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THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARDS The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. The winner(s), recognized for their literary and artistic achievements that demonstrate creativity and imagination to engage children in reading, receives a bronze medal. Honor Book authors and illustrators receive certificates, which are presented at the ALA Annual Conference. The award was established in 2004 and first presented in 2006.
MEDAL WINNERS Year Author/Illustrator 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee Geoffrey Hayes Mo Willems Mo Willems Laura McGee Kvasnosky Cynthia Rylant/Sucie Stevenson
Title
Call Number
Bink and Gollie Benny & Penny in the Big No-No! Are You Ready to Play Outside? There Is A Bird On Your Head Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
813 D545bi Juv 813 H417bb Juv 813 W699ar Juv 813 W699th Juv 813 Z97ztr Juv 813 R994hg Juv
HONOR BOOKS Year
Author/Illustrator
Title
Call Number
2011
Grace Lin Mo Willems Tedd Arnold Jeff Smith Wong Herbert Yee Kate McMullan/R.W. Alley Judyann Ackerman Grant/Sue Truesdell Laura Vaccaro Seeger Eleanor Davis Sarah C. Campbell/Richard P. Campbell Laura Vaccaro Seeger Darrin Lunde/Patricia J. Wynne Lisa Wheeler/R. Gregory Christie April Pulley Sayre/Steve Jenkins Kate DiCamillo/Chris Van Dusen Karen Beaumont/Jane Dyer Antoinette Portis Tedd Arnold Suzanne Bloom Erica Silverman/Betsy Lewin Jean Van Leeuwen/Ann Schweninger
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! We Are in a Book! I Spy Fly Guy! Little Mouse Gets Ready Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day Chicken Said, ‘Cluck!’ One Boy Stinky Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator First the Egg Hello, Bumblebee Bat Jazz Baby Vulture View Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Move Over, Rover! Not a Box Hi! Fly Guy A Splendid Friend, Indeed Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day
813 L735ln Juv 813 W699we Juv 813 A759i Juv 813 S651lg Juv 813 Y428mj Juv 813 M168po Juv
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
813 S451o Juv
571.8 S451f Juv
813 P852no Juv
813 V2176ar Juv MAS 12/6/11
