CRRL Picks: Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book WinnersLike this list

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• I Know How to Draw An Owl

  Hippely, Hilary Horder

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  2025 Medal - A homeless girl, who lives in a car with her mother, draws a lifelike portrait of an owl based on firsthand experience.

• My Daddy Is a Cowboy

  Seales, Stephanie

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  2025 Honor - While a young Panamanian American girl and her father share "just-us" time on an early morning horseback ride around their town, he tells her cowboy stories, and she realizes she is a cowboy, too.

• Nose to Nose

  Heder, Thyra

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  2025 Honor - Mishaps and mix-ups hamper Toby's ability to make friends with his fellow canines.

• Do You Remember?

  Smith, Sydney, 1980-

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  2024 Medal - A mother and son trade reassuring memories during a time of change and upheaval.

• I'm From

  Gray, Gary (Gary R.), Jr

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  2024 Honor - An invitation into the vivid world of one small boy, a poetic account of all the people and places and things that shape who he is and define where he is from.

• Ode to a Bad Day

  Wallace, Chelsea Lin

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  2024 Honor - A little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances... but even bad days end eventually.

• When You Can Swim

  Wong, Jack, 1985-

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  2023 Medal - A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature.

• Remember

  Harjo, Joy

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  2023 Honor - The picture book adaptation of the renowned poem that encourages young readers to reflect on family, nature, and their heritage.

• Standing in the Need of Prayer

  a Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  2023 Honor - Reckons with a painful history while serving as a testament to the human spirit's ability to persevere in even the most hopeless of circumstances.

• Moon Pops

  Paek, Hŭi-na

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  2022 Honor - One hot summer night when the power goes out, Grandma Wolf catches the melting moon and shares glowing moon sherbert with the neighbors.

• War

  Letria, José Jorge

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  2022 Honor - Reveals the many sides of war: where it comes from, how it creeps up on us, and how it destroys everything in its wake.

• I Talk Like a River

  Scott, Jordan, 1978-

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  2021 Medal - When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.

• Watercress

  Wang, Andrea

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  2021 Honor - Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

• I Am Every Good Thing

  Barnes, Derrick

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  2021 Honor - The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is.

• Saturday

  Mora, Oge

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  2020 Medal - When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.

• Birdsong

  Flett, Julie

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  2020 Honor - As the seasons change, can a girl navigate the failing health of her new friend?

• Pokko and the Drum

  Forsythe, Matthew, 1976-

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  2020 Honor - When Pokko plays her drum in the forest, she suddenly finds herself surrounded by an entire band of animal musicians.

• The Patchwork Bike

  Clarke, Maxine Beneba

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  2019 Medal - A girl explains how she built a bike from found items with her brothers.

• Dreamers

  Morales, Yuyi

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  2019 Honor - Yuyi Morales shares how she brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son.

• We Are Grateful

  Otsaliheliga

  Sorell, Traci

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  2019 Honor - Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences.