Sutherland Award Winners and Nominees
2023
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Berry Song | Michaela Goade | Michaela Goade | Best Illustrations | |
| The Circles in the Sky | Karl James Mountford | Karl James Mountford | ||
| Knight Owl | Christopher Denise | Christopher Denise | Best Overall | |
| The World Belonged to Us | Jacqueline Woodson | Leo Espinosa | Best Text | |
| If You're A Kid Like Gavin | Gavin Grimm and Kyle Lukoff | J. Yang |
2022
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| 976.68 WEA | Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre | Carole Boston Weatherford | Floyd Cooper | |
| E GOR | Change Sings: A Children's Anthem | Amanda Gorman | Loren Long | Best Text |
| E SEE | Red | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | Best Illustrations |
| E TAB | Mel Fell | Corey R. Tabor | Corey R. Tabor |
Best Overall |
| E VAN | Wishes | Mượn Thị Văn | Victo Ngai |
2021
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| B BROOKS | Exquisite: The Life and Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks | Suzanne Buckingham Slade | Cozbi A. Cabrera | Best Text |
| E LIN | We Are Water Protectors | Carole Lindstrom |
Michaela Goade |
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| E SCO | I Talk Like a River | Jordan Scott | Sydney Smith | |
| E WAH | The Blue House | Phoebe Wahl | Phoebe Wahl |
Best Illustrations Best Overall |
| E WIL | Night Walk to the Sea: A Story About Rachel Carson, Earth's Protector |
Deborah Wiles |
Daniel Miyares |
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2020
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| E HAR | Field Trip To The Moon | John Hare
|
John Hare | Best Illustration |
| E JEF | The Fate of Fausto | Oliver Jeffers
|
Oliver Jeffers
|
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| E MAI | Fry Bread: a Native American Family Story | Kevin Noble Maillard
|
Juana Martinez-Neal
|
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| E STE | A Normal Pig | K-Fai Steele
|
K-Fai Steele
|
Best Overall |
| E WEA | The Roots of Rap |
Carole Boston Weatherford |
Frank Morrison
|
Best Text |
2019
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| E MAR | Alma and How She Got Her Name | Juana Martinez-Neal
|
Juana Martinez-Neal | |
| E ALM | The Dam | David Almond
|
Levi Pinfold
|
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| B GERMAIN | Nothing Stopped Sophie | Cheryl Bardoe
|
Barbara McClintock
|
Best Text |
| E FAN | Ocean Meets Sky | Terry and Eric Fan
|
Terry and Eric Fan
|
Best Illustration Best Overall |
| E CLA | The Patchwork Bike |
Maxine Beneba Clarke |
Van Thanh Rudd
|
2018
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| E JEN | A Greyhound, a Groundhog | Emily Jenkins
|
Chris Applehans | Best Text |
| E MCD | The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned his A-B-C's (the Hard Way) | Patrick McDonnell
|
Patrick McDonnell
|
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| B MORGANFIELD | Muddy: the Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters | Michael James Mahin
|
Turk Evan
|
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| E SCH | The Town is By the Sea | Joanne Schwartz
|
Sydney Smith
|
Best Illustration |
| E HADID | The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid |
Jeanette Winter |
Jeanette Winter
|
Best Overall |
2017
| Call NuMBer | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| E ELL | Du Iz Tak | Ellis, Carson | Ellis, Carson | |
| E FAN | The Night Gardener | Fan, Terry and Fan, Eric
|
Fan, Terry and Fan, Eric | Best Overall |
| E GIA | Coyote Moon | Gianferrari, Maria
| Ibatoulline, Bagram
| Best Illustrations |
| E JEF | A Child of Books | Jeffers, Oliver
| Winston, Sam
| Best Text |
| E SAN | Are We There Yet? |
Santat, Dan | Santat, Dan
|
2016
| Call Number | Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| B Andrews | Trombone Shorty | Andrews, Troy "Trombone Shorty" | Collier, Bryan | Best Text |
| E DEK | Red | De Kinder, Jan (translated
by Laura Watkinson
| De Kinder, Jan | |
| E FER | I Don't Like Koala | Ferrell, Stephen
| Santoso, Charles
| |
| E KEU | Beyond The Pond | Kuefler, Joseph
| Kuefler, Joseph
| Best Overall |
| E LAW | Sidewalk Flowers | Lawson, JonArno | Lawson, JonArno
| Best Illustrations |
2015
2014
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Wining Category |
| Journey | Becker, Aaron | Becker, Aaron | Best Illustrations |
| Mr. Tiger Goes Wild | Brown, Peter | Brown, Peter | |
| The King of Little Things | Lepp, Bill | Wenzel, David T. | Best Overall Best Text |
| Hello, My Name is Ruby | Stead, Philip Christian | Stead, Philip Christian | |
| The Man With the Violin | Stinson, Kathy (postscript by Bell, Joshua) | Petričić, Dušan |
2013
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Extra Yarn | Barnett, Marc | Klassen, Jon | Best Overall |
| Virginia Wolf | Maclear, Kyo | Arsenault, Isabelle | |
| Life in the Ocean: The Story of Sylvia | Nivola, Claire A. | Nivola, Claire A. | Best Text |
| Green | Seeger, Laura Vaccaro | Seeger, Laura Vaccaro | Best Illustrations |
| Bear Has a Story to Tell | Stead, Philip Christian | Stead, Erin E. |
2012
2011
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Oh No! or, How My Science Project Destroyed the World | Barnett, Marc | Santat, Dan | |
| Me and You | Browne, Anthony | Browne, Anthony | |
| Clever Jack Takes the Cake | Fleming, Candace | Karas, G. Brian | Best Text |
| Cat's Night Out | Stutson, Caroline | Klassen, Jon | |
| Art & Max | Wiesner, David | Wiesner, David | Best Overall Best Illustrations |
2010
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Big Wolf and Little Wolf | Brun-Cosme, Nadine (translated by Claudia Bedrick) | Tallec, Olivier | Best Text |
| The Goblin and the Empty Chair | Fox, Mem | Dillon, Leo and Diane | |
| Jeremy Draws a Monster | McCarthy, Peter | McCarthy, Peter | |
| Waiting for Winter | Meschenmoser, Sebastian | Meschenmoser, Sebastian | Best Illustrations |
| A Penguin Story | Portis, Antoinette | Portis, Antoinette | Best Overall |
2009
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever | Frazee, Maria | Frazee, Maria | Best Overall Best Text |
| Hogwash | Geisert, Arthur
| Geisert, Arthur | Best Illustrations |
| Way Up and Over Everything | McGill, Alice | Daly, Jude | |
| Wabi Sabi | Reibstein, Mark | Young, Ed | |
| Sandy’s Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder | Stone, Tanya Lee | Kulikov, Boris
|
2008
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| The Tinderbox | Anderson, Hans Christian
(retold by Stephen Mitchell)
| Ibatoulline, Bagram | Best Overall Best Text Best Illustrations |
| Fiona's Luck | Bateman, Teresa | Murphy, Kelly | |
| Fred Stays With Me | Coffelt, Nancy | Tulsa, Tricia | |
| Sky Sweeper | Gershator, Phillis | Meade, Holly | |
| Wind Flyers | Johnson, Angela | Long, Loren |
2007
| Title | Author | Illustrator | winning Category |
| Wolves | Gravett, Emily | Gravett, Emily | |
| John, Paul, George & Ben | Smith, Lane | Smith, Lane | Best Overall Best Text |
| Probuditi! | Van Allsburg, Chris | Van Allsburg, Chris | |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Weatherford, Carole Boston
| Nelson, Kadir | |
| Flotsam | Wiesner, David | Wiesner, David | Best Illustrations |
2006
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| The Serpent Came to Gloucester | Anderson, M.T. | Ibatoulline, Bagram
| Best Illustrations |
| Captain Arsenio: Inventions and (Mis)adventures in Flight | Bernasconi, Pablo
| Bernasconi, Pablo | Best Overall Best Text |
Traction Man is Here! | Grey, Mini | Grey, Mini | |
| Leonardo the Terrible Monster | Willems, Mo | Willems, Mo | |
| Show Way | Woodson, Jacqueline | Talbott, Hudson |
2005
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| The Wishing of Biddy Malone | Cowley, Joy | Denise, Christopher | |
| Sidewalk Circus | Fleischman, Paul | Hawkes, Kevin | |
| Arrowhawk | Schaefer, Lola M. | Swiatkowska, Gabi
(Gabriela)
| Best Overall Best Text Best Illustrations |
| Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | Willems, Mo | Willems, Mo | |
| The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit | Wormell, Christopher | Wormell, Christopher |
2004
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Stanley's Party | Bailey, Linda | Slavin, Bill | Best Overall |
| The Faerie's Gift | Batt, Tanya Robyn | Ceccoli, Nicoletta | Best Text |
| The Bachelor and the Bean | Fowles, Shelley | Fowles, Shelley | |
| Snow Music | Perkins, Lynne Rae | Perkins, Lynne Rae | Best Illustrations |
| My Name Is Yoon | Recorvits, Helen | Swiatkowska, Gabi
|
2003
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Slow Loris | Deacon, Alexis | Deacon, Alexis | |
| King & King | De Haan, Linda and Nijland,
Stern
|
De Haan, Linda and Nijland, Stern | |
| The Color of Home | Hoffman, Mary | Littlewood, Karin | Best Illustrations |
| The Spider and the Fly | Howitt, Mary | DiTerlizzi, Tony | Best Overall |
| Angelo | Macauley, David | Macauley, David | Best Text |
2002
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Lookin' for Bird in the Big City | Burleigh, Robert | Los, Marek | Best Illustrations |
| Ted | DiTerlizzi, Tony | DiTerlizzi, Tony | Best Overall |
| The Other Dog | L'Engle, Madeline | Davenier, Christine | Best Text |
| Clever Beatrice: an Upper Peninsula Conte | Willey, Margaret | Solomon, Heather | |
| The Day Ocean Came to Visit
| Wolkstein, Diane | Johnson, Steve and Fancher, Lou |
2001
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale | Casanova, Mary | Young, Ed | Best Text |
| The Disappearing Island | Demas, Corinne | Lewin, Ted | Best Illustrations |
| Olivia | Falconer, Ian | Falconer, Ian | |
| Hog Music | Helldorfer, Mary Claire | Schindler, S.D.
| |
Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year | Kimmel, Eric (retold by) | Muth, Jon J. | Best Overall |
2000
1999
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Ouch! | Babbit, Natalie | Marcellino, Fred | Best Overall Best Text |
| The Crane Wife | Bodkin, Odds (retold by)
| Spirin, Gennady | |
| Voices in the Park | Browne, Anthony | Browne, Anthony | Best Illustrations |
| Lucy Dove | Del Negro, Janice | Gore, Leonid | |
| Snow | Shulevitz, Uri | Shulevitz, Uri | |
| We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past | Woodson, Jacqueline | Greenseid, Diane |
1998
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale |
Manna, Anthony and Mitakidou, Christodoula (retold by) | Potter, Giselle | Best Text |
| The Adventures of Sparrowboy | Pinkney, Brian | Pinkney, Brian | |
| Mouse Mess | Riley, Linnea | Best Overall | |
| The Gardener | Stewart, Sarah | ||
| Rapunzel | Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm
(retold by Paul O. Zelinsky)
| Zelinsky, Paul O. | Best Illustrations |
1997
| Title | author | illustrator | winning category |
| Goose | Bang, Molly | Bang, Molly | |
| Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | Henkes, Kevin | Henkes, Kevin | Best Text |
| The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs | Joyce, William | Joyce, William | Best Overall Best Illustrations |
| Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo | Lester, Julius | Pinkney, Jerry | |
| The Spider Who Created The World | MacDonald, Amy | Karas, G. Brian |
1996
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| The Painter | Catalanotto, Peter | Catalanotto, Peter | |
| Zin! Zin! Zin! : A Violin | Moss, Lloyd | Priceman, Marjorie | |
| Chickens! Chickens! | Porte, Barbara Ann | Henry, Greg | |
| Math Curse | Scieszka, Jon | Smith, Lane | Best Overall Best Text |
| Lost Moose | Slepian, Jan | Lewin, Ted | Best Illustrations |
| Chato's Kitchen | Soto, Gary | Guevara, Susan |
1995
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Winning Category |
| Luka's Quilt | Guback, Georgia | Guback, Georgia | |
| The Rabbit's Judgment | Han, Suzanne Crowder | Heo, Yumi | |
| Swamp Angel | Isaacs, Anne | Zelinsky, Paul O. | |
| The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote | Johnston, Tony | de Paola, Tomie | |
| Iblis | Oppenheimer, Shulamith
Levey
| Young, Ed | Best Illustrations |
| How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World | Pricemand, Marjorie | Priceman, Marjorie | Best Overall Best Text |
| Only Opal: The Diary of a Young Girl | Whitely, Opal (selected by
Jane Boulton)
| Cooney, Barbara |