Award Winning Children's Books | Lodi Public Library

This page is for children's books that have won some type of award! Here we have a list of a few of the awards for authors and illustrators of children's books. Clicking on the name of the award will take you to a page that has a little information about the award and a selection of the books (that have copies in our library system) that have won that award.

If you would just like to jump into reading an award-winning book, here is a selection of books that we have at Lodi that have won one of the above awards or an honorable mention for one of the awards. Clicking on a book cover will take you to the book's catalogue record, where you can read more about the book and see if it's currently checked in!

cover of Outside In — **Outside In** by Deborah Underwood, ill. by Cindy Derby

cover of Trombone Shorty — **Trombone Shorty** by Troy Andrews, ill. by Bryan Collier

cover of Berry Song — **Berry Song** by Michaela Goade

cover of Choosing Brave — **Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement** by Angela Joy, ill. by Janelle Washington

cover of Alma — **Alma and How She Got Her Name** by Juana Martinez-Neal

cover of The Rough Patch — **The Rough Patch** by Brian Lies

cover of Emmanuel's Dream — **Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah** by Laurie Ann Thompson, ill. by Sean Qualls

cover of Tuesday — **Tuesday** by David Wiesner

cover of Last Stop on Market Street — **Last Stop on Market Street** by Matt de la Peña, ill. by Christian Robinson

cover of Locomotive — **Locomotive** by Brian Floca

cover of The Pirate of Kindergarten — **The Pirate of Kindergarten** by George Ella Lyon, ill. by Lynne Avril

cover of Watercress — **Watercress** by Andrea Wang, ill. by Jason Chin

cover of The Remember Balloons — **The Remember Balloons** by Jessie Oliveros, ill. by Dana Wulfekotte

cover of Just Ask — **Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brace, Be You** by Sonia Sotomayor, ill. by Rafael López

cover of A Big Mooncake for Little Star — **A Big Mooncake for Little Star** by Grace Lin

cover of A Seed Grows — **A Seed Grows** by Antoinette Portis

cover of Always Room for One More — **Always Room for One More** by Sorche Nic Leodhas, ill. Nonny Hogrogian

cover of Crown — **Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut** by Derrick Barnes, ill. by Gordon C. James

cover of Hot Dog by Doug Salati — **Hot Dog** by Doug Salati

cover of Unspeakable: the Tulsa race massacre — **Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre** by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. by Floyd Cooper

cover of Going Down Home with Daddy — **Going Down Home with Daddy** by Kelly Starling Lyons, ill. Daniel Minter

cover of The Little Island — **The Little Island** by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. by Leonard Weisgard

cover of Big Cat, Little Cat — **Big Cat, Little Cat** by Elisha Cooper

cover of Fables — **Fables** by Arnold Lobel

cover of Thank You Omu — **Thank You, Omu!** by Oge Mora

cover of Viva Frida — **Viva Frida** by Yuyi Morales

cover of All the Way to the Top — **All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything** by Annette Bay Pimentel, ill. by Nabi H. Ali

cover of Grand Canyon — **Grand Canyon** by Jason Chin

cover of The undefeated — **The Undefeated** by Kwame Alexander, ill. by Kadir Nelson

cover of Du Iz Tak — **Du Iz Tak?** by Carson Ellis