The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were first presented by The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe

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 and Horn Book Magazine

Horn Book Magazine

The Horn Book Magazine, founded in Boston in 1924, is a bimonthly periodical about literature for children and young adults. It began life as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietresses of the country's first bookstore for children, The...

 in 1967. They are among the most prestigious honors in the United States

United States

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 in the field of children’s

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 and young adult literature

Young adult literature

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...

. Awards are given in the categories Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award recipients

Year	Category	Book	Author	Illustrator
2011	Picture Book	Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes	Salley Mavor
2011	Fiction and Poetry	Blink & Caution	Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
2011	Nonfiction	The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery	Steve Sheinkin
2010	Picture Book	I Know Here	Laurel Croza	Matt James
2010	Fiction and Poetry	When You Reach Me When You Reach Me When You Reach Me is a Newbery Medal-winning science fiction and mystery novel by Rebecca Stead, published in 2009. It takes place in the Upper West Side in New York City during 1979 and follows the protagonist, Miranda. She receives a strange note asking her to record future events and write down...	Rebecca Stead Rebecca Stead Rebecca Stead is an American author who writes books for children and young adults. She won the 2010 Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature for her second novel, When You Reach Me.-Childhood and education:Born and raised in New York City, Stead enjoyed her...
2010	Nonfiction	Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary	Elizabeth Partridge
2009	Picture Book	Bubble Trouble	Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy ONZ is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.Her books The Haunting and The Changeover: A Supernatural...	Polly Dunbar Polly Dunbar Polly Dunbar is an author-illustrator. Dunbar is known for her self-illustrated books Dog Blue, Flyaway Katie and Penguin. She is the daughter of children's book writer Joyce Dunbar, whom she worked with to publish the picture book Shoe Baby...
2009	Fiction and Poetry	Nation Nation (novel) Nation is a Terry Pratchett novel, published in the UK on September 11, 2008. It is the first non-Discworld Pratchett novel since Johnny and the Bomb . Nation is in an alternate history of our world in the 1860s. The book received recognition as a Michael L...	Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
2009	Nonfiction	The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary	Candace Fleming
2008	Picture Book	At Night	Jonathan Bean Jonathan Bean Jonathan Dobing Bean is an English cricketer. Bean is a right-handed batsman who occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Altrincham, Lancashire....	Jonathan Bean Jonathan Bean Jonathan Dobing Bean is an English cricketer. Bean is a right-handed batsman who occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Altrincham, Lancashire....
2008	Fiction and Poetry	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is a novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie. It is told in the first-person, from the viewpoint of Native American teenager and budding cartoonist Arnold Spirit, Jr....	Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is a writer, poet, filmmaker, and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American. Two of Alexie's best known works are The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven , a book of short stories and Smoke Signals, a film...	Ellen Forney
2008	Nonfiction	The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain	Peter Sís Peter Sis Peter Sís is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator. Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London...	Peter Sís Peter Sis Peter Sís is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator. Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London...
2007	Picture Book	Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories	Laura Vaccaro Seeger Laura Vaccaro Seeger Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an American author and artist of children's books.Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, a 2008 Geisel Honor, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe-Horn...	Laura Vaccaro Seeger Laura Vaccaro Seeger Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an American author and artist of children's books.Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, a 2008 Geisel Honor, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe-Horn...
2007	Fiction and Poetry	The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party is a historical novel for young readers written by M.T. Anderson. In November 2006, it won The National Book Award for Young People. It was also named a Printz Honor book in 2007...	M.T. Anderson Matthew Tobin Anderson Matthew Tobin Anderson, known as M. T. Anderson, is an American author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.-Biography:...
2007	Nonfiction	The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr	Nicolas Debon	Nicolas Debon
2006	Picture Book	Leaf Man	Lois Ehlert Lois Ehlert Lois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo . She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Background:...	Lois Ehlert Lois Ehlert Lois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo . She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Background:...
2006	Fiction and Poetry	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a 2006 novel by Kate DiCamillo. Following the life of a china rabbit, the book won the 2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in Fiction.-Plot:...	Kate DiCamillo Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American children's author. She is known for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Tale of Despereaux, the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, and the Mercy Watson series, plus numerous other award-winning and honored books.-Early life:Born in...	Bagram Ibatoulline
2006	Nonfiction	If You Decide to Go to the Moon	Faith McNulty Faith McNulty Faith McNulty was an American non-fiction author, probably best-known for her 1980 book The Burning Bed. She was born "Faith Corrigan" in New York City, the daughter of a judge. Young Faith attended Barnard College for one year, then attended Rhode Island State College...	Steven Kellogg Steven Kellogg Steven Kellogg is an author and illustrator who has contributed over 90 books for children. He is best known for writing books about animals, for which he credits his grandmother ....
2005	Fiction and Poetry	The Schwa Was Here The Schwa Was Here The Schwa Was Here is a young adult novel by Neal Shusterman. Published by Penguin Books and Dutton Books in 2004. It is about an eighth-grader's friendship with another student named Calvin Schwa, who is capable of seemingly not being noticed by the people around him.The book received critical...	Neal Schusterman
2005	Nonfiction	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird	Phillip Hoose Phillip Hoose Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters...
2005	Picture Book	Traction Man Is Here!	Mini Grey Mini Grey Mini Grey is an award-winning British children's author and illustrator.Her unusual forename is a consequence of her being born in a Mini car.-As author and illustrator:*Egg Drop *The Pea and the Princess *Biscuit Bear...	Mini Grey Mini Grey Mini Grey is an award-winning British children's author and illustrator.Her unusual forename is a consequence of her being born in a Mini car.-As author and illustrator:*Egg Drop *The Pea and the Princess *Biscuit Bear...
2004	Fiction and Poetry	The Fire-Eaters The Fire-Eaters The Fire-Eaters is a children's novel by David Almond, published in 2003. It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award, as well as being shortlisted for both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal....	David Almond David Almond David Almond is a British children's writer who has written several novels, each one to critical acclaim.-Early life:Almond was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia, he was born in 1951...
2004	Nonfiction	An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793	Jim Murphy Jim Murphy James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....
2004	Picture Book	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers The Man Who Walked Between the Towers The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein. Published in 2003, the book tells the true story of Philippe Petit, a man who walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center on a tightrope...	Mordicai Gerstein Mordicai Gerstein Mordicai Gerstein, born November 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, California is an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books....	Mordicai Gerstein Mordicai Gerstein Mordicai Gerstein, born November 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, California is an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books....
2003	Fiction and Poetry	The Jamie and Angus Stories	Anne Fine Anne Fine Anne Fine, OBE FRSL is a British author best known for her children's books, of which she has written more than 50. She also writes for adults...	Penny Dale
2003	Nonfiction	Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey	Maira Kalman Maira Kalman Maira Kalman, born in 1949, is an American illustrator, author, artist, and designer. Born in Tel Aviv, Kalman came to New York City with her family at age 4. She attended the High School of Music and Art, now LaGuardia High School....
2003	Picture Book	Big Momma Makes the World	Phyllis Root	Helen Oxenbury Helen Oxenbury Helen Gillian Oxenbury is an award-winning illustrator of children's picture books. She lives with her husband, the illustrator John Burningham, in north London.- Background :...
2002	Fiction and Poetry	Lord of the Deep	Graham Salisbury Graham Salisbury Graham Salisbury is an American author. He has written many books including Under the Blood Red Sun, his most famous novel. He lives with his family in Lake Oswego, Oregon....
2002	Nonfiction	This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie	Elizabeth Partridge
2002	Picture Book	“Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate	Bob Graham Bob Graham (author / illustrator) Bob Graham is an Australian children's author and illustrator. His books include Max, which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and "Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.-Awards and...	Bob Graham Bob Graham (author / illustrator) Bob Graham is an Australian children's author and illustrator. His books include Max, which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and "Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.-Awards and...
2001	Fiction and Poetry	Carver: A Life in Poems	Marilyn Nelson Marilyn Nelson Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks.-Early life:...
2001	Nonfiction	The Longitude Prize	Joan Dash	Dusan Petricic
2001	Picture Book	Cold Feet	Cynthia DeFelice Cynthia DeFelice Cynthia DeFelice is an American children's book author. She has written 16 novels, and 12 picture books for young readers. Her intended audience for her novels is children at the reading level of ages nine to twelve....	Robert Andrew Parker
2000	Fiction	The Folk Keeper	Franny Billingsley Franny Billingsley Franny Billingsley is the author of two award-winning children's fantasy novels, Well Wished and The Folk Keeper, as well as the newly released novel Chime and the picture book Big Bad Bunny. She lives in Illinois....
2000	Nonfiction	Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado	Marc Aronson
2000	Picture Book	Henry Hikes to Fitchburg	D. B. Johnson	D. B. Johnson
1999	Fiction	Holes Holes (novel) Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...	Louis Sachar Louis Sachar Louis Sachar is an American author of children's books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal...
1999	Nonfiction	The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest	Steve Jenkins Steve Jenkins Stephen Robert "Steve" Jenkins is a Wales international footballer. A full-back, he won 16 Welsh caps between 1995 and 2001....
1999	Picture Book	Red-Eyed Tree Frog	Joy Cowley Joy Cowley Cassia "Joy" Cowley, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand author of novels, short stories, and children's fiction.Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree , was converted into the 1971 film The Night Digger by Roald Dahl...	Nic Bishop
1999	Special Citation	Tibet: Through the Red Box	Peter Sis Peter Sis Peter Sís is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator. Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London...
1998	Fiction	The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child	Francisco Jiménez
1998	Nonfiction	Leon’s Story	Leon Walter Tillage Leon Walter Tillage Leon Walter Tillage is the author of Leon's Story, an account of the effects of Jim Crow laws on the lives of African Americans during the 1930s and 1940s....	Susan L. Roth
1998	Picture Book	And If the Moon Could Talk	Kate Banks	Georg Hallensleben
1997	Fiction	The Friends	Kazumi Yumoto, translated by Cathy Hirano
1997	Nonfiction	A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder	Walter Wick Walter Wick Walter Wick is an American artist and photographer best known for the elaborate images in two series of publications, the I Spy and the Can You See What I See? books, which were published by Scholastic Books....	Walter Wick Walter Wick Walter Wick is an American artist and photographer best known for the elaborate images in two series of publications, the I Spy and the Can You See What I See? books, which were published by Scholastic Books....
1997	Picture Book	The Adventures of Sparrowboy	Brian Pinkney
1996	Fiction	Poppy	Avi	Brian Floca Brian Floca Brian Floca is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for illustrating books by the award-winning children’s author Avi and for nonfiction picture books.- Biography :Brian was born and raised in Temple, Texas...
1996	Nonfiction	Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story	Andrea Warren
1996	Picture Book	In the Rain with Baby Duck	Amy Hest	Jill Barton
1995	Fiction	Some of the Kinder Planets	Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
1995	Nonfiction	Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution	Natalie S. Bober
1995	Picture Book	John Henry	Julius Lester Julius Lester Julius Lester is an American author of books for children and adults, and taught for 32 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also a photographer, as well as a musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs.-Early life and family:Born on January 27, 1939, in...	Jerry Pinkney Jerry Pinkney Jerry Pinkney is an American illustrator of children’s books, and winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal. He has received a Caldecott Honor citation five times, the Coretta Scott King Award five times, four New York Times Best Illustrated Awards , four Gold and four Silver medals from the Society of...
1994	Fiction	Scooter	Vera Williams Vera Williams Vera B. Williams is an American children's writer and illustrator. Her best known work, A Chair for My Mother, has won multiple awards and was featured on the children's television show Reading Rainbow. She was the U.S...
1994	Nonfiction	Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery	Russell Freedman Russell Freedman Russell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
1994	Picture Book	Grandfather's Journey Grandfather's Journey Grandfather's Journey is a book by Allen Say. Released by Houghton Mifflin, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1994. The story is based on Say's grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again.-Plot:...	Allen Say Allen Say Allen Say is an Asian American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. This story is autobiographical, and relates to Say's constant...	Allen Say Allen Say Allen Say is an Asian American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. This story is autobiographical, and relates to Say's constant...
1993	Fiction	Ajeemah and His Son	James Berry
1993	Nonfiction	Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?	Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack
1993	Picture Book	The Fortune Tellers	Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books...	Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and was the recipient of three Caldecott Honors and one Caldecott Medal....
1992	Fiction	Missing May Missing May Missing May is a children's book, the recipient of the 1993 Newbery Medal. It was written by Cynthia Rylant, who has written over 60 children's books such as The Islander.-Plot:...	Cynthia Rylant Cynthia Rylant Cynthia Rylant is an American author. She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish. With the divorce of her parents when she was four and living without running water and electricity she became an author including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...
1992	Nonfiction	Talking with Artists	Pat Cummings Pat Cummings Pat Cummings is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6-foot-9½ center with an accurate shooting touch, Cummings spent the most productive stretch of his 12-year career with the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, averaging better than 12 points and 8 rebounds for...
1992	Picture Book	Seven Blind Mice	Ed Young Ed Young (illustrator) Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...	Ed Young Ed Young (illustrator) Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...
1991	Fiction	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a young adult historical fiction novel by the American author Avi that was published in 1990. It takes place during the transatlantic crossing of a ship from England to America in the 19th century. The book chronicles the evolution of the title character...	Avi
1991	Nonfiction	Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds	Cynthia Rylant Cynthia Rylant Cynthia Rylant is an American author. She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish. With the divorce of her parents when she was four and living without running water and electricity she became an author including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...	Barry Moser Barry Moser Barry Moser is a renowned artist, most famous as a printmaker and illustrator of numerous works of literature.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1940, Moser studied at the Baylor School, Auburn University, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and did graduate work at the University of...
1991	Picture Book	The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks	Katherine Paterson Katherine Paterson Katherine Paterson is an American author of children's novels. She wrote Bridge to Terabithia and has received several of the major international awards for children's literature.- Early life:...	Leo and Diane Dillon Leo and Diane Dillon Leo and Diane Dillon are an American husband and wife team of illustrators. Among their awards are two consecutive Caldecott Medals for the children's books Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions....
1990	Fiction	Maniac Magee Maniac Magee Maniac Magee is a young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills...	Jerry Spinelli Jerry Spinelli Jerry Spinelli is an author of children's novels on adolescence and early adulthood. He is best known for the novels Maniac Magee and Wringer....
1990	Nonfiction	The Great Little Madison	Jean Fritz Jean Fritz Jean Guttery Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer.-Life:Jean Fritz was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived until she was thirteen. She was an only child . Growing up, Fritz kept a journal about her days in China with Lin Nai-Nai...
1990	Picture Book	Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Ed Young. Published in 1989, the book is a version of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. Young won the 1990 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations....	Ed Young Ed Young (illustrator) Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...	Ed Young Ed Young (illustrator) Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...
1990	Special Citation	Valentine and Orson	Nancy Ekholm Burkert Nancy Ekholm Burkert Nancy Ekholm Burkert is an American artist and illustrator, first known for her 1961 illustrated book, the original edition of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl...
1989	Fiction	The Village by the Sea	Paula Fox Paula Fox Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.Her...
1989	Nonfiction	The Way Things Work The Way Things Work The Way Things Work is a book by David Macaulay. It is intended to serve as an entertaining introduction to everyday machines. It covers machines as simple as levers and gears and as complicated as radio telescopes and automatic transmissions...	David Macaulay David Macaulay David Macaulay is an author and illustrator. Now a resident of Norwich, Vermont, United States, he is an alumnus and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design.- Biography :...	David Macaulay David Macaulay David Macaulay is an author and illustrator. Now a resident of Norwich, Vermont, United States, he is an alumnus and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design.- Biography :...
1989	Picture Book	Shy Charles	Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells is the author of a number of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series which follows the everyday adventures of sibling bunnies—curious three year old Max and bossy seven year old Ruby. She gets the inspiration for Max and Ruby from her three daughters and the...	Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells Rosemary Wells is the author of a number of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series which follows the everyday adventures of sibling bunnies—curious three year old Max and bossy seven year old Ruby. She gets the inspiration for Max and Ruby from her three daughters and the...
1988	Fiction	The Friendship	Mildred D. Taylor Mildred D. Taylor Mildred DeLois Taylor is an African American author, known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South....	Max Ginsburg
1988	Nonfiction	Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave	Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
1988	Picture Book	The Boy of the Three-Year Nap	Dianne Snyder	Allen Say Allen Say Allen Say is an Asian American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. This story is autobiographical, and relates to Say's constant...
1987	Fiction	Rabble Starkey Rabble Starkey Rabble Starkey is a novel by Lois Lowry. It won the 1987 Josette Frank Award.In the novel, 12-year-old Rabble Starkey's mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow to look after her children while she's in the hospital...	Lois Lowry Lois Lowry Lois Lowry is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s...
1987	Nonfiction	The Pilgrims of Plimoth	Marcia Sewall
1987	Picture Book	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters	John Steptoe John Steptoe John Steptoe is an award winning author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African American experience....	John Steptoe John Steptoe John Steptoe is an award winning author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African American experience....
1986	Fiction	In Summer Light	Zibby Oneal
1986	Nonfiction	Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur	Peggy Thomson
1986	Picture Book	The Paper Crane	Molly Bang Molly Bang Molly Bang is an American illustrator, born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lives in California, after having lived for some time in Massachusetts.Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun...	Molly Bang Molly Bang Molly Bang is an American illustrator, born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lives in California, after having lived for some time in Massachusetts.Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun...
1985	Fiction	The Moves Make the Man	Bruce Brooks Bruce Brooks Bruce Brooks is an American author of young adult and children's literature. - Background :Brooks, born in Richmond, Virginia, lived most of his young life in North Carolina as a result of parental divorce. Brooks credits moving around multiple times between the two locations with making him a...
1985	Nonfiction	Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun	Rhoda Blumberg
1985	Picture Book	Mama Don't Allow	Thacher Hurd Thacher Hurd John Thacher Hurd is the artist and author of children's picture books including Mama Don't Allow and Art Dog.- Biography :Thacher Hurd is the son of children's book creators Clement Hurd and Edith Thacher Hurd. After attending the California College of Arts and Crafts, Thacher Hurd turned his...	Thacher Hurd Thacher Hurd John Thacher Hurd is the artist and author of children's picture books including Mama Don't Allow and Art Dog.- Biography :Thacher Hurd is the son of children's book creators Clement Hurd and Edith Thacher Hurd. After attending the California College of Arts and Crafts, Thacher Hurd turned his...
1985	Special Citation	1,2,3	Tana Hoban Tana Hoban Tana Hoban was an author and photographer.She created children's books out of photos and thereby taught educational concepts such as signs and symbols, the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, animals, opposites, sizes and prepositions. Her early books were in black-and-white, but later books are in...	Tana Hoban Tana Hoban Tana Hoban was an author and photographer.She created children's books out of photos and thereby taught educational concepts such as signs and symbols, the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, animals, opposites, sizes and prepositions. Her early books were in black-and-white, but later books are in...
1984	Fiction	A Little Fear	Patricia Wrightson Patricia Wrightson Patricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
1984	Nonfiction	The Double Life of Pocahontas	Jean Fritz Jean Fritz Jean Guttery Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer.-Life:Jean Fritz was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived until she was thirteen. She was an only child . Growing up, Fritz kept a journal about her days in China with Lin Nai-Nai...	Ed Young Ed Young (illustrator) Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...
1984	Picture Book	Jonah and the Great Fish	Warwick Hutton Warwick Hutton Warwick Hutton was an English painter, glass engraver, illustrator, and children's author.He is most widely known for elegant pen and ink and watercolor illustrations for children’s books...	Warwick Hutton Warwick Hutton Warwick Hutton was an English painter, glass engraver, illustrator, and children's author.He is most widely known for elegant pen and ink and watercolor illustrations for children’s books...
1983	Fiction	Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush	Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
1983	Nonfiction	Behind Barbed Wire	Daniel S. Davis
1983	Picture Book	A Chair for My Mother	Vera B. Williams	Vera B. Williams
1982	Fiction	Playing Beatie Bow	Ruth Park Ruth Park Ruth Park, AM was a New Zealand-born author, who spent most of her life in Australia. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow , and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat , which also spawned a book series .-Personal history:Park was born in...
1982	Nonfiction	Upon the Head of the Goat	Aranka Siegal Aranka Siegal Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982...
1982	Picture Book	A Visit to William Blake's Inn A Visit to William Blake's Inn A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers is a book by Nancy Willard that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1982. It is also the only book to have won both the Newbery Award and the Caldecott Honor Award...	Nancy Willard Nancy Willard Nancy Willard is an award-winning children's author, poet, and novelist. In 1982, she received the Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn...	Alice and Martin Provensen Alice and Martin Provensen Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen were an American author-illustrator team who created children's books....
1981	Fiction	The Leaving	Lynn Hall Lynn Hall Lynn Hall is a historic restaurant and related residence located in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a sprawling Modernist Movement style structure begun in 1935 and inspired by the architectural style of Frank Lloyd Wright...
1981	Nonfiction	The Weaver's Gift	Kathryn Lasky Kathryn Lasky Kathryn Lasky is an American author whose work includes several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.-Biography:...	Christopher G. Knight
1981	Picture Book	Outside Over There	Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...	Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
1980	Fiction	Conrad's War	Andrew Davies Andrew Davies (writer) Andrew Wynford Davies is a British author and screenwriter. He was made a Fellow of BAFTA in 2002.-Education and early career:...
1980	Nonfiction	Building: The Fight Against Gravity	Mario Salvadori Mario Salvadori Mario G. Salvadori was a structural engineer and professor of both civil engineering and architecture at Columbia University.-Early life:...	Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus
1980	Picture Book	The Garden of Abdul Gasazi	Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He twice won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures...	Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He twice won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures...
1980	Special Citation	Graham Oakley's Magical Changes	Graham Oakley Graham Oakley Graham Oakley is an English author and illustrator. He was born on August 27, 1929 to Thomas and Flora Oakley in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He currently lives in Lyme Regis, Dorset and was listed in the 2008 Modern Classics edition of The Church Mice as 'mostly retired'.-Art career:In 1950,...
1979	Fiction	Humbug Mountain	Sid Fleischman Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman , pen name Sid Fleischman, was a Newbery Medal-winning author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history...
1979	Nonfiction	The Road from Home	David Kherdian
1979	Picture Book	The Snowman	Raymond Briggs Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children...	Raymond Briggs Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children...
1978	Fiction	The Westing Game The Westing Game The Westing Game is a 1979 Newbery Medal winning novel by Ellen Raskin. It has been adapted into a movie, released under both the names The Westing Game and Get a Clue...	Ellen Raskin Ellen Raskin Ellen Ermingard Raskin was an American writer, illustrator and fashion designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up during the Great Depression. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison...
1978	Nonfiction	Mischling, Second Degree	Ilse Koehn
1978	Picture Book	Anno's Journey	Mitsumasa Anno Mitsumasa Anno is a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books.-Background:Anno was born in 1926 in Japan, and grew up in the small town of Tsuwano. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the...	Mitsumasa Anno Mitsumasa Anno is a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books.-Background:Anno was born in 1926 in Japan, and grew up in the small town of Tsuwano. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the...
1977	Fiction	Child of the Owl	Laurence Yep Laurence Yep -Background:Chinese-American, Yep was born in San Francisco, California to Yep Gim Lew and Franche. His older brother, Thomas named him after studying a particular saint in a multicultural neighborhood that consisted of mostly African Americans. Growing up, he often felt torn between both...
1977	Nonfiction	Chance, Luck and Destiny	Peter Dickinson Peter Dickinson Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE is an English author and poet who has written a wide variety of books, notably children's books and detective stories, over a long and distinguished career.-Life and work:...
1977	Picture Book	Granfa' Grig Had a Pig	Wallace Tripp Wallace Tripp Wallace Whitney Tripp is an American illustrator, anthologist and author. He is known for creating anthropomorphic animal characters of emotional complexity and for his great visual and verbal humor. He is one of several illustrators of the Amelia Bedelia series of children's stories...	Wallace Tripp Wallace Tripp Wallace Whitney Tripp is an American illustrator, anthologist and author. He is known for creating anthropomorphic animal characters of emotional complexity and for his great visual and verbal humor. He is one of several illustrators of the Amelia Bedelia series of children's stories...
1977	Special Citation	The Changing City and The Changing Countryside	Jorg Mueller
1976	Fiction	Unleaving	Jill Paton Walsh Jill Paton Walsh Jill Paton Walsh, CBE, FRSL is an English novelist and children's writer.Born as Gillian Bliss and educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, London, she read English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford...
1976	Nonfiction	Voyaging to Cathay	Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Glubok
1976	Picture Book	Thirteen	Remy Charlip Remy Charlip Abraham Remy' Charlip is an American artist, writer, choreographer, theatre director, designer and teacher.-Career:He studied art at Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan and fine arts at Cooper Union in New York, graduating in 1949.In the 1960s Charlip created a unique form of...	Jerry Joyner
1975	Fiction	Transport 7-41-R	T. Degens
1975	Picture Book	Anno's Alphabet	Mitsumasa Anno Mitsumasa Anno is a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books.-Background:Anno was born in 1926 in Japan, and grew up in the small town of Tsuwano. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the...	Mitsumasa Anno Mitsumasa Anno is a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books.-Background:Anno was born in 1926 in Japan, and grew up in the small town of Tsuwano. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the...
1974	Fiction	M. C. Higgins, the Great M. C. Higgins, the Great M. C. Higgins, the Great is a book by Virginia Hamilton that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1975. It also won the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the only book to do that. It is a coming of age novel; it covers three eventful...	Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
1974	Picture Book	Jambo Means Hello	Muriel Feelings	Tom Feelings Tom Feelings Tom Feelings was an artist and illustrator, author, teacher and activist.Through his works, he framed the African-American experience. His most famous book is The Middle Passage. Feelings was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.. He attended the School of the Visual Arts and later lived in Ghana and...
1973	Fiction	The Dark Is Rising	Susan Cooper Susan Cooper Susan Mary Cooper is an English author best known for The Dark Is Rising, an award-winning five-volume saga set in and around England and Wales. The books incorporate traditional British mythology, such as Arthurian and other Welsh elements with original material ; these books were adapted into a...
1973	Picture Book	King Stork	Howard Pyle Howard Pyle Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.__FORCETOC__...	Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and was the recipient of three Caldecott Honors and one Caldecott Medal....
1972	Fiction	Tristan and Iseult	Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff CBE was a British novelist, and writer for children, best known as a writer of historical fiction and children's literature. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults; Sutcliff herself once commented that she wrote...
1972	Picture Book	Mr. Gumpy's Outing	John Burningham John Burningham -Biography:Burningham was born April 27, 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, England to Charles and Jessie Burningham. After primary school, he joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit in 1953. When he was 20, he attended the Central School of Art and graduated in 1959...	John Burningham John Burningham -Biography:Burningham was born April 27, 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, England to Charles and Jessie Burningham. After primary school, he joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit in 1953. When he was 20, he attended the Central School of Art and graduated in 1959...
1971	Fiction	A Room Made of Windows	Eleanor Cameron Eleanor Cameron Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was The Unheard Music, published in 1950.-Life:...
1971	Picture Book	If I Built a Village . . .	Kazue Mizumura	Kazue Mizumura
1970	Fiction	The Intruder	John Rowe Townsend John Rowe Townsend John Rowe Townsend is a British children's author and academic. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award and the best-known academic work is Written for Children: An Outline of English Language Children's Literature , the definitive work of its time on the...
1970	Picture Book	Hi, Cat!	Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats , Caldecott-winning author of The Snowy Day, was one of the most important children's literature authors and illustrators of the 20th Century....	Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats , Caldecott-winning author of The Snowy Day, was one of the most important children's literature authors and illustrators of the 20th Century....
1969	Fiction	A Wizard of Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, is the first of a series of books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and set in the fantasy world archipelago of Earthsea depicting the adventures of a budding young wizard named Ged...	Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
1969	Picture Book	The Adventures of Paddy Pork	John S. Goodall John S. Goodall John Strickland Goodall was a British artist and illustrator best known for his wordless picture adventures, although his output has included more conventional...	John S. Goodall John S. Goodall John Strickland Goodall was a British artist and illustrator best known for his wordless picture adventures, although his output has included more conventional...
1968	Fiction	The Spring Rider	John Lawson (children's author) John Lawson (children's author) John S. “Jack” Lawson was the author of several children’s books. He was born in New York City to John and Nancy Sommers Lawson. He graduated from Exeter and Harvard College. After serving in World War II he travelled through the mountains of Virginia, where he settled on a farm...
1968	Picture Book	Tikki Tikki Tembo	Arlene Mosel Arlene Mosel Arlene Tichy Mosel was an American author of children's literature who was best-known for her illustrated books Tikki Tikki Tembo, a retelling of a Chinese folk tale, and the award-winning The Funny Little Woman, which was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1973.She was born...	Blair Lent Blair Lent Blair Lent was an American author and illustrator of mostly Chinese-themed books, including the popular 1968 children's book Tikki Tikki Tembo. In 1973 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel. He also illustrated the book House of Stairs...
1967	Fiction	The Little Fishes	Erik Christian Haugaard Erik Christian Haugaard Erik Christian Haugaard was a Danish born author principally of children's books.-Biography:Erik Christian Haugaard was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He came to the United States in 1940 after fleeing the Nazi invasion of Denmark, and later served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World...
1967	Picture Book	London Bridge Is Falling Down	Peter Spier Peter Spier Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American author and illustrator who has published more than thirty children's books.-Biographical information:...	Peter Spier Peter Spier Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American author and illustrator who has published more than thirty children's books.-Biographical information:...

Recipients of multiple Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

Mitsumasa Anno

Mitsumasa Anno

is a Japanese author and illustrator of children's books.-Background:Anno was born in 1926 in Japan, and grew up in the small town of Tsuwano. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the...

, Avi, Jean Fritz

Jean Fritz

Jean Guttery Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer.-Life:Jean Fritz was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived until she was thirteen. She was an only child . Growing up, Fritz kept a journal about her days in China with Lin Nai-Nai...

, Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant

Cynthia Rylant is an American author. She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish. With the divorce of her parents when she was four and living without running water and electricity she became an author including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...

, Allen Say

Allen Say

Allen Say is an Asian American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. This story is autobiographical, and relates to Say's constant...

 and Vera Williams

Vera Williams

Vera B. Williams is an American children's writer and illustrator. Her best known work, A Chair for My Mother, has won multiple awards and was featured on the children's television show Reading Rainbow. She was the U.S...

 have all been the recipient of two Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....

 and Ed Young

Ed Young (illustrator)

Ed Young is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author of picture books.-Biography:...

have each been awarded three.

External links

• Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards home page
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award at lovethebook