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Award Winning

Explore award winning picture books recognized for exceptional writing, illustration, and impact. This collection includes standout books that are useful starting points for building a strong home library, classroom shelf, or library display.

101 books

Caldecott Medal Coretta Scott King Book Award Newbery Medal

Award Winning

Separate Is Never Equal

Duncan Tonatiuh

This picture-book biography recounts how Sylvia Mendez and her family helped end school segregation in California.

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Maria Had a Little Llama

Angela Dominguez

This playful bilingual riff on a nursery rhyme follows Maria and her llama through a lively school day.

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Book Fiesta!

Pat Mora

Rafael López

Children, families, and libraries celebrate books in a bilingual invitation to read together.

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Smoky Night

Eve Bunting

David Diaz

During urban unrest, neighbors divided by prejudice discover shared fear, loss, and responsibility.

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Tuesday

David Wiesner

One ordinary evening turns surreal when frogs begin flying silently across town on their lily pads.

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Mirette on the High Wire

Emily Arnold McCully

An innkeeper's daughter learns the high wire from a retired performer and finds the courage to cross it herself.

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Miss Rumphius

Barbara Cooney

A woman spends her life traveling, listening, and finally making the world more beautiful by planting lupines.

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The Gardener

Sarah Stewart

David Small

Letters and window boxes help a girl bring color, hope, and care to her uncle's bakery during hard times.

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The Relatives Came

Cynthia Rylant

Stephen Gammell

One summer visit stretches into a joyful family reunion full of packed rooms, stories, and closeness.

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Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold

On a Harlem rooftop, a girl imagines herself flying over the city and claiming the world she deserves.

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