Ladybug Picture Book Award
The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles early in the year. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year. The author and illustrator of the winning book will receive a crystal award created by Pepi Herrmann Crystal.
To be considered for nomination, a picture book must meet the following criteria:
- Be published within the last three years;
- Be in print;
- Have either the book's author or illustrator from the US;
- Possess strong child appeal;
- Have artistic quality with text that supports the illu
strations; - Not be a title previously nominated.
2023 NOMINEES:
- Big Truck, Little Island by Chris Van Dusen
- Cat Problems by Jory John and Lane Smith
- Chez Bob by Bob Shea
- Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison and Brianne Farley
- Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
- Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima
- If You Find a Leaf by Aimee Sicuro
- Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
- Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano and Dan Tavis
- Pizza: A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli
2022 WINNER:
Milk & Juice: A Recycling Romance, by Meredith Crandall Brown
Previous Winners:
2021: Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabo
2020: There are No Bears in This Bakery, by Julia Sarcone-Roach
2019: Can I be your Dog?, by Troy Cummings
2018: Not Quite Narwhal, by Jessie Sima
2017: Woodpecker Wants a Waffle, by Steve Breen
2016: It's Only Stanley, by Jon Agee
2015: The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt
2014: If I Built a House, by Chris Van Dusen
2013: Little Dog Lost, by Monica Carnesi
2012: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin
2011: Memoirs of a Goldfish, by Devin Scillian and Tim Bowers
2010: The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher, by Laurie Hale Anderson
2009: Walking Beauty, by Leah Wilcox; illustrated by Lydia Monks.
2008: When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, by Elise Broach, illustrated by David Small
2007: The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School, by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Stephen Gammell
2006; I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!, by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow
2005: Skippyjon Jones, by Judy Schachner
2004: My Lucky Day, by Keiko Kasza
2003: I Stink!, by Kate & Jim McMullen