The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards "are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature." Awards are made in three categories — Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. They have been awarded annually since 1966.

The latest winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Books is featured below along with a complete list of all past winners of the award. We also provide a link to our index of all book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees.

The Latest Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Books

2007 - Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

[2008 award will be made June 2008]

All past Winners of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Books

1971 - If I Built a Village . . . by Kazue Mizumura

1972 - Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham

1973 - King Stork written by Howard Pyle, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

1974 - Jambo Means Hello written by Muriel Feelings, illustrated by Tom Feelings

1975 - Anno's Alphabet by Mitsumasa Anno

1976 - Thirteen by Remy Charlip and Jerry Joyner

1977 - Granfa' Grig Had a Pig and Other Rhymes Without Reason from Mother Goose by Wallace Tripp

1978 - Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno

1979 - The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

1980 - The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg

1981 - Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak

1982 - A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers written by Nancy Willard, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

1983 - A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

1984 - Jonah and the Great Fish retold and illustrated by Warwick Hutton

1985 - Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd

1986 - The Paper Crane by Molly Bang

1987 - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

1988 - The Boy of the Three-Year Nap written by Dianne Snyder, illustrated by Allen Say

1989 - Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells

1990 - Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China translated and illustrated by Ed Young

1991 - The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks written by Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

1992 - Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

1993 - The Fortune Tellers written by Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

1994 - Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say

1995 - John Henry retold by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1996 - In the Rain with Baby Duck written by Amy Hest, illustrated by Jill Barton

1997 - The Adventures of Sparrowboy written and illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1998 - And If the Moon Could Talk written by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

1999 - Red-Eyed Tree Frog written by Joy Cowley, illustrated with photographs by Nic Bishop

2000 - Henry Hikes to Fitchburg written and illustrated by D. B. Johnson

2001 - Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker

2002 - "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate written and illustrated by Bob Graham

2003 - Big Momma Makes the World written by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

2004 - The Man Who Walked between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

2005 - Traction Man Is Here by Mini Grey

2006 - Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

2007 - Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

2008 - Will be announced June 2008

The Official Website of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

(Visit our Book Awards Index for a complete list of the dozens of book awards listed on Happy Dead Trees.)