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Horn Book Awards
First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book.
For more information see:The Horn Book Awards website
2022 Award Winners
Ain't Burned All the Bright
Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin | 2022 Picture Books

Past Award Winners
I Talk Like a River
Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith | 2021 Picture Books

A Sitting In St. James
Rita Williams-Garcia | 2021 Fiction & Poetry

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
Paula Yoo | 2021 Nonfiction

King and the Dragon Flies
Kacen Callender | 2020 Fiction & Poetry

Infinite Hope
Ashley Bryan | 2020 Nonfiction

The Patchwork Bike
Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van Thanh Rudd | 2019 Picture Books

The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon | 2019 Fiction & Poetry

This Promise of Change
Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy | 2019 Nonfiction

They Say Blue
Jillian Tamaki | 2018 Picture Books

The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo | 2018 Fiction & Poetry

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña | 2018 Nonfiction

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
Ashley Bryan | 2017 Picture Books

The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas | 2017 Fiction & Poetry

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman | 2017 Nonfiction

Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill, Francis Vallejo | 2016 Picture Books

The Farmer and the Clown
Marla Frazee | 2015 Picture Books

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Peter Brown | 2014 Picture Books

Building Our House
Jonathan Bean | 2013 Picture Books

Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell | 2013 Fiction & Poetry

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Robert Byrd | 2013 Nonfiction

Extra Yarn
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen | 2012 Picture Books

No Crystal Stair
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R Gregory Christie | 2012 Fiction & Poetry

Chuck Close: Face Book
Chuck Close | 2012 Nonfiction

Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Salley Mavor | 2011 Picture Books

Blink & Caution
Tim Wynne-Jones | 2011 Fiction & Poetry

The Notorious Benedict Arnold
Steve Sheinkin | 2011 Nonfiction

I Know Here
Laurel Croza, Matt James | 2010 Picture Books

Bubble Trouble
Margaret Mahy, Polly Dunbar | 2009 Picture Books

Nation
Terry Pratchett | 2009 Fiction & Poetry

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Candace Fleming | 2009 Nonfiction

At Night
Jonathan Bean | 2008 Picture Books

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
Laura Vaccaro Seeger | 2007 Picture Books

Leaf Man
Lois Ehlert | 2006 Picture Books

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate Dicamillo | 2006 Fiction & Poetry

If You Decide to Go to the Moon
Faith McNulty, Steven Kellogg | 2006 Nonfiction

Traction Man Is Here!
Mini Grey | 2005 Picture Books

The Schwa Was Here
Neal Schusterman | 2005 Fiction & Poetry

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Phillip Hoose | 2005 Nonfiction

The Man Who Walked between the Towers
Mordicai Gerstein | 2004 Picture Books

Big Momma Makes the World
Phyllis Root, Helen Oxenbury | 2003 Picture Books

The Jamie and Angus Stories
Anne Fine | 2003 Fiction & Poetry

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
Maira Kalman | 2003 Nonfiction

Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate
Bob Graham | 2002 Picture Books

Cold Feet
Cynthia DeFelice, Robert Andrew Parker | 2001 Picture Books

Carver: A Life in Poems
Marilyn Nelson | 2001 Fiction & Poetry

The Longitude Prize
Joan Dash | 2001 Nonfiction

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
D B Johnson | 2000 Picture Books

The Folk Keeper
Franny Billingsley | 2000 Fiction & Poetry

Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado
Marc Aronson | 2000 Nonfiction
