Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award - Picture Book

Awards List

2016

Rex Wrecks It!
(Nominee)
Ben Clanton

Bunnies!!!
(Nominee)
Kevan Atteberry

I Don't Want to Be a Frog
(Nominee)
Dev Petty

Vincent Paints His House
(Nominee)
Tedd Arnold

The Whale in My Swimming Pool
(Nominee)
Joyce Wan

Dad's First Day
(Nominee)
Mike Wohnoutka

Get Out of My Bath!
(Nominee)
Britta Teckentrup

Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook
(Nominee)
Anne Vittur Kennedy

Simon's New Bed
(Nominee)
Christian Trimmer

Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups
(Nominee)
Tadgh Bentley

2015

Naked!
(Winner)
Michael Ian Black

Don't Play with Your Food
(Nominee)
Bob Shea

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
(Nominee)
Jane Cabrera

Digger Dog
(Nominee)
William Bee

Down by the Barn
(Nominee)
Will Hillenbrand

Naked!
(Nominee)
Michael Ian Black

Oh So Brave Dragon
(Nominee)
David Kirk

Hooray for Hat!
(Nominee)
Brian Won

I'm My Own Dog
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

Bear Sees Colors
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

This Book Just Ate My Dog!
(Nominee)
Richard Byrne

2014

Mustache Baby
(Winner)
Bridget Heos

I Dare You Not to Yawn
(Nominee)
Helene Boudreau

Open Very Carefully
(Nominee)
Nick Bromley

Ribbit!
(Nominee)
Rodrigo Folgueira

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Mustache Baby
(Nominee)
Bridget Heos

This Little Piggy
(Nominee)
Tim Harrington

The Watermelon Seed
(Nominee)
Greg Pizzoli

Count the Monkeys
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

Moo!
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

2013

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
(Winner)
Eric Litwin

Cat Secrets
(Nominee)
Jef Czekaj

Oh No, George!
(Nominee)
Chris Haughton

One Special Day: A Story for Big Brothers & Sisters
(Nominee)
Lola M. Schaefer

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

It's a Tiger!
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Who's Who?
(Nominee)
Ken Geist

I'm Bored
(Nominee)
Michael Ian Black

Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy
(Nominee)
Jan Thomas

Find a Cow Now!
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

2012

Press Here
(Winner)
Herve Tullet

Hugless Douglas
(Nominee)
David Melling

The Wonderful Book
(Nominee)
Leonid Gore

If You're Hoppy
(Nominee)
April Pulley Sayre

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
(Nominee)
Susan A. Shea

Mitchell's License
(Second Place)
Hallie Durand

Rrralph
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Is Everyone Ready for Fun?
(Nominee)
Jan Thomas

2011

I Love My White Shoes
(Winner)
Eric Litwin

Birds
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

For Just One Day
(Nominee)
Laura Leuck

Terrible Plop
(Nominee)
Ursula Dubosarsky

Ready for Anything!
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

The Cow Loves Cookies
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

Interrupting Chicken
(Second Place)
David Ezra Stein

If You're a Monster and You Know It
(Nominee)
Rebecca Emberley; Ed Emberley

Silly Tilly
(Third Place)
Eileen Spinelli

2010

The Pout-Pout Fish
(Winner)
Deborah Diesen

Rhyming Dust Bunnies
(Second Place)
Jan Thomas

Put It on the List
(Nominee)
Kristen Darbyshire

Are You a Horse?
(Nominee)
Andy Rash

Duck! Rabbit!
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

I Can Do It Myself!
(Nominee)
Diane Adams

The Great Dog Wash
(Nominee)
Shellie Braeuner

Can You Make a Scary Face?
(Third Place)
Jan Thomas

2009

Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!
(Winner)
Ed Emberley

Duck Soup
(Nominee)
Jackie Urbanovic

Little Hoot
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Boy Who Wouldn't Share
(Nominee)
Mike Reiss

Mail Harry to the Moon!
(Nominee)
Robie H. Harris

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime
(Nominee)
Bob Shea

2008

Llama Llama Mad at Mama
(Winner)
Anna Dewdney

Good Boy, Fergus!
(Nominee)
David Shannon

Not a Box
(Nominee)
Antoinette Portis

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

Badger's Fancy Meal
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
(Nominee)
Kevin Sherry

Whopper Cake
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

Bear Feels Sick
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

Ivan the Terrier
(Nominee)
Peter Catalanotto

2007

Move Over, Rover!
(Winner)
Karen Beaumont

A Splendid Friend, Indeed
(Nominee)
Suzanne Bloom

Wiggle
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Cha-Cha Chimps
(Nominee)
Julia Durango

Dooby Dooby Moo
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

2006

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Winner)
Karen Beaumont

Alice the Fairy
(Nominee)
David Shannon

Llama Llama Red Pajama
(Nominee)
Anna Dewdney

He Came with the Couch
(Nominee)
David Slonim

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

A Boy and His Bunny
(Nominee)
Sean Bryan

2005

Bubblegum, Bubblegum
(Winner)
Lisa Wheeler

Little Quack
(Nominee)
Lauren Thompson

If I Were a Lion
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

I Like Myself!
(Nominee)
Karen Beaumont

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