Books in Lupine Award - Picture Book

Since 1989 the Lupine Award has been presented annually by the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association. The Lupine Award is designed to honor a living author or illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown through the work’s characterization, plot or setting. An author or illustrator is considered a resident if he or she was born in this state or currently resides in Maine for all or part of the year. The award distinguishes one winner and one honoree in the categories of picture book and juvenile/young adult. The Lupine Award was inspired by beloved Maine author and artist Barbara Cooney's book Miss Rumphius, which tells the story of the author's great aunt, who loved the sea, worked in a library, traveled the world and made it her mission to make the world a more beautiful place.

2024

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Kende! Kende! Kende!	Kirsten Cappy	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Tree of Life	Elisa Boxer	Honor	Log In To Like

2023

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Lobster Lady	Alexandra Hinrichs	Winner	Log In To Like
	Oh, Chickadee!	Jennifer Jacobson	Honor	Log In To Like

2021

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The First Blade of Sweetgrass	Suzanne Greenlaw	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Little Library	Margaret McNamara	Honor	Log In To Like

2020

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Magnificent Homespun Brown	Samara Doyon	Winner	Log In To Like
	Chowder Rules!	Anna Crowley	Honor	Log In To Like

2019

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Going Down Home with Daddy	Kelly Starling Lyons	Winner	Log In To Like
	Maybe Tomorrow?	Charlotte Agell	Honor	Log In To Like

2018

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	We Don't Eat Our Classmates	Ryan T. Higgins	Winner	Log In To Like
	There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor	Wade Bradford	Honor	Log In To Like

2017

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Red and Lulu	Matt Tavares	Winner	Log In To Like
	Baabwaa and Wooliam	David Elliott	Honor	Log In To Like

2016

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Freedom Over Me	Ashley Bryan	Winner	Log In To Like
	Hotel Bruce	Ryan T. Higgins	Honor	Log In To Like

2015

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Island Birthday	Eva Murray	Winner	Log In To Like
	Growing Up Pedro	Matt Tavares	Honor	Log In To Like

2014

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus	Jen Bryant	Winner	Log In To Like
	Jubilee!	Alicia Potter	Honor	Log In To Like

2013

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Secret Pool	Kimberly Ridley	Winner	Log In To Like
	Brave Girl	Michelle Markel	Honor	Log In To Like

2012

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Helen's Big World	Doreen Rappaport	Winner	Log In To Like
	Eggs 1 2 3	Janet Halfmann	Honor	Log In To Like

2011

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Balloons Over Broadway	Melissa Sweet	Winner	Log In To Like
	Sammy in the Sky	Barbara Walsh	Honor	Log In To Like

2010

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Many Hands: A Penobscott Indian Story	Angeli Perrow	Winner	Log In To Like
	A Balloon for Isabel	Deborah Underwood	Honor	Log In To Like

2009

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Circus Ship	Chris Van Dusen	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Scallop Christmas	Jane Freeberg	Honor	Log In To Like

2008

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	A River of Words	Jen Bryant	Winner	Log In To Like
	How Mama Brought the Spring	Fran Manushkin	Honor	Log In To Like

2007

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly	Alan Madison	Winner	Log In To Like
	Sky Sweeper	Phillis Gershator	Honor	Log In To Like

2006

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	For You Are a Kenyan Child	Kelly Cunnane	Winner	Log In To Like
	Max's Words	Kate Banks	Honor	Log In To Like

2005

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	A Kick in the Head	Paul Janeczko	Winner	Log In To Like
	Carmine: A Little More Red	Melissa Sweet	Honor	Log In To Like