winner | |
| Elizabeth Acevedo | Clap When You Land | Finalist | ||
| Nic Stone | Dear Justyce | |||
| Marieke Nijkamp | Even If We Break | |||
| Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam | Punching the Air | |||
| Nora Shalaway Carpenter | The Edge of Anything | |||
| Leah Johnson | You Should See Me in a Crown | |||
| 2021 | Tess Sharpe | The Girls I've Been | Winner | |
| Laura Taylor Namey | A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow | Finalist | ||
| Angie Thomas | Concrete Rose | |||
| Angeline Boulley | Firekeeper's Daughter | |||
| Jeff Zentner | In the Wild Light | |||
| Malinda Lo | Last Night at the Telegraph Club | |||
| Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal | Why We Fly | |||
| 2022 | Jen Ferguson | The Summer of Bitter and Sweet | Winner |
Graphic Novels
Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novels
These are comic books or graphic novels for younger readers.
| Year | Contributors | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jimmy Gownley | Amelia Rules! Vol. 3: Superheroes | Winner | |
| Alex De Campi, illus. by Federica Manfredi | Kat and Mouse | Finalists | ||
| Jennifer Holm and Matt Holm | Babymouse: Beach Babe | |||
| Ann Martin and Raina Telgemeier, ilus. by Jimmy Gownley | The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea | |||
| Siena Siegel, illus. by Mark Siegl | To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel | |||
| 2007 | Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illus. by Giovanni Rigano and Paolo Lamanna | Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel | Winner | |
| Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm | Camp Babymouse | Finalists | ||
| Rod Espinosa | The Courageous Princess | |||
| Sara Varon | Robot Dreams | |||
| Kiyohiko Azuma, trans. by Amy Forsyth | Yotsuba&! Vol. 4 | |||
| 2008 | Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illus. by Nathan Hale | Rapunzel's Revenge | Winner | |
| Hope Larson | Chiggers | Finalists | ||
| Don Wood | Into the Volcano | |||
| Kean Soo | Jellaby, Vol. 1 | |||
| David Almond, illus. by Dave McKean | The Savage | |||
| Zoe Alley, illus. by R. W. Alley | There's a Wolf at the Door | |||
| 2009 | Eleanor Davis | The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook | Winner | |
| James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost | Adventures in Cartooning | Finalist | ||
| Aaron Reynolds, illus. by Neil Numberman | Creepy Crawly Crime | |||
| Eric Wight | Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom | |||
| Kazu Kibuishi | The Stonekeeper's Curse | |||
| 2010 | Jason Shiga | Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3856 Story Possibilities | Winner | |
| George O'Connor | Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess | Finalist | ||
| Colleen A. F. Venable, illus. by Stephanie Yue | Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye 1: Hamster and Cheese | |||
| Raina Telgemeier | Smile | |||
| Aaron Renier | The Unsinkable Walker Bean | |||
| 2011 | Ben Hatke | Zita the Spacegirl | Winner | |
| Barry Deutsch | Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword | Finalist | ||
| Chris Duffy (ed.) | Nursery Rhyme Comics | |||
| Dan Santat | Sidekicks | |||
| Brian Selznick | Wonderstruck | |||
| 2012 | Jorge Aguirre, illus. by Rafael Rosado with John Novak and Matthew Schenk | Giants Beware! | Winner | |
| Joseph Lambert | Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller | Finalist | ||
| Colleen A. F. Venable | Hilda and the Midnight Giant | |||
| Na Liu, illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez | Little White Duck: A Childhood in China | |||
| Nathan Hale | Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad! | |||
| 2013 | Barry Deutsch | Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite | Winner | |
| Matt Phelan | Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton | Finalist | ||
| John Lewis with Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell | March Book 1 | |||
| Rob Harrell | Monster on the Hill | |||
| Nathan Hale | Donner Dinner Party | |||
| Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm | Squish: Game On! | |||
| Greg Ruth | The Lost Boy | |||
| 2014 | Cece Bell, colored by David Lasky | El Deafo | Winner | |
| John Allison | Bad Machinery: The Case of the Good Boy | Finalist | ||
| Blexbolex, trans. by Claudia Zoe Bedrick | Ballad | |||
| James Burks | Bird & Squirrel on Ice | |||
| Matt Faulkner | Gaijin: American Prisoner of War | |||
| Loic Dauvillier, illus. by Marc Lizano, inked by Greg Salsedo, and trans. by Alexis Siegel | Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust | |||
| Jimmy Gownley | The Dumbest Idea Ever! | |||
| 2015 | Victoria Jamieson | Roller Girl | Winner | |
| Marika McCoola, illus. by Emily Carroll | Baba Yaga's Assistant | Finalist | ||
| Ted Naifeh | Tales of a Warlock | |||
| Jorge Aguirre, illus. by Rafael Rosado, colored by John Novak | Dragons Beware! | |||
| Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes | Secret Coders | |||
| Jennifer L. Holm, illus. by Matthew Holm, colored by Lark Pien | Sunny Side Up | |||
| Brian Selznick | The Marvels | |||
| 2016 | Cathy Camper, illus. by Raúl the Third | Lowriders to the Center of the Earth | Winner | |
| Eric Orchard | Bera the One-Headed Troll | Finalist | ||
| Hope Larson, illus. by Rebecca Mock | Compass South | |||
| Ben Hatke | Mighty Jack | |||
| Katie O'Neill | Princess Princess Ever After | |||
| Faith Erin Hicks, color by Jordie Bellaire | The Nameless City | |||
| William Grill | The Wolves of Currumpaw | |||
| 2017 | Julie Kim | Where's Halmoni? | Winner | |
| Nidhi Chanani | Pashmina | Finalist | ||
| Shannon Hale, illus. by LeUyen Pham, and colored by Jane Poole | Real Friends | |||
| Ginger Ly, illus. by Molly Park | Suee and the Shadow | |||
| Benjamin Renner | The Big Bad Fox | |||
| Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi | The Dam Keeper | |||
| 2018 | Molly Knox Ostertag | The Witch Boy | Winner | |
| Mariah Marsden, illus. by Brenna Thummler | Anne of Green Gables | Finalist | ||
| Vera Brosgol | Be Prepared | |||
| Samya Kullab, illus. by Jackie Roche | Escape from Syria | |||
| Aron Nels Steinke | Mr. Wolf's Class | |||
| Chad Sell | The Cardboard Kingdom | |||
| Katie O'Neill | The Tea Dragon Society | |||
| 2019 | Jerry Craft | New Kid | Winner | |
| Svetlana Chmakova | Crush | Finalist | ||
| Rey Terciero | Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy | |||
| Kyo Maclear | Operatic | |||
| Molly Knox Ostertag | The Hidden Witch | |||
| Katie O'Neill | The Tea Dragon Festival | |||
| Emily Tetri | Tiger vs. Nightmare | |||
| 2020 | Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, illus. by Victoria Jamieson and | When Stars Are Scattered | Winner | |
| James Otis Smith | Black Heroes of the Wild West | Finalists | ||
| Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft | Class Act | |||
| Mika Song | Donut Feed the Squirrels | |||
| Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann | Go with the Flow | |||
| Kat Leyh | Snapdragon | |||
| Johan Troïanowski | The Runaway Princess | |||
| 2021 | Lily LaMotte, illus. by Ann Xu | Measuring Up | Winner | |
| Thomas King, illus. by Natasha Donovan | Borders | Finalist | ||
| Yehudi Mercado | Chunky | |||
| Katherine Battersby | Cranky Chicken | |||
| Nidhi Chanani | Jukebox | |||
| Hope Larson, illus. by Rebecca Mock | Salt Magic | |||
| Shing Yin Khor | The Legend of Auntie Po | |||
| 2022 | Christina Diaz Gonzalez, illus. by Gabriela Epstein | Invisible: A Graphic Novel | Winner | |
| Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, and Alina Pete (eds.) | The Woman in the Woods | Finalist | ||
| Jonathan Case | Little Monarchs | |||
| Guojing | The Flamingo | |||
| Marjorie Liu, illus. by Teny Assakhanian | Wingbearer | |||
| Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh | Squire |
Young Adult Graphic Novels
These are graphic novels for teenagers.
| Year | Contributor(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Gene Luen Yang | American Born Chinese | Winner | |
| Linda Medley | Castle Waiting | Finalists | ||
| Svetlana Chmakova | Dramacon, Vol. 2 | |||
| Kazu Kibuishi | Flight, Vol. 3 | |||
| Jessica Abel | La Perdida | |||
| 2007 | Joann Sfar, illus. by Emmanuel Guibert | The Professor's Daughter | Winner | |
| Shaun Tan | The Arrival | Finalists | ||
| Kazu Kibuishi (ed.) | Flight Vol. 4 | |||
| Nick Abadzis | Laika | |||
| Cecil Castellucci, illus. by Jim Rugg | The Plain Janes | |||
| 2008 | Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Steve Rolston | Emiko Superstar | Winner | |
| Holly Black, illus. by Ted Naifeh | Kin | Finalists | ||
| Jessica Abel and Gabe Soria, illus. by Warren Pleece | Life Sucks | |||
| Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Jillian Tamaki | Skim | |||
| Cyril Pedrosa, trans. by Edward Gauvin | Three Shadows | |||
| 2009 | Tom Siddell | Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation | Winner | |
| Chris Schweizer | Crogan's Vengeance | Finalist | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe, illus. by Gris Grimly | Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Death and Dementia | |||
| Tony Lee, illus. by Sam Hart and Artur Fujita | Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood | |||
| Lora Innes | The Dreamer: The Consequence of Nathan Hale, Part 1 | |||
| 2010 | G. Neri, illus. by Randy DuBurke | Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty | Winner | |
| Doug TenNapel | Ghostopolis | Finalist | ||
| Hope Larson | Mercury | |||
| Peter and Bobby Timony | Night Owls Vol. 1 | |||
| Kou Yaginuma, trans. by Maya Rosewood | Twin Spica, Vol. 1 | |||
| 2011 | Vera Brosgol | Anya's Ghost | Winner | |
| Doug TenNapel | Bad Island | Finalist | ||
| Jim Ottaviani, illus. by Leland Myrick | Feynman | |||
| Gene Luen Yang, art by Thien Pham | Level Up | |||
| Laura Lee Gulledge | Page by Paige | |||
| 2012 | Faith Erin Hicks | Friends With Boys | Winner | |
| Lila Quintero Weaver | Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White | Finalist | ||
| Raina Telgemeier | Drama | |||
| Ryan Inzana | Ichiro | |||
| Boaz Yakin, illus. by Joe Infurnari | Marathon | |||
| 2013 | Jordan Mechner, illus. by LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland | Templar | Winner | |
| John Allison | Bad Machinery | Finalist | ||
| Gene Luen Yang | Boxers & Saints | |||
| Kelly Sue Deconnick with Dexter Soy, illus. by
Emma Ríos |
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight | |||
| Tony Cliff | Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant | |||
| Junji Ito | Uzumaki | |||
| Sharon McKay, illus. by Daniel LaFrance | War Brothers | |||
| 2014 | Cory Doctorow, illus. by Jen Wang | In Real Life | Winner | |
| Joel Christian Gill | Strange Fruit, Vol. I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History | Finalist | ||
| Max Brooks, illus. by Caanan White | The Harlem Hellfighters | |||
| Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew | The Shadow Hero | |||
| Emily Carroll | Through the Woods | |||
| Shane Koyczan | To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful | |||
| 2015 | ND Stevenson | Nimona | Winner | |
| Maggie Thrash | Honor Girl | Finalist | ||
| Christos Gage, Ruth Gage, and Jackie Lewis | Lion of Rora | |||
| John Lewis with Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell | March: Book Two | |||
| G. Willow Wilson. art by Adrian Alphona | Ms. Marvel | |||
| Ben Towle | Oyster War | |||
| Henrik Rehr | Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I | |||
| 2016 | John Lewis with Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell | March: Book Three | Winner | |
| Özge Samancı | Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey | Finalist | ||
| Jody Houser, art by Francis Portela and Marguerite Sauvage | Faith Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine | |||
| Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota | Lucky Penny | |||
| Marjorie Liu, illus. by Sana Takeda | Monstress Vol. 1: Awakening | |||
| G. Willow Wilson. art by Adrian Alphona | Ms. Marvel Vol. 5: Super Famous | |||
| Derf Backderf | Trashed | |||
| 2017 | Scott Westerfeld, illus. by Alex Puvilland | Spill Zone | Winner | |
| Kieron Moore, illus. by Rajesh Nagulakonda | Buddha: An Enlightened Life | Finalist | ||
| Gene Luen Yang | New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made In China (Rebirth) | |||
| Cecil Castellucci, illus. by José Pimienta | Soupy Leaves Home | |||
| Tillie Walden | Spinning | |||
| Tyson Hesse | Diesel: Ignition | |||
| 2018 | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Hey, Kiddo | Winner | |
| Anne Frank, adapted by Ari Folman | Anne Frank's Diary | Finalist | ||
| Melanie Gillman | As the Crow Flies | |||
| G. Neri, illus. by Corban Wilkin | Grand Theft Horse | |||
| Tillie Walden | On a Sunbeam | |||
| Sebastian Kadlecik (creator), Kit Steinkellner (writer), Emma Steinkellner (illus.), and Valeria Tranier (trans.) | Quince | |||
| Jen Wang | The Prince and the Dressmaker | |||
| 2019 | David A. Robertson, Jen Storm, Katherena Vermette, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Richard Van Camp, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, and Sonny Assu | This Place: 150 Years Retold | Winner | |
| Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch | Grimoire Noir | Finalist | ||
| Colleen A. F. Venable, illus. by Ellen T. Crenshaw | Kiss Number 8 | |||
| Suzanne Walker, art by Wendy Xuwqqs | Mooncakes | |||
| Tasha Spillett | Surviving the City | |||
| George Takei | They Called Us Enemy | |||
| 2020 | Gene Luen Yang, illus. by Gurihiru | Superman Smashes the Klan | Winner | |
| Robin Ha, illus. by Robin Ha | Almost American Girl | Finalist | ||
| Tyler Feder | Dancing at the Pity Party | |||
| Kiku Hughes | Displacement | |||
| Mike Curato, illus. by Mike Curato | Flamer | |||
| Huda Fahmy | That Can Be Arranged | |||
| Alex Sanchez, illus. by Jul Maroh | You Brought Me the Ocean | |||
| 2021 | Crystal Frasier, illus. by Val Wise and Oscar O. Jupiter (letterer) | Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms | Winner | |
| Alverne Ball, illus. by Stacey Robinson, Reynaldo Anderson, and Colette Yellow Robe | Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre | Finalist | ||
| Don Brown | In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks | |||
| Hébert, trans. by Shelley Tanaka | My Body in Pieces | |||
| Mark Crilley | My Last Summer with Cass | |||
| McKinney, illus. by Robyn Smith | Nubia: Real One | |||
| Molly Knox Ostertag | The Girl from the Sea | |||
| 2022 | Laura Gao | Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American | Winner |
Nonfiction Middle Grade and Young Adult Books
These are true stories and factual books for older kids and teens.
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Russell Freedman | Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott | Winner | |
| Sid Fleischman | Escape! | Finalists | ||
| Alan Wolf | Immersed in Verse | |||
| Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov | Isaac Newton | |||
| Catherine Thimmesh | Team Moon | |||
| 2007 | Ibtisam Barakat | Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood | Winner | |
| Kathleen Krull | Marie Curie | Finalists | ||
| Adrian Dingle, illustrated by Simon Basher | The Periodic Table: Elements with Style! | |||
| Eve Drobot | Smart-Opedia | |||
| Loree Griffin Burns | Tracking Trash | |||
| Peter Sis | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | |||
| Russell Freedman | Who Was First? | |||
| 2008 | Cylin Busby and John Busby | The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir | Winner | |
| David Aguilar | 11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System | Finalists | ||
| Scott Reynolds Nelson | Ain’t Nothing but a Man | |||
| Nancy Amanda Redd | Body Drama | |||
| Steve Sheinkin | King George: What Was His Problem? | |||
| Martin Sandler | Lincoln Through the Lens | |||
| Ben Boos | Swords: An Artist's Devotion | |||
| Kadir Nelson | We Are the Ship | |||
| 2009 | Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Andy Comins | The Frog Scientist | Winner | |
| Phillip Hoose | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | Finalist | ||
| Larry Smith | I Can't Keep My Own Secrets | |||
| Elizabeth Partridge | Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary | |||
| Sally M. Walker | Written in Bone | |||
| 2010 | Suzanne Jurmain | The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing | Winner | |
| Paul B. Janeczko | The Dark Game: True Spy Stories | Finalist | ||
| Loree Griffin Burns | The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe | |||
| Sy Montgomery | Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot | |||
| Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter | Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook | |||
| Haya Leah Molnar | Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania | |||
| Elaine Marie Alphin | An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank | |||
| 2011 | Candace Fleming | Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart | Winner | |
| Georgia Bragg | How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous | Finalist | ||
| Stewart Ross, illus. by Stephen Biesty | Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air | |||
| Carla Killough McClafferty | The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon | |||
| Steve Sheinkin | The Notorious Benedict Arnold | |||
| Ann Bausum | Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I | |||
| 2012 | Steve Sheinkin | Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon | Winner | |
| Marsha Skrypuch | Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War | Finalist | ||
| Phillip Hoose | Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 | |||
| Sy Montgomery | Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World | |||
| Deborah Hopkinson | Titanic: Voices From the Disaster |
Poetry
These awards are for books of poems.
| Year | Author(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Joyce Sidman, illus. by Beth Krommes | Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow | Winner | |
| Adam Rex | Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich | Finalists | ||
| Douglas Florian | Handsprings | |||
| Walter Dean Myers, illus. by Christopher Myers | Jazz | |||
| Diane Siebert, illus. by Stephen T. Johnson | Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art | |||
| 2007 | Joyce Sidman, illus. by Pamela Zagarenski | This is Just to Say | Winner | |
| Valerie Worth, illus. by Steve Jenkins | Animal Poems | Finalists | ||
| Laura Amy Schlitz, illus. by Robert Byrd | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! | |||
| Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters (eds.), illus. by Polly Dunbar | Here's a Little Poem | |||
| Kate Miller | Poems in Black and White | |||
| Janet S. Wong, illus. by Julie Paschkis | Twist: Yoga Poems | |||
| Stephanie Hemphill | Your Own, Sylvia | |||
| 2008 | Naomi Shihab Nye | Honeybee: poems | Winner | |
| Lee Bennett Hopkins (ed.), illus. by Stephen Alcorn | America at War | Finalists | ||
| Julie Larios, illus. by Julie Paschkis | Imaginary Menagerie | |||
| Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf | More than Friends | |||
| David Elliott and Holly Meade | On the Farm | |||
| 2009 | Joyce Sidman, illus. by Pamela Zagarenski | Red Sings from Treetops | Winner | |
| Avis Harley | African Acrostics | Finalist | ||
| Bill Martin Jr. | The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry | |||
| Bobbi Katz | The Monsterologist | |||
| Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston | The Tree That Time Built | |||
| 2010 | Marilyn Singer, illus. by Maggi Idzikowski | Mirror Mirror | Winner | |
| Jeannine Atkins | Borrowed Names | Finalist | ||
| Joyce Sidman | Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night | |||
| Jessica Swaim | Scarum Fair | |||
| Lee Bennett Hopkins (ed.) | Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems | |||
| Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters | Switching on the Moon | |||
| Joyce Sidman | Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors | |||
| 2011 | Paul B. Janeczko | Requiem | Winner | |
| Tracie Vaughn Zimmer | Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems | Finalist | ||
| Mordicai Gerstein | Dear Hot Dog | |||
| Kristine O'Connell George | Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems | |||
| J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen | Self-Portrait With Seven Fingers | |||
| Walter Dean Myers | We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart | |||
| 2012 | Laura Purdie Salas, illus. by Josée Bisaillon | BookSpeak! Poems About Books | Winner | |
| David Elliott | In the Sea | Finalist | ||
| J. Patrick Lewis | Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs | |||
| Ron Koertge | Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses | |||
| National Geographic | National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry | |||
| Douglas Florian | UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings | |||
| Kate Coombs | Water Sings Blue | |||
| 2013 | Amy Ludwig VanDerwater | Forest Has a Song | Winner | |
| Singer | Follow Follow | Finalist | ||
| Caroline Kennedy | Poems to Learn by Heart | |||
| Valerie Worth | Pug: And Other Animal Poems | |||
| Lisa Wheeler | The Pet Project | |||
| Joyce Sidman | What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings | |||
| J. Patrick Lewis | When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders | |||
| 2014 | J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon | Voices from the March on Washington | Winner | |
| Jacqueline Woodson | Brown Girl Dreaming | Finalist | ||
| Irene Latham | Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole | |||
| Janeczko | Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems | |||
| Jon J Muth | Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons | |||
| Bob Raczka | Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole | |||
| Pat Mora | Water Rolls, Water Rises: El agua rueda, el agua sube | |||
| 2015 | Paschkis | Flutter and Hum / Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animales | Winner | |
| Marilyn Hilton | Full Cicada Moon | Finalist | ||
| K. A. Holt | House Arrest | |||
| J. Patrick Lewis | National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! | |||
| Meg Wiviott | Paper Hearts | |||
| Deborah Ruddell | The Popcorn Astronauts: And Other Biteable Rhymes | |||
| Joyce Sidman | Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold | |||
| 2016 | Laura Shovan | The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary | Winner | |
| Alexander | Booked | Finalist | ||
| Irene Latham | Fresh Delicious | |||
| Grimes | Garvey's Choice | |||
| Deanna Caswell | Guess Who, Haiku | |||
| Skila Brown | To Stay Alive: Mary Ann Graves and the Tragic Journey of the Donner Party | |||
| Julie Fogliano | When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons | |||
| 2017 | Chris Harris | I'm Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups | Winner | |
| David Elliott | Bull | Finalist | ||
| Schaub | Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers' Market | |||
| J. Patrick Lewis | Keep a Pocket in Your Poem: Classic Poems and Playful Parodies | |||
| Margarita Engle | Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote | |||
| Nikki Grimes | One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance | |||
| Kwame Alexander | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | |||
| 2018 | Jason Reynolds | Long Way Down | Winner | |
| Irene Latham and Charles Waters, illus. by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko | Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship | Finalist | ||
| Sydell Rosenberg | H Is For Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z | |||
| David Elliott | In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More Than 500 Million Years | |||
| Lita Judge | Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein | |||
| Elizabeth Acevedo | The Poet X | |||
| Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea | ||||
| 2019 | Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond (eds.) | Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience | Winner | |
| Margarita Engle | Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems | Finalist | ||
| Nikki Grimes | Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir | |||
| Jasmine Warga | Other Words for Home | |||
| Laurie Halse Anderson | SHOUT | |||
| Elizabeth Steinglass | Soccerverse: Poems about Soccer | |||
| Paul B. Janeczko | The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems | |||
| 2020 | No award was presented in 2020 | |||
| 2021 | Joanne Rossmassler Fritz | Everywhere Blue | Winner | |
| Colby Cedar Smith | Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit | Finalist | ||
| Amber McBride | Me (Moth) | |||
| Rajani LaRocca | Red, White, and Whole | |||
| Kirsten Hall, illus. by Jenni Desmond | Snow Birds | |||
| Lisa Fipps | Starfish | |||
| Diana Whitney (ed.) | You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves | |||
| 2022 | Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson, illus. by Nikkolas Smith | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | Winner | |
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