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(Theodore Seuss) Geisel Award Winners |
The Geisel Award is given annually to "the most distinguished America book for beginning readers." For more about the Geisel Award, please visit: |
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I Did It!
by Michael Emberley
A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement.
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Fish and Wave
by Sergio Ruzzier
Fish returns for another adventure at sea in the latest offering in the I Can Read Comics series, an early reader that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers.
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Gigi and Ojiji
by Melissa Iwai
This new addition to the I Can Read series follows biracial 6-year-old Gigi as she learns about her Japanese culture from her grandfather when he comes to visit. Contains several Japanese words and a glossary of definitions and pronunciations.
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Owl and Penguin
by Vikram Madan
Told through three nearly wordless stories, two feathered friends, Owl and Penguin, embrace their differences and solve their problems with creative play.
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A Seed Grows
by Antoinette Portis
Including a bright fold-out spread of a full-grown sunflower and additional material explaining the life cycle of plants, this transformative story offers a close-up view of each step of the process as a seed becomes a sunflower.
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Fox at Night
by Corey R. Tabor
In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award-winning Fox the Tiger—overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal animals.
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See the Cat : Three Stories About a Dog
by David LaRochelle
See Max. Max is not a cat, Max is a dog. But much to Max's dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking.
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Stop! Bot!
by James Yang
A little boy and his apartment building’s friendly doorman race through elaborately detailed, increasingly wacky spreads in search of a runaway bots.
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Fox the Tiger
by Corey R. Tabor
Fun-loving, mischievous Fox wishes he were a tiger. Tigers are big and fast and sneaky. So he decides to become one!
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Charlie & Mouse
by Laurel Snyder
Two inventive young brothers share a series of wacky adventures involving conversations with lumps, a neighborhood party, a rock-selling venture and the creation of the "bedtime banana."
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We Are Growing!
by Laurie Keller
Observing how his fast-growing friends are becoming the tallest, curliest or silliest members of their grass patch while he appears to stay the same, spindly little grass blade Walt discovers his own special distinctiveness in the wake of a big surprise.
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Don't Throw It to Mo!
by David A Adler
Accepted by his football teammates despite being their youngest member, little Mo is teased by a rival team until his coach devises a plan to use his smaller size to enable a big win.
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You Are (Not) Small
by Anna Kang
Not being able to agree who is small and who is big, two fuzzy animals have their argument settled by a couple of mystery guests.
This title can be found in the Easy section.
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The Watermelon Seed
by Greg Pizzoli
An endearing little crocodile accidentally swallows a watermelon seed and envisions worst-case scenarios, from vines sprouting from his ears to his crocodile skin turning pink.
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Up, Tall and High
by Ethan Long
Through illustrations, fold-outs and simple text, colorful birds--including a penguin and a peacock--demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall and high in three laugh-out-loud situations.
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Tales for Very Picky Eaters
by Josh Schneider
An extremely picky palate forces young James' father to make rejected foods seem more appealing through kid-friendly, extra-gross yarns about such fare as pre-chewed gum and lumpy oatmeal that grows so big that it eats the dog.
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Are You Ready to Play Outside?
by Mo Willems
Elephant's friend Piggie can't wait to go out and play in the sunshine, but the rain clouds just don't want to cooperate. By the creator of There's a Bird on Your Head!
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There Is a Bird on Your Head!
by Mo Willems
Gerald the Elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head--two birds on your head!
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Zelda and Ivy, The Runaways
by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
A newest trio of stories in the Candlewick Sparks: Zelda and Ivy series for newly independent readers offers an entertaining and genuine look at the ups and downs of sisterhood.
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Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
by Cynthia Rylant
When Henry and Mudge go to their Great-Grandpa Bill’s house and get introduced to a whole collection of other fun great-grandpas, a fun day on the porch turns into an exciting adventure when the whole gang heads over to the secret pond for a day of swimming and splashing!
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