(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award winners and honor books, 2006 - present
2012
Medal winner
Tales for Very Picky Eaters, written and illustrated by Josh Schneider (Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)
Honor books
I Broke My Trunk, written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group)
I Want My Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
See Me Run, written and illustrated by Paul Meisel (Holiday House)
2011
Medal winner
Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile (Candlewick Press)
Honor books
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, written and illustrated by Grace Lin (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
We Are in a Book!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group)
2010
Medal winner
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes (Toon Books, a division of RAW Junior, LLC)
Honor books
I Spy Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold, (Scholastic, Inc.)
Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith (Toon Books, a division of RAW Junior, LLC)
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day, written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R.W. Alley (Dial Books for Young Readers)
2009
Medal winner
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children , an imprint of Disney Book Group)
Honor books
Chicken Said, ‘Cluck!’ by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell (HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers)
One Boy , written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (A Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership)
Stinky, written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis (RAW Junior/TOON Books)
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell (Boyds Mills Press)
2008
Medal winner
There Is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Honor books
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
Hello, Bumblebee Bat , written by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne (Charlesbridge)
Jazz Baby , written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Harcourt)
Vulture View , written by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Holt)
2007
Medal winner
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnosky (Candlewick)
Honor books
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick)
Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by Jane Dyer (Harcourt)
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (HarperCollins)
2006
Medal winner
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Suçie Stevenson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Honor books
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.)
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press)
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa written by Erica Silverman and illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Harcourt, Inc.)
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day written by Jean Van Leeuwen and illustrated by Ann Schweninger (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
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