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E. B. White Read Aloud Award

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The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was an annual award and ceremony by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) that ran from 2004-2019 . The award was created to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E. B. White.

Awardedfor"universal appeal as 'terrific' books to read aloud"
CountryUnited States
PresentedbyABC Children’s Group division of the American Booksellers Association
Firstaward2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Quick facts Awarded for, Country ...
E. B. White Read Aloud Award
Awarded for"universal appeal as 'terrific' books to read aloud"
CountryUnited States
Presented byABC Children’s Group division of the American Booksellers Association
First award2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Final award2019; 7 years ago (2019)
Websitewww.bookweb.org/membership/ABC/EBWhitewinners
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In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories:

  • the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books
  • the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers.

Titles were nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision was made by a committee of booksellers that met annually in February. The awards were publicly announced, and the official presentation took place, during a children's dinner at BookExpo America. They were announced in conjunction with Indies Choice Book Awards. The award was last given in 2019, the final year that BookExpo was held. [1]

Because the award nominees are generated by independent booksellers based on books they have loved in their own stores, there is no formal outside submission process.

Criteria

The Read Aloud award was given each year to the chapter book and picture book released in the previous year that best meet the ideal of the "Read Aloud" title.[2] The ABC defined a good "Read Aloud" title as a book that booksellers recommended to customers who asked for suggestions on books to read with their family. Nominated picture books were often successfully used by booksellers for storytimes sessions, while chapter books were often books that booksellers had read and loved, had shared with their families, or had recommended for use in classrooms or the library.

The ABC listed possible criteria for a great "Read Aloud" title as including dynamic writing, engaging themes, and universal appeal. The association also emphasized a strong relationship between writing and illustrations for picture books.

Recipients

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E.B. White Read Aloud Award winners and honor books
Year Category Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2004 N/A Judy Schachner Skippyjon Jones Penguin Putnam Winner
2005 N/A Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown Wild About Books Random House Books for Young Readers Winner
2006 Older Reader Deborah Wiles Each Little Bird That Sings Harcourt Winner [3]
Picture Book Chris Van Dusen If I Built a Car Penguin Putnam Winner [3]
2007 Older Reader Watt Key Alabama Moon Farrar, Straus and Giroux Winner [4]
Picture Book James Howe, illus. by Marie-Louise Gay Houndsley and Catina Candlewick Press Winner [4]
2008 Older Reader Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society Little, Brown & Co. Winner [5]
Picture Book Elise Broach When Dinosaurs Came With Everything Atheneum Books Winner [5]
2009 Older Readers Elise Broach, illus. by Kelly Murphy Masterpiece Henry Holt and Company Winner [6]
Sarah Prineas The Magic Thief HarperCollins Honor [7]
Lois Lowry The Willoughbys Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Honor [7]
Robert Paul Weston, illus. by Victor Rivas Zorgamazoo Penguin Books Honor [7]
Picture Book Bonnie Becker, illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton A Visitor for Bear Candlewick Press Winner [6][8]
Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Harry Bliss Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken HarperCollins Honor [7][9]
Kathryn Otoshi One KO Kids Books Honor [7]
David Shannon Too Many Toys Scholastic Honor [7]
2010 Older Readers Kate Messner The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Walker Books for Young Readers Winner
Kristin Clark Venuti Leaving the Bellweathers Egmont USA Honor [10]
Emily Bearn, illus. by Nick Price Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor [10]
Grace Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor [10]
Picture Book Peter Brown The Curious Garden Little, Brown & Co. Winner
Carmen Agra Deedy, illus. by Thomas Gonzalez 14 Cows for America Peachtree Honor [10]
Denise Doyen, illus. by Barry Moser Once Upon a Twice Random House Honor [10]
Florence Heide Parry, illus. by Lane Smith Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) Random House Honor [10]
2011 Middle Reader Tom Angleberger The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Amulet Books Winner [11][12]
Rob Buyea Because of Mr. Terupt Delacorte Books Honor [11]
Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson The Familiars HarperCollins Honor [11]
Laurel Snyder, illus. by Abigail Halpin Penny Dreadful Random House Honor [11]
Marianne Malone, illus. by Greg Call The Sixty-Eight Rooms Random House Honor [11]
Adam Gidwitz A Tale Dark and Grimm Dutton Books Honor [11]
Picture Book Peter Brown Children Make Terrible Pets Little, Brown & Co. Winner [11][12]
Brett Helquist Bedtime for Bear HarperCollins Honor [11]
Keith Graves Chicken Big Chronicle Books Honor [11]
Eric Litwin, illus. by James Dean Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes HarperCollins Honor [11]
Michael Ian Black, illus. by Kevin Hawkes A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea Simon & Schuster Honor [11]
Deborah Underwood, illus. by Renata Liwska The Quiet Book Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Honor [11]
2012 Middle Reader Colin Meloy, illus. by Carson Ellis Wildwood Balzer + Bray Winner [13]
Maile Meloy, illus. by Ian Schoenherr The Apothecary Putnam Juvenile Winner [13]
Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, illus. by Barry Moser The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale Peachtree Honor
Lauren Oliver, illus. by Kei Acedera Liesl & Po HarperCollins Honor
Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, illus. by John Rocco The Flint Heart Candlewick Press Honor
Pat Schmatz Bluefish Candlewick Press Honor
Picture Books Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back Candlewick Press Winner [13]
Kate Messner, illus. by Christopher Silas Neal Over and Under the Snow Chronicle Books Honor [citation needed]
Mary Lyn Ray, illus. by Marla Frazee Stars Beach Lane Books Honor
Sherri Duskey Rinker, illus. by Tom Lichtenheld Goodnight Chronicle Books Honor
Hervé Tullet Press Here Chronicle Books Honor
Chris Van Dusen King Hugo's Huge Ego Candlewick Press Honor
2013 Middle Reader R. J. Palacio Wonder Knopf Books for Young Readers Winner [14][15]
Katherine Applegate, illus. by Patricia Castelao The One and Only Ivan HarperCollins Honor
Jasper Fforde The Last Dragonslayer Harcourt Children's Books Honor
Silas House and Neela Vaswani Same Sun Here Candlewick Press Honor
Jennifer A. Nielsen The False Prince Scholastic Press Honor
Sheila Turnage Three Times Lucky Dial Press for Young Readers Honor
Picture Books Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen Extra Yarn Balzer + Bray Winner [14][15]
Kelly Bingham, illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky Z is for Moose Greenwillow Books Honor
Candace Fleming, illus. by Eric Rohmann Oh, No! Schwartz & Wade Honor
Gianna Marino Too Tall Houses Viking Juvenile Honor
Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown Creepy Carrots! Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Honor
Philip C. Stead, illus. by Erin Stead Bear Has a Story to Tell Roaring Brook Press Honor
2014 Middle Reader Kate DiCamillo, illus. by K.G. Campbell Flora & Ulysses Candlewick Press Winner [16]
Karen Foxlee Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy Knopf Books for Young Readers Honor
Holly Goldberg Sloan Counting By 7s Dial Press for Young Readers Honor
Kevin Henkes The Year of Billy Miller Greenwillow Books Honor
Richard Peck, illus. by Kelly Murphy The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail Dial Press for Young Readers Honor
Katherine Rundell, illus. by Terry Fan Rooftoppers Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Honor
Picture Book Drew Daywalt, illus. by Oliver Jeffers The Day the Crayons Quit Philomel Books Winner [16]
Samantha Berger, illus. by Dan Santat Crankenstein Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor
Peter Brown Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor
Adam Lehrhaupt Warning: Do Not Open This Book! Paula Wiseman Books Honor
Emily Winfield Martin Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey Random House Books for Young Readers Honor
Bob Shea Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great Disney-Hyperion Honor
2015 Middle Reader Jacqueline Woodson Brown Girl Dreaming Nancy Paulsen Books Winner [17][18]
Mac Barnett and Jory John, illus. by Kevin Cornell The Terrible Two Amulet Books Honor
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley The War That Saved My Life Dial Press for Young Readers Honor
Jennifer L. Holm The Fourteenth Goldfish Random House Books for Young Readers Honor
Natalie Lloyd A Snicker of Magic Scholastic Press Honor
Kenneth Oppel, illus. by Jim Tierney The Boundless Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Honor
Picture Books Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Candlewick Press Winner [17][18]
Matt de la Peña, illus. by Christian Robinson Last Stop on Market Street Putnam Young Readers Honor
Jory John, illus. by Benji Davies Goodnight Already! HarperCollins Honor
Richard T. Morris This Is a Moose Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor
Justin Roberts, illus. by Christian Robinson The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade Putnam Young Readers Honor
Bob Shea, illus. by Lane Smith Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads Roaring Brook Press Honor
2016 Middle Reader Ali Benjamin The Thing About Jellyfish Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Winner [19][20]
Katherine Applegate Crenshaw Feiwel & Friends Honor [21]
Alex Gino Melissa Scholastic Press Honor [21]
Victoria Jamieson Roller Girl Dial Press for Young Readers Honor [21]
Kelly Jones Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Knopf Books for Young Readers Honor [21]
Kevin Sands The Blackthorn Key Aladdin Honor [21]
Picture Books Ryan T. Higgins Mother Bruce Disney-Hyperion Winner [19][20]
Kate Beaton The Princess and the Pony Arthur A. Levine Books Honor [21]
Michael Hall Red: A Crayon's Story Greenwillow Honor [21]
Kevin Henkes Waiting Greenwillow Books Honor [21]
Emily Jenkins, illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-Loving Rubber Ball Schwartz & Wade Honor [21]
Mac Barnett, illus. by Christian Robinson Leo: A Ghost Story Chronicle Books Honor [21]
2017 Middle Reader Kelly Barnhill The Girl Who Drank the Moon Algonquin Young Readers Winner [22][23]
Leslie Connor All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Katherine Tegen Books Honor [24]
Adam Gidwitz, illus. by Hatem Ali The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog Dutton Books for Young Readers Honor [24]
Grace Lin When the Sea Turned to Silver Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor [24]
Richard Peck The Best Man Dial Press Honor [24]
Jason Reynolds As Brave As You Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Honor [24]
Picture Books Carson Ellis Du Iz Tak? Candlewick Press Winner [22][23]
Jabari Asim, illus. by E. B. Lewis Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis Nancy Paulsen Books Honor [24]
Ross Collins There's a Bear on My Chair Nosy Crow Honor [24]
Julie Fogliano, illus. by Julie Morstad When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons Roaring Brook Press Honor [24]
Susan Hood, illus. by Sally Wern Comport Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Honor [24]
Adam Rex, illus. by Christian Robinson School's First Day of School Roaring Brook Press Honor [24]
2018 Middle Reader Katherine Applegate Wishtree Feiwel & Friends Winner [25][26]
Pablo Cartaya The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora Viking Books for Young Readers Honor [27]
Alan Gratz Refugee Scholastic Press Honor [27]
Nikki Grimes One Last Word Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Honor [27]
David Barclay Moore The Stars Beneath Our Feet Knopf Books for Young Readers Honor [27]
Celia C. Pérez The First Rule of Punk Viking Books for Young Readers Honor [27]
Picture Books Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse Candlewick Press Winner [25][26]
Thyra Heder Alfie (The Turtle That Disappeared) Harry N. Abrams Honor [27]
Holly M. McGhee Come With Me G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Honor [27]
Adam Rubin, illus. by Daniel Salmieri Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel Dial Press Honor [27]
Dan Santat After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) Roaring Brook Press Honor [27]
Dashka Slater, illus. by Sydney Hanson Escargot Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers Honor [27]
2019 Middle Reader Jewell Parker Rhodes Ghost Boys Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Winner [28][29]
Jonathan Auxier Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Amulet Books Honor [30]
Sayantani DasGupta The Serpent’s Secret Scholastic Press Honor [30]
Adam Gidwitz, illus. by Hatem Aly The Creature of the Pines Dutton Books for Young Readers Honor [30]
Anna Meriano Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble Walden Pond Press Honor [30]
Kelly Yang Front Desk Arthur A. Levine Books Honor [30]
Picture Book Ryan T. Higgins We Don’t Eat Our Classmates Disney-Hyperion Winner [28][29]
Cori Doerrfeld The Rabbit Listened Dial Press Honor [30]
Oge Mora Thank You, Omu! Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Honor [30]
Jessie Sima Harriet Gets Carried Away Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Honor [30]
Ed Vere How to Be a Lion Doubleday Books for Young Readers Honor [30]
Jacqueline Woodson The Day You Begin Nancy Paulsen Books Honor [30]
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