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Ridgway Awards
2018 winner
Bao PhiAuthor
Thi Bui
Illustrator
A Different Pond
Honor Awards
Victo Ngai
Author
Dazzle Ships
Shawn HarrisAuthor of
Her Right Foot
2017 winner
Kate Berube
Author and Illustrator of
Hannah and Sugar
© 2016 Harry N. Abrams
Honor Awards
Bethan Woolvin
Author and Illustrator of
Little Red
© 2016 Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.
Dori Kleber
Author of
More-igami
© 2016 Candlewick Press
2016 winners
First Prize
Sangmi Ko
Author and Illustrator of
A Dog Wearing Shoes
© 2015 Schwartz & Wade Books,
Random House
Honor Awards
Troy Andrews and Bill Taylor
Authors of
Trombone Shorty
© 2015 Abrams Books for Young Readers
Ekua Holmes
Illustrator of
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
© 2015 Candlewick Press
Juana Medina
Illustrator of
Smick!
© 2015 Viking, Penguin Books for Young Readers
2015 winners
First Prize
Brendan Wenzel
Illustrator of
Some Bugs
© 2014 Beach Lane Books,
Simon & Schuster
Honor Awards
Deirdre Gill
Author and illustrator of
Outside
© 2014 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Evan Turk
Illustrator of
Grandfather Gandhi
© 2014 Atheneum Books,
Simon & Schuster
2014 winners
First Prize
Jessica Young
Author of
My Blue is Happy
© 2013 Candlewick Press
Honor Awards
Daniel Beaty
Author of
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me
© 2013 Little, Brown
Brianne Farley
Author and Illustrator of
Ike’s Incredible Ink
© 2013 Candlewick Press
H. Joseph Hopkins
Author of
The Tree Lady
© 2013 Beach Lane Books
2013 winners
First Prize
Karina Wolf and
Ben & Sean Hilts
Author and Illustrators of
The Insomniacs
© 2012 Penguin Putnam
Honor Award
Christian Robinson
Illustrator of
Harlem’s Little Blackbird
© 2012 Random House Books
for Young Readers
2012 winners
First Prize
Christopher Silas Neal
Illustrator of
Over and Under the Snow
© 2011 Chronicle Books
Honor Awards
Annika Dunklee
Author of
My Name Is Elizabeth!
© 2011 Kids Can Press
Amy Martin
Author/Illustrator of
Symphony City
© 2011 McSweeney’s McMullens
2011 winners
First Prize
Chris Haughton
Author and illustrator of
Little Owl Lost
© 2010 Candlewick Press
Honor Award
Darren Farrell
Author and illustrator of
Doug-Dennis and the Flyaway Fib
© 2010 Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, used with permission
2010 winners
First Prize
Lincoln Agnew
Illustrator of
Harry and Horsie
Written by Katie Van Camp
© 2009 Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins
Honor Award
Denise Doyen
Author of
Once Upon a Twice
Illustrated by Barry Moser
© 2009 Random House Books for
Young Readers
2009 winners
First Prize
Jim Averbeck
Author of
In a Blue Room
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
© 2008 Harcourt Children’s Books
Honor Award
Tao Nyeu
Author and illustrator of
Wonder Bear
© 2008 Dial Books for Young Readers
2008 winners
First Prize
Tae-Eun Yoo
Author and Illustrator of
The Little Red Fish
© 2007 Dial Books
Honor Award
Kevin Sherry
Author and Illustrator of
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
© 2007 Dial Books
2007 winners
First Prize
Antoinette Portis
Author and Illustrator of
Not a Box
© 2006 HarperCollins
Honor Award
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Luke LaMarca
Illustrator of
The Curious Demise of a Contrary Cat
© 2006 Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers
2006 winners
First Prize
Ginnie Lo and Beth Lo
Author and Illustrator of
Mahjong All Day Long
© 2005 Walker Books for Young
Readers
Honor Award
Rob Scotton
Author of
Russell the Sheep
© 2005 HarperCollins
2005 winners
First Prize
Stephanie Anderson
Illustrator of
Weaving the Rainbow
© 2004 Atheneum
Honor Awards
Jeanette Canyon
Illustrator of
Over in the Ocean
© 2004 Dawn Publications
Dan Santat
Author and Illustrator of
The Guild of Geniuses
© 2004 Arthur A. Levine
2004 winners
First Prize
Amy Timberlake and
Adam Rex
Author and Illustrator of
The Dirty Cowboy
© 2003 Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Honor Awards
Rob Gonsalves
Illustrator of
Imagine a Night
© 20043 Atheneum
Jamel Akib
Illustrator of
Monsoon
© 2003 Farrar Straus & Giroux
Shelly Fowles
Illustrator of
The Bachelor and the Bean
© 2003 Farrar Straus & Giroux
2003 winners
First Prize
Holly Swain
Illustrator of
Alberto the Dancing Alligator
© 2002 Candlewick
Honor Award
Janet Lawson
Author and Illustrator of
Audrey and Barbara
© 2002 Atheneum
2002 winners
First Prize
Chinlun Lee
Author and Illustrator of
The Very Kind Rich Lady
and Her One Hundred Dogs
© 2001 Candlewick
Honor Awards
Heather Solomon
Illustrator of
Clever Beatrice
© 2001 Atheneum
Kenneth Cole and John Ruebartsch
Author and Photographer of
No Bad News
© 2001 Albert Whitman
Kate Hovey
Author of
Arachne Speaks
© 2001 McElderry
2001 winners
First Prize
Bryan Collier
Author and Illustrator of
Uptown
© 2000 Henry Holt
Honor Awards
Laura Huliska-Beith
Author and Illustrator of
The Book of Bad Ideas
© 2000 Little Brown
Ian Falconer
Author and Illustrator of
Olivia
© 2000 Atheneum
2000 winners
First Prize
Jerome Lagarrigue
Illustrator of
My Man Blue
© 1999 Dial
Honor Awards
Jonathan Frost
Author and Illustrator of
Gowanus Dogs
© 1999 Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Warren Linn
Illustrator of
Happy Birthday Frankie
© 1999 Lee and Low
Leslie Jean-Bart
Illustrator of
Strong to the Hoop
© 1999 Lee and Low
1999 winners
First Prize
Laura Long
Illustrator of
The Mightiest Heart
© 1998 Dial
Honor Awards
Calef Brown
Author and Illustrator of
Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks
© 1998 Houghton Mifflin
Rod Brown
Illustrator of
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
© 1998 Dial Books
Wade Zaharas
Illustrator of
Window Music
© 1998 Viking
1998 winners
First Prize
Anthony L. Manna and
Christodoula Mitakidou,
and Giselle Potter
Authors and Illustrator of
Mr. Semolina-Semolinus
© 1997 Atheneum
Honor Awards
Carolivia Herron
Author of
Nappy Hair
© 1997 Knopf
Sylvia Ross-Casanova
Author of
Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice
© 1997 Atheneum
Terry Widener
Illustrator of
Lou Gherig the Luckiest Man
© 1997 Gulliver/Harcourt
1997 winners
First Prize
John Coy
Author of
Night Driving
© 1996 Henry Holt
Honor Awards
Louise Erdich
Author of
Grandmother’s Pigeon
© 1996 Henry Holt
Nicholas Wilton
Illustrator of
Feathers and Fools
© 1996 Harcourt Brace
Jennifer Loomis
Author and Photographer of
A Duck in a Tree
© 1996 Stemmer House Publishers
1996 winners
First Prize
Marsha Diane Arnold
Author of
Heart of a Tiger
© 1995 Dial
Honor Awards
Laura Williams
Author of
The Long Silk Strand
© 1995 Boyd’s Mills Press
Karen Chinn
Author of
Sam and the Lucky Money
© 1995 Lee & Low
Carol Ann Williams
Author of
Tsubu the Little Snail
© 1995 Simon & Schuster
Wendy Matthews
Author of
The Gift of a Traveler
© 1995 Bridgewater Books
Eve Sanders and Marilyn Sanders
Author and Photographer of
What’s My Name?
© 1995 Holiday House
1995 winners
First Prize
Staton Rabin and Greg Shed
Author and Illustrator of
Casey Over There
© 1994 Harcourt Brace
Honor Awards
Tim Jessell
Author and Illustrator of
Amorak
© 1994 Creative
Jane Kurtz and E.B. Lewis
Author and Illustrator of
Fire on the Mountain
© 1994 Simon & Schuster
Yoriko Ito
Illustrator of
Lily and the Wooden Bowl
© 1994 Doubleday
Robert Crum
Author and Photographer of
Eagle Drum
© 1994 Four Winds Press, Simon &
Schuster
1994 winners
First Prize
Jennifer Brutschy and
Allen Garns
Author and Illustrator of
Winter Fox
© 1993 Knopf
Honor Awards
Ruth Tiller and Aki Sogabe
Author and Illustrator of
Cinnamon Mint and Mothballs
© 1993 Browndeer Press, Harcourt
Wendy Anderson Halperin
Illustrator of
Hunting the White Cow
© 1993 Orchard
Gregory Scott Kreikemeier
Author and Photographer of
Come With Me to Africa
© 1993 Golden Books
1993 winners
First Prize
Ian Schoenherr
Illustrator of
Newf
© 1992 Philomel
Honor Awards
Maxinne Rhea Leighton
Author of
An Ellis Island Christmas
© 1992 Viking
Mark Shasha
Author and Illustrator of
Night of the Moonjellies
© 1992 Simon & Schuster
