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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
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The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, established in 2006, is given annually to
the author and illustrator of the most distinguished contribution to beginning reader books.


2013 Winner:
Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long ( j  Long)

 

Honor Books:
Let's Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems (E  Willems)
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin ( j  Litwin)
Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell (E  Bell)

 

2012 Winner:
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider (E  Schneider)

Honor Books:
I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems (E  Willems)
I Want My Hat Back by J. Klassen ( j  Klassen)
See Me Run by Paul Meisel (E  Meisel)

 

2011 Winner:
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
(Juv Fic  DiCamillo)

 

Honor Books:
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same by Grace Lin (Juv Fic  Lin)
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems (E  Willems)

 

2010 Winner:
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes
(E  Hayes)

 

Honor Books:
I Spy Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (E  Arnold)
Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith (E  Smith)
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee (E  Yee)
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day by Kate McMullan, ill. by R. W. Alley (E  McMullan)

 

2009 Winner:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
(E  Willems)

 

Honor Books:
Chicken Said "Cluck!" by Judyann Ackerman Grant, ill. by Sue Truesdell (E  Grant)
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger ( j )
Stinky by Eleanor Davis (E  Davis)
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell, ill. by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell (j594.3  Campbell)

 

2008 Winner:
There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
(E  Willems)

Honor Books:
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger ( j )
Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde; ill. by Patricia J. Wynne (j 599.4  Lunde)
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler, ill. by R. Gregory Christie ( j )
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre, ill. by Steve Jenkins  (j598.912  Sayre)

 

2007 Winner:
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
(E  Kvasnosky)

 

Honor Books:
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo; ill. by Chris Van Dusen (Juv Fic  DiCamillo)
Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont; ill. by Jane Dyer ( j )
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis ( j )

2006 Winner:
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant
(E  Rylant)

 

Honor Books:
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (E  Arnold)
A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom ( j )
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman (E  Silverman)
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van Leeuwen (E  Van Leeuwen)

 

1/31/13
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802

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