Lupine Award Winner and Honor Books

2021

Picture Book Winner

The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker

Picture Book Honor

The Little Library by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Down to Earth by Betty Culley

Juvenile Young Adult Honor

Franklin Endicott and the Third Key by Kate diCamillo, illustrated by Chris van Dusen

2020

Picture Book Winner

Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita

Picture Book Honor

Chowder Rules! The True Story of an Epic Food Fight by Anna Redding Crowley, illustrated by Vita Lane

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults) The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor Iftin

Juvenile Young Adult Honor

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

2019

Picture Book Winner

Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter

Picture Book Honor

Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell, illustrated by Ana Ramirez González

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Searching for Lottie by Susan Ross

Juvenile Young Adult Honor

American Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People who Shaped U.S. History by Lisa Trusiani, illustrated by Pau Morgan, Toby Newsome, Cecilia Puglesi

2018

Picture Book Winner

We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Picture Book Honor

There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

The Mad Wolf's Daughter by DIane Magras

Juvenile Young Adult Honor

What the Wind Can Tell You by Sarah Marie A. Jette

2017

Picture Book Winner

Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares

Picture Book Honor

Baabwaa and Wooliam by David Elliott, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Grit by Gillian French

Juvenile Young Adult Honor

Who Killed Darius Drake? by Rodman Philbrick

2016

Picture Book Winner

Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan

Picture Book Honor 

Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Wreckedby Maria Padian

2015

Picture Book Winner 

Island Birthday by Eva Murray, illustrator Jamie Hogan

Picture Book Honor

Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose

2014 

Picture Book Winner 

The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa Sweet

Picture Book Honor

Jubilee! One Man's Big, Bold and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace by Alicia Potter, illustrator Matt Tavares

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Zane and the Hurricane:  A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord

2013

Picture Book Winner

The Secret Pool by Kimberly Ridley, illustrator Rebekah Raye

Picture Book Honor

Brave Girl by Michelle Markel, illustrator Melissa Sweet

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

The Water Castle by Megan Frazer Blakemore

2012

Picture Book Winner

Helen's Big World:  The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport, illustrator Matt Tavares

Picture Book Honor

Eggs 1 2 3:  Who will the babies be?  by Janet Halfmann, illustrator Betsy Thompson

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

The Good Braider by Terry Farish

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster by Mary M. Cerullo and Clyde F. E. Roper

2011

Picture Book Winner

Balloons over Broadway:  The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Picture Book Honor

Sammy in the Sky by Barbara Walsh, illustrator Jamie Wyeth

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Small As an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

 Lost Trail:  Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness by Donn Fendler and Lynn Plourde, illustrator Ben Bishop

2010

Picture Book Winner

Many Hands:  A Penobscott Indian Story by Angeli Perrow, illustrator Heather Austin

Picture Book Honor

 A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood, illustrator Laura Rankin

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Henry Aaron's Dream written and illustrated by Matt Tavares

2009

Picture Book Winner 

The Circus Ship written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen

Picture Book Honor

The Scallop Christmas by Jane Freeberg, illustrator Astrid Sheckels

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Stitches:  A Memoir written and illustrated by David Small

2008

Picture Book Winner

A River of Words:  The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa Sweet

Picture Book Honor 

How Mama Brought the Spring by Fran Manushkin, illustrator Holly Berry

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Season of Ice by Diane Les Becquets

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor 

Brett McCarthy:  Work in Progress by Maria Padian

2007

Picture Book Winner

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison, Illustrator Kevin Hawkes

Picture Book Honor

Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator, Illustrator Holly Meade

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Dragon's Egg by Sarah Thomson

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Rickshaw Girl by Matali Perkins, Illustrator Jamie Hogan

2006

Picture Book Winner

For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane, illustrator Ana Juan

Picture Book Honor

Max's Words by Kate Banks, illustrator Boris Kulikov

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

 Kristin's Wilderness:  A Braided Trail by Garrett Conover

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Berenice Abbott, Photographer; an Independent Vision by George Sullivan

2005

Picture Book Winner

A Kick in the Head:  An Everyday Guide to Poetic Form by Paul Janeczko, illustrator Chris Raschka

Picture Book Honor

Carmine:  A Little More Red written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Juvenile/Young Adult Winner

Stained by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Juvenile/Young Adult Honor

Broken Song by Kathryn Lasky

2004

Winner

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose

Honor

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

2003

Winner

The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Linda S. Wingerter

Honor 

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen

Honor  

Swan Harbor written and illustrated by Laura Rankin

Honor

Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England by Mary Morton Cowan

2002

Winner

Becoming Joe DiMaggioby Maria Testa

Honor

Bloody Jackby L. A Meyer

Honor

Just Ducky written and illustrated by Kathy Mallat

Honor

The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo illustrated by Marie Grand Pre

2001

Winner 

Following Fake Manby Barbara Ware Holmes

Honor 

Racing the Past by Sis Deans

Honor 

Turtle Splash by Cathryn Falwell

Honor 

The Lobster War by Ethan Howland

2000

Winner

The Truth about Great White Sharks by Mary M. Cerullo, photographer Jeffery L. Rotman

Honor

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

1999

Winner

Seal Island School by Susan Bartlett, illustrator Tricia Tusa

Honor

The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler

Honor

Wild Child by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch

1998

Winner

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Mary Azarian

Honor

Painters of the Caves by Patricia Lauber

1997

Winner

Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky, illustrator Kevin Hawkes

Honor

Cocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum, illustrated by Holly Meade

1996

Winner

Grandmother Bryant's Pocket by Jacquelie Briggs Martin

1995

Winner

 A Year on Monhegan Island by Julia Dean

Honor

Night of the Pufflings written and photographed by Bruce McMillan

Honor

To Hold this Ground:  A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg by Susan Provost Beller

1994

Winner

Prize in the Snowby Bill Easterling, illustrator Mary Beth Owens

1993

Winner

Wild Fox by Cherie Mason, illustrator Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen

Honor

It's Our World Too:  Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference by Phillip Hoose

Honor 

A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art by Philip Isaacson

1992

Winner 

Sing to the Sun written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan

1991

Winner

Rosebud and Red Flannel by Ethel Pochocki, illustrator Mary Beth Owens

1990

Winner

Hattie and the Wild Waves written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney

1989

Winner 

Brickyard Summer by Paul Janeczko