American Booksellers Book of the Year Children's Prize

American Booksellers Association.

Presented each year to the book voted by members of the American Booksellers Association as the one they most enjoy recommending. The ABBY was launched in 1991; the children's award was added in 1993.

1998

The Hat, Jan Brett (Putnam)

1998 Nominees:

• The Gardener, Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• To Market, To Market, Anne Miranda, illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt Brace)
• Toot & Puddle, Holly Hobbie (Little, Brown)
• When Jessie Came Across the Sea, Amy Hest, illustrated by P. J. Lynch (Candlewick Press)

1997

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

1997 Nominees:

• Falling Up, by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins)
• The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (Knopf)
• My Many Colored Days, by Dr. Seuss, paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Knopf)
• My Very First Mother Goose, edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells (Candlewick Press)

1996

Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram (Candlewick Press)

1996 Nominees:

• Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman (HarperCollins)
• The Library, by Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• Math Curse, by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking)
• Miss Spider's Tea Party, by David Kirk (Scholastic)

1995

The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister (North-South Books)

1995 Nominees:

• All the Places to Love, Patricia MacLachlan, illustrated by Mike Wimmer (Charlotte Zolotow/HarperCollins)
• The Giver, Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin)
• Miss Spider's Tea Party, David Kirk (Scholastic)
• Penguin Small, Mick Inkpen (Harcourt Brace)
• Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco (Philomel/Putnam)
• Red Ranger Came Calling, Berkeley Breathed (Little, Brown)
• Ship of Dreams, Dean Morrissey (Harry N. Abrams)
• Time for Bed, Mem Fox, illus. by Jane Dyer (Harcourt Brace)
• Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Jan Brett (Putnam)

1994

Stellaluna, Janell Cannon (Harcourt Brace)

1994 Nominees:

• Emily, Michael Bedard, illus. by Barbara Cooney (Doubleday & Co.)
• The Giver, Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin)
• Mama, Do You Love Me?, Barbara M. Joosse, illus. by Barbara Lavallee (Chronicle Books)
• The Rainbabies, Laura Melmed, illus. by Jim LaMarche (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books)
• The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister (North-South Books)
• Santa Calls, William Joyce (HarperCollins Children's Books)
• The Stinky Cheese Man, Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking Children's Books)
• The Three Little Wolves & the Big Bad Pig, Eugene Trivizas, illus. by Helen Oxenbury (Macmillan Children's Book Group)
• Time for Bed, Mem Fox, illus. by Jane Dyer (Harcourt Brace & Co.)

1993

Old Turtle, Douglas Wood, illus. by Cheng-Khee Chee (Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishing)

1993 NOminees:

• Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, James Gurney (Turner Publishing)
• Emily, Michael Bedard, illus. by Barbara Cooney (Doubleday & Co.)
• Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, illus. by Sheila McGraw (Firefly Books, Ltd.)
• Martha Speaks, Susan Meddaugh (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
• On the Day You Were Born, Debra Frasier (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
• The Rainbabies, Laura Melmed, illus. by Jim LaMarche (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books)
• The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking Children's Books)
• The Trouble with Trolls, Jan Brett (Putnam Publishing Group)
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking Children's Books)

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