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Award Winning Children's Books

Books by Award

Books by Award

These featured books are available from the ELAC Monterey Park or South Gate Library.
Click on the book title to see if it is available for check out and to identify where the book is located.
Write down the book's Call Number and remember, the location is the Children's Collection upstairs unless otherwise noted!

Caldecott Medal Winners

The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Call Number: Kid Santat

Publication Date: 2014
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Illustrator); Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Leodhas

Publication Date: 1972
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Raschka

Publication Date: 2011
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault
Call Number: Kid PZ 8 .P426 Ci 1988

Publication Date: 1988
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Call Number: Kid Wiesner

Publication Date: 2006
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka (Illustrator); Norton Juster
Call Number: Kid Juster

Publication Date: 2005
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
Call Number: Kid Blackall

Publication Date: 2018
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Henkes (only available at South Gate Library)

Publication Date: 2004
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: Kid PZ8.2 .P456 Li 2009

Publication Date: 2009
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Call Number: Kid Burton L

Publication Date: 1978
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown; Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid MacDonald

Publication Date: 2003
Locomotive by Brian Floca (illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Floca

Publication Date: 2013
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid McCully

Publication Date: 1992
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Call Number: Kid Rathmann

Publication Date: 1995
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: Kid N 6537 .B233 S84 2016

Publication Date: 2016
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Stead

Publication Date: 2010
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Bunting

Publication Date: 1994
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Mary Azarian (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid QC 858 .B46 M37 1998

Publication Date: 1998
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Keats

Publication Date: 1976
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Politi

Publication Date: 1987
So You Want to Be President? by David Small (Illustrator); Judith St. George
Call Number: Kid E 176.1 .S699 2004

Publication Date: 2004
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Klassen

Publication Date: 2012
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid McCloskey

Publication Date: 1989
A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry; Marc Simont (Illustrator); Janice Udry; Janice M. Udry; M. Udry
Call Number: Kid QK 475.8 .U36 1987

Publication Date: 1987
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: eBook & Kid PS3601 .L35388 U53 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Wang

Publication Date: 2021
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Lindstrom

Publication Date: 2020
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Sendak

Publication Date: 2012
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Call Number: Kid Cordell

Publication Date: 2017

1 copy also available at South Gate Library

Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Bryan

Publication Date: 2003
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Reader Woodson / Kid Woodson

Publication Date: 2020
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: PS3573 .O64524 Z46 2014

Publication Date: 2014
Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Hill L

Publication Date: 2010
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Woodson E

Publication Date: 2012
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
Call Number: Reader Hartfield

Publication Date: 2018
Firebird by Misty Copeland; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Copeland

Publication Date: 2014
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2019
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Reader PZ 7 .W6713 Go 2015

Publication Date: 2015
Hand in Hand by Andrea Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader E 185.86 .P56 2012

Publication Date: 2012
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185 .N427 2011

Publication Date: 2013
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Hughes

Publication Date: 2012
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty; Bryan Collier (Artist)
Call Number: Kid PZ7 .B3805475 Kn 2013

Publication Date: 2013
Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid BV 353 .L48 2007

Publication Date: 2007
March: Book Three by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader E 840.8 .L43 A3 2016

Publication Date: 2016
New Kid by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Craft

Publication Date: 2019
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Kid PZ7 .W6713 On 2010

Publication Date: 2010
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator); Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth
Call Number: Kid PN 1031 .O98 2017

Publication Date: 2017
P. S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Reader Williams-Garcia

Publication Date: 2013
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Call Number: Reader Watson

Publication Date: 2017
Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid ML3930 .F68 W43 2020

Publication Date: 2020
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid QB983 .B384 2018

Publication Date: 2018
Talkin' about Bessie by Nikki Grimes; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator); B. Moser (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid TL 540 .C546 G75 2002

Publication Date: 2002
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Nolen

Publication Date: 2003
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid ML 3930 .A53 A3 2015

Publication Date: 2015
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: eBook & Kid PS3601 .L35388 U53 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Underground by Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid E 450 .E94 2011

Publication Date: 2011

Newbery Medal Winners

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander; Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader PZ 7.5 .A44 Cr 2014 | Kid Alexander

Publication Date: 2014
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Call Number: Reader Gantos

Publication Date: 2011
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; K. G. Campbell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader DiCamillo

Publication Date: 2013
Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid PZ 7 .B82887 Fr 2016

Publication Date: 2016
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly; Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader PZ7.1.K45 Hel 2017

Publication Date: 2017
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid de la Pena

Publication Date: 2015
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Call Number: Reader Medina

Publication Date: 2018
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Call Number: Reader Vanderpool

Publication Date: 2010
New Kid by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Craft

Publication Date: 2019
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Call Number: Reader Applegate

Publication Date: 2012
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Kid PZ7 .W6713 On 2010

Publication Date: 2010
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Call Number: Kid MacLachlan

Publication Date: 2015
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Call Number: Kid Avi

Publication Date: 1997
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Call Number: Reader Keller

Publication Date: 2020

Pura Belpré Award Winners

Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Soto

Publication Date: 1997
Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Soto

Publication Date: 2000
Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: Kid ND259.R5 T57 2011

Publication Date: 2011
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: Kid Morales

Publication Date: 2018
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Call Number: Reader Cisneros / Kid Cisneros

Publication Date: 2020
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Call Number: Reader Vasquez Gilliand

Publication Date: 2021
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid PZ 7.1 .M466 Ju 2016

Publication Date: 2016
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: Kid PZ 8.1 .M7955 Ju 2003

Publication Date: 2003
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya; Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Elya

Publication Date: 2017
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
Call Number: Reader PZ7.1.B447 Luc 2017

Publication Date: 2017
Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid BX 4700 .M397 S46 2012

Publication Date: 2012
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: Reader Acevedo

Publication Date: 2019
Snapshots from the Wedding by Gary Soto; Stephanie Garcia (Illustrator)
Call Number: KID Soto

Publication Date: 1998
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales
Call Number: KID Canales

Publication Date: 2005
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales; Tim O'Meara (Photographer)
Call Number: Kid Morales

Publication Date: 2014
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Raul

Publication Date: 2021
¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raúl the Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Raul

Publication Date: 2020

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners

Are You Ready to Play Outside?-An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems
Call Number: Kid Willems

Publication Date: 2008
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo; Alison Mcghee; Tony Fucile (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid DiCamillo

Publication Date: 2012
Charlie and Mouse by Laurel Snyder; Emily Hughes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Snyder

Publication Date: 2017
Don't Throw It to Mo! by David A. Adler; Sam Ricks (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid PZ 7 .A2615 Dp 2015 | Kid Adler

Publication Date: 2015
Fox the Tiger by Corey R. Tabor (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Tabor

Publication Date: 2018
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant; Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Rylant

Publication Date: 2005
See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog by David LaRochelle; Mike Wohnoutka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid LaRochelle

Publication Date: 2020
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Schneider

Publication Date: 2011
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Willems

Publication Date: 2007
Up, Tall and High! by Ethan Long (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Long

Publication Date: 2012
We Are Growing! by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Willems

Publication Date: 2016
You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang; Christopher Weyant (Illustrator)
Call Number: Kid Kang

Publication Date: 2014

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Subjects: Child Development

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