Books in Phoenix Picture Book Award
First presented in 2013, the Phoenix Picture Book Award will be given to the author and/or illustrator, or the estate of the author and/or illustrator of a book for children first published twenty years earlier that did not win a major award at the time of its publication but which, from the perspective of time, is deemed worthy of special attention.
2025
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Kamishibai Man | Allen Say | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life | Jerdine Nolen | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Walter Was Worried | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | Honor | Log In To Like |
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Jazzy Miz Mozetta | Brenda Conaway | Winner | Log In To Like |
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John’s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon | Doreen Rappaport | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Michael Rosen’s Sad Book | Michael Rosen | Honor | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Roller Coaster | Marla Frazee | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book | Yuyi Morales | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Thunder Rose | Jerdine Nolen | Honor | Log In To Like |
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Home of the Brave | Katherine Applegate | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Who’s Afraid of The Big Bad Book? | Lauren Child | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What Charlie Heard | Mordicai Gerstein | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Why Heaven is Far Away | Julius Lester | Honor | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Dim Sum for Everyone! | Grace Lin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Red Tree | Shaun Tan | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno | Francisco X. Alarcón | Honor | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Lost Thing | Shaun Tan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Wings | Christopher Myers | Honor | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Black Cat | Christopher Myers | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Tree of Hope | Amy Littlesugar | Honor | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella | Robert D. San Souci | Winner | Log In To Like |
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You Can’t Take A Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum | Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman | Honor | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Tell Me a Season | Mary McKenna Siddals | Winner | Log In To Like |
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One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Tale | Demi | Honor | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Goose | Molly Bang | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Sam and the Tigers | Julius Lester | Honor | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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My Map Book | Sara Fanelli | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Would They Love a Lion? | Kady MacDonald Denton | Honor | Log In To Like |
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When the Wind Stops | Charlotte Zolotow | Honor | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Bear | Raymond Briggs | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Swamp Angel | Anne Isaacs | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Good Night, Gorilla | Peggy Rathmann | Honor | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Owen | Kevin Henkes | Winner | Log In To Like |
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In the Small, Small Pond | Denise Fleming | Honor | Log In To Like |