American Library Association (ALA) Book Awards

Select from the list on the left to view ALA award winning books for children and teens.

Geisel Award

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Author: Ethan Long

Through illustrations and simple text, birds demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall, and high.

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Author: Mo Willems

Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.

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Author: Eric Litwin

Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

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Author: Cece Bell

Rabbit is excited about the sleepover he has carefully planned for his friend Robot, but Robot has some different ideas about how things should go.

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Author: Josh Schneider

A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like.

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Author: Mo Willems

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

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Author: Jon Klassen

A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

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Title: See Me Run
Author: Paul Meisel

Happiness is a day in the park for a pack of joyful canines. Their doggy day becomes even more wonderful when they discover a mother lode of bones! But when the bones magically arrange themselves as a T. rex, the dogs find themselves running once again, this time away from the giant skeleton.

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Author: Kate DiCamillo

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

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Author: Grace Lin

Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.