2021
The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by 
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by 
While You're Sleeping by 
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by 
On the Other Side of the Forest by 2020
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards were canceled for 2020. They will resume in fall 2021.
2019
The Lost Cousins
A Million Dots
Just Because
Child of Glass
Monkey on the Run
Florette by 
Ayobami and the Names of the Animals by 
The Forest by 
She Made a Monster by 
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by 
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg by 
The Cat from Hunger Mountain by 
Little Red by 
The Polar Bear by 
Preaching to the Chickens by 
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by 
The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window by 
A Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785 by 
The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán" by 
Big Bear Little Chair by 
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by 
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by 
Madame Eiffel: The Love Story of the Eiffel Tower by 
The Tiger Who Would Be King by 
The Impossibly True Story of Tricky Vic: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by 
Shackleton's Journey by 
Haiti My Country: Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren by 
Time for Bed, Fred! by 
Here Is the Baby by 
Where's Mommy? by 
The Promise by 
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry by 
Ballad by 
The Dark by 
Jemmy Button by 
Holland by 
Jane, the Fox & Me by 
Infinity and Me by 
Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by 
One Times Square: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World by 
Stephen and the Beetle by 
Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures by 
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by 
Children Make Terrible Pets by 
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by 
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by 
White Noise by 
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by 
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by 
A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet by 
Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by 
600 Black Spots: A Pop-Up Book for Children of All Ages by 
The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea by 
Old Penn Station by 
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by 
The Red Lemon by 
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by 
Dinosaurs: Encyclopedia Prehistorica by 
Brave Charlotte by 
Teeth, Tails and Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book by 
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by 
The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by 
Walt Whitman: Words for America by 
Polar Bear Night by 
Brundibar by 
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by 
Charming Opal by 
Otto's Trunk by 
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by 
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist, & Thinker by 
The First Thing My Mama Told Me by 
Albert by 
Dance! by 
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by 
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems by 
Night Garden: Poems From the World of Dreams by 
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by 
How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods by 
Little Bunny on the Move by 
Lottie's New Friend by 
A Straw for Two by 
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales by 
I Lost My Bear by 
Jazper by 
The Wild Boy: Based on the True Story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron by 
Window Music by 
Zoom City by 
The Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska by 
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North by 
The Hired Hand: An African-American Folk Tale by 
Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale by 
Lady Muck by 
Leon and Bob by 
Noah's Ark by 
The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend by 
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by 
Clown by 
The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle by 
The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale by 
The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork by 
Buz by 
Dogs Everywhere by 
Kashtanka by 
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! by 
Someplace Else by 
When the Whippoorwill Calls by 
Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky by 
The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams by 
How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball by 
My House by 
The Three Golden Keys by 
Gulliver's Adventures in Lilliput by 
Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present by 
The Perilous Pit by 
A Small Tale From the Far North by 
Boodil, My Dog by 
Cataract of Lodore by 
Oscar de Mejo's ABC by 
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by 
Where Does It Go? by 
Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folk Tale by 
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by 
The Marvelous Journey Through the Night by 
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog by 
Ooh-La-la (Max in Love) by 
Punch in New York by 
What Can Rabbit Hear? by 
A Christmas Carol by 
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by 
The Fool and the Fish: A Tale From Russia by 
I'm Flying! by 
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by 
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by 
War Boy by 
The Dancing Skeleton by 
Does God Have a Big Toe?: Stories About Stories in the Bible by 
The Heartaches of a French Cat by 
Nicholas Cricket by 
Olson's Meat Pies by 
Theseus and the Minotaur by 
Cats Are Cats by 
Fire Came to the Earth People by 
I Want to Be an Astronaut by 
A River Dream by 
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds by 
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by 
Swan Sky by 
Theodor and Mr. Balbini by 
Handtalk Birthday: A Number & Story Book in Sign Language by 
In Coal Country by 
Jump Again! by 
The Mountains of Tibet by 
Rainbow Rhino by 
The Yellow Umbrella by 
Molly's New Washing Machine by 
One Morning by 
The Owl Scatterer by 
Rembrandt Takes a Walk by 
The Ugly Duckling by 
Granpa by 
The Inside-Outside Book of New York City by 
The Legend of Rosepetal by 
The Nightingale by 
Animal Alphabet by 
If There Were Dreams to Sell by 
Jonah and the Great Fish by 
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by 
Sir Cedric by 
The Favershams by 
Miniature Natural History by 
Simon's Book by 
Tools by 
Twelve Cats for Christmas by 
Up a Tree by 
Anno's Britain by 
The Gift of the Magi by 
My Uncle by 
Paddy Goes Traveling by 
Smile, Ernest and Celestine by 
Squid and Spider: A Look at the Animal Kingdom by 
The Tiny Visitor by 
The Crane Wife by 
Flight: A Panorama of Aviation by 
The Maid and the Mouse and the Odd-Shaped House by 
My Mom Travels a Lot by 
The Nose Tree by 
The Story of Old Mrs. Brubeck and How She Looked for Trouble and Where She Found Him by 
An Artist by 
Gorky Rises by 
The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by 
Howard by 
The Lucky Yak by 
Mr. Miller the Dog by 
Stone and Steel: A Look at Engineering by 
The Wonderful Travels and Adventures of Baron Münchhausen by 
By Camel or By Car: A Look at Transportation by 
Happy Birthday Oliver! by 
King Krakus and the Dragon by 
The Long Dive by 
The Tale of Fancy Nancy: A Spanish Folk Tale by 
Tilly's House by 
The Treasure by 
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by 
The Forbidden Forest by 
The Great Song Book by 
Hanukah Money by 
The Legend of Scarface: A Blackfeet Indian Tale by 
The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs by 
Odette: A Bird in Paris by 
A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abecedarius by 
There Once Was a Woman Who Married a Man by 
This Little Pig-a-Wig and Other Rhymes about Pigs by 
The Church Mice Adrift by 
Come Away from the Water, Shirley by 
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale by 
Jack and the Wonder Beans by 
Merry Merry Fibruary by 
My Village, Sturbridge by 
The Surprise Picnic by 
When the Wind Blew by 
As Right As Right Can Be by 
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by 
The Bear and the Fly by 
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by 
Fly by Night by 
Little Though I Be by 
Merry Ever After: The Story of Two Medieval Weddings by 
The Mother Goose Book by 
A Near Thing for Captain Najork by 
Anno's Alphabet by 
Test Your Wits (Or Lose Them) with a Book of A-Maze-Ments by 
Mr. Michael Mouse Unfolds His Tale by 
The Pig-Tale by 
There's a Sound in the Sea: A Child's Eye View of the Whale by 
Thirteen by 
The Tutti-Frutti Case by 
The Girl Who Cried Flowers by 
A Home by 
Lumberjack by 
The Man Who Took the Indoors Out by 
Miss Suzy's Birthday by 
Rosie and Michael by 
A Storybook by 
There Was an Old Woman by 
The Emperor's New Clothes by 
Hector Penguin by 
King Grisly-Beard by 
Number 24 by 
The Silver Pony by 
Tim's Last Voyage by 
Behind the Wheel by 
Count and See by 
A Little Schubert by 
Miss Jaster's Garden by 
Mouse Café by 
Simon Boom Gives a Wedding by 
Where's Al? by 
Bear Circus by 
The Beast of Monsieur Racine by 
Look Again! by 
Look What I Can Do by 
The Magic Tears by 
One Dancing Drum by 
The Shrinking of Treehorn by 
The Teletrips of Alala by 
Finding a Poem by 
The Gnu and the Guru Go Behind the Beyond by 
Help, Help, the Globolinks by 
Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death by 
Timothy's Horse by 
Topsy Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination by 
You Are Ri-Di-Cu-Lous by 
Arm in Arm by 
Bang Bang You're Dead by 
The Circus in the Mist by 
The Dong with the Luminous Nose by 
Free as a Frog by 
Sara's Granny and the Groodle by 
What Is It For? by 
Winter's Eve by 
Harriet and the Promised Land by 
Malachi Mudge by 
Mister Corbett's Ghost by 
The Real Tin Flower: Poems About the World at Nine by 
Spectacles by 
Story Number 1 by 
Talking Without Words by 
The Very Obliging Flowers by 
Animals of Many Lands by 
Birds by 
Fables of Aesop by 
The Honeybees by 
Hubert: The Caterpillar Who Thought He Was A Mustache by 
Knee-Deep in Thunder by 
Seashore Story by 
Animal ABC by 
A Boy Went Out to Gather Pears by 
The Magic Flute by 
The Monster Den by 
Nothing Ever Happens on My Block by 
Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation by 
Wonderful Time by 
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by 
Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys by 
A Double Discovery by 
Kangaroo & Kangaroo by 
Please Share That Peanut!: A Preposterous Pageant in 14 Acts by 
Punch & Judy: A Play for Puppets by 
Sven's Bridge by 
Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade by 
Exactly Alike by 
The Giraffe of King Charles X by 
I'll Show You Cats by 
The Life of a Queen by 
Rain Makes Applesauce by 
The Wave by 
The Great Picture Robbery by 
Gwendolyn and the Weathercock by 
A Holiday for Mr. Muster by 
Hurly Burly and the Knights by 
John J. Plenty and Fiddler Dan by 
Karen's Curiosity by 
Plunkety Plunk by 
Books! by 
The Emperor and the Drummer Boy by 
Gennarino by 
The Island of Fish in the Trees by 
Kay Kay Comes Home by 
Little Owl by 
The Princesses by 
The Singing Hill by 
The Tale of a Wood by 
The Three Robbers by 
The Big Book of Animal Stories by 
Dear Rat by 
The Happy Hunter by 
Listen - The Birds (Poems) by 
Once a Mouse...A Fable Cut in Wood by 
Sandpipers by 
The Snow and the Sun by 
Umbrellas, Hats and Wheels by 
The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes by 
The Adventures of Ulysses by 
Baboushka and the Three Kings by 
Open House for Butterflies by 
Scrappy the Pup by 
Shadow Book by 
This Is New York by 
26 Ways to be Somebody Else by 
Two Little Birds and Three by 
Animal Babies by 
Father Bear Comes Home by 
The First Noel by 
Full of Wonder by 
The Girl in the White Hat by 
Kasimir's Journey by 
The Reason for the Pelican by 
This Is London by 
All Aboard (Poems) by 
Chouchou by 
The Daddy Days by 
A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You by 
The Giant Golden Book of Animals: More Than 100 Strange and Familiar Beasts by 
The House That Jack Built: A Picture Book in Two Languages by 
How to Hide a Hippopotamus by 
The Magic Feather Duster by 
Roland by 
What Do You Say, Dear?: A Book of Manners for all Occasions by 
Big Red Bus by 
The Birthday Party by 
Dear Garbage Man by 
This is the Story of Faint George Who Wanted to be a Knight by 
The Friendly Beasts by 
Sparkle and Spin by 
The Unhappy Hippopotamus by 
Babar's Fair by 
Crocodile Tears by 
I Know a Lot of Things by 
I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue by 
I Will Tell You of a Town by 
Jonah, the Fisherman by 
Little Big-Feather by 
The Little Elephant by 
Really Spring by 
Was It a Good Trade? by 
Beasts From a Brush by 
Chaga by 
The Happy Lion in Africa by 
A Little House of Your Own by 
Parsley by 
See and Say: A Picture Book in Four Languages by 
Switch on the Night by 
The Three Kings of Saba by 
Uncle Ben's Whale by 
Andy Says...Bonjour! by 
The Animal Frolic by 
Circus Ruckus by 
The Happy Lion by 
Heavy Is a Hippopotamus by 
I'll Be You and You Be Me by 
Jenny's Birthday Book by 
A Kiss is Round by 
The Sun Looks Down by 
Wet World by 
Fast Is Not a Ladybug by 
Florina and the Wild Bird by 
The Golden Bible for Children: The New Testament by 
Green Eyes by 
A Hero By Mistake by 
Lucky Blacky by 
Mother Goose: Riddle Rhymes by 
Pitschi by 
Who Gave Us...Peacocks? Planes? Ferris Wheels? by 
The Animal Fair by 
Beasts and Nonsense by 
The Dogcatcher's Dog by 
Five Little Monkeys by 
The Happy Place by 
A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions by 
The Magic Currant Bun by 
