School Library Journal Best Books - Picture Books (Awarded by School Library Journal)

Awards List

2023

We Are Here
(*)
Tami Charles

Platanos Go with Everything
(*)
Lissette Norman

That Flag
(*)
Tameka Fryer Brown

A Human for Kingsley
(*)
Gabriel Evans

Moon's Ramadan
(*)
Natasha Khan Kazi

My Baba's Garden
(*)
Jordan Scott

My Powerful Hair
(*)
Carole Lindstrom

To the Other Side
(*)
Erika Meza

The Tree and the River
(*)
Aaron Becker

Big
(*)
Vashti Harrison

Mina Belongs Here
(*)
Sandra Niebuhr-Siebert

Mr. S
(*)
Monica Arnaldo

Lolo's Sari-sari Store
(*)
Sophia N. Lee

My Bollywood Dream
(*)
Avani Dwivedi

The Truth About Dragons
(*)
Julie Leung

Hanukkah Upside Down
(*)
Elissa Brent Weissman

I'm From
(*)
Gary R., Jr. Gray

Remembering
(*)
Xelena Gonzalez

Vamos! Let's Go Read
(*)
Raul the Third

The Light Within You
(*)
Namita Moolani Mehra

My Grandfather's Song
(*)
Phung Nguyen Quang

Something, Someday
(*)
Amanda Gorman

Tokyo Night Parade
(*)
J.P. Takahashi

Zora, the Story Keeper
(*)
Ebony Joy Wilkins

2022

Air Miles
(*)
John Burningham

Tia Fortuna's New Home
(*)
Ruth Behar

Field Trip to Volcano Island
(*)
John Hare

Love in the Library
(*)
Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Nigel and the Moon
(*)
Antwan Eady

Out of a Jar
(*)
Deborah Marcero

Powwow Day
(*)
Traci Sorell

Carrimebac, the Town That Walked
(*)
David Barclay Moore

Nour's Secret Library
(*)
Wafa Tarnowska

Somewhere in the Bayou
(*)
Jarrett Pumphrey; Jerome Pumphrey

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky
(*)
Jihyun Kim

Hundred Years of Happiness
(*)
Thanhha Lai

My Party, Mi Fiesta
(*)
Raul the Third

Endlessly Ever After
(*)
Laurel Snyder

The Wishing Balloons
(*)
Jonathan D. Voss

The World Belonged to Us
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Every Dog in the Neighborhood
(*)
Philip C. Stead

Kapaemahu
(*)
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

Berry Song
(*)
Michaela Goade

Moonlight
(*)
Stephen Savage

Dadaji's Paintbrush
(*)
Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Farmhouse
(*)
Sophie Blackall

How to Eat a Book
(*)
Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod

Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day
(*)
Erica Kim

Mariana and Her Familia
(*)
Monica Mancillas

The Talk
(*)
Alicia D. Williams

My Paati's Saris
(*)
Jyoti Rajan Gopal

2021

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
(*)
Joanna Ho

Over the Shop
(*)
JonArno Lawson

Osnat and Her Dove
(*)
Sigal Samuel

The Big Bad Wolf in My House
(*)
Valerie Fontaine

My Day with the Panye
(*)
Tami Charles

Peace Miranda and
(*)
Baptiste Paul

Grandad's Camper
(*)
Harry Woodgate

In My Mosque
(*)
M.O. Yuksel

Watercress
(*)
Andrea Wang

Your Mama
(*)
Nonieqa Ramos

Clovis Keeps His Cool
(*)
Katelyn Aronson

What I Am
(*)
Divya Srinivasan

Looking for a Jumbie
(*)
Tracey Baptiste

My Two Border Towns
(*)
David Bowles

This Magical, Musical Night
(*)
Rhonda Gowler Greene

A Walk in the Words
(*)
Hudson Talbott

Time for Bed, Old House
(*)
Janet Costa Bates

Dear Little One
(*)
Nina Laden

Dream Street
(*)
Tricia Elam Walker

2020

Magnificent Homespun Brown
(*)
Samara Cole Doyon

Overground Railroad
(*)
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Salma the Syrian Chef
(*)
Danny Ramadan

We Are Water Protectors
(*)
Carole Lindstrom

One Little Bag
(*)
Henry Cole

Lift
(*)
Minh Le

13 Stories About Harris
(*)
Amy Schwartz

From Ed's to Ned's
(*)
Gideon Sterer

Nana Akua Goes to School
(*)
Patricia Elam Walker

Woodpecker Girl
(*)
Ching-Yen Liu

You Matter
(*)
Christian Robinson

Every Little Letter
(*)
Deborah Underwood

A Gift for Amma
(*)
Meera Sriram

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
(*)
Meg Medina

I Am Every Good Thing
(*)
Derrick Barnes

I Do Not Like Stories
(*)
Andrew Larsen

I Talk Like a River
(*)
Jordan Scott

Non Stop
(*)
Tomi Ungerer

The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom
(*)
Colleen A.F. Venable

The Paper Boat
(*)
Thao Lam

All Because You Matter
(*)
Tami Charles

Out the Door
(*)
Christie Hale

Stand Up! Speak Up!
(*)
Andrew Joyner

Sugar in Milk
(*)
Thrity Umrigar

2019

Birdsong
(*)
Julie Flett

Award Categories

Chapter Books

Graphic Novels

Middle Grade

Picture Books

Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019