Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

About the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, established in 2004, is given annually (beginning in 2006) to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

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2013 Winner(s)

Up, Tall and High!

written and illustrated by Ethan Long, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group

2013 Honor(s)

Let’s Go for a Drive!

written and illustrated by Mo Willems, and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

by Eric Litwin, created and illustrated by James Dean and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover

written and illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press