We are so happy to hear that Taeeun Yoo has jointly won the 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for the stunning picture book she illustrated – Only a Witch Can Fly (written by Alison McGhee).
Her lino block illustrations in this book are simply magnificent and match McGhee’s text perfectly. Written in an ancient form of poetry called a sestina this picture book is indeed so unique and ground breaking in the picture book market. Read more about the book on our website.
To celebrate we’d love to give a copy of this wonderful picture away to a good home. To win just leave a comment on this post telling us your favourite Award Winning Children’s Book, it doesn’t have to be a picture book just one that you love.
The winner will be randomly selected (by one of those number generator thingys) on Wednesday the 14th of April.
One of my favourtie books is “Where the Forest Meets the Sea” by Jenny Baker. I think it was short-listed for the Children’s Book Awards in 1987.
I’m partial to “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and can’t wait for my daughter, who happens to be named Claudia, to read it.
A an all time favorite of mine is The Westing Game. It the 1979 Newbery Medal winner.
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I didn’t hear that, but that is great news! I love that book. It’s just beautiful.
My favourite is Grandpa and Thomas, by Pamela Allen. It reminds me of the gorgeous relationship my cherub has with my dad.
Thanks for the opportunity.
We like Leaf by Stephen Micheal King. Also we have been spoilt with an advance copy of Seasons by Bexbolex which has not won any awards – yet.
We like Peepo! We’re on about the fourth copy though as the holes are irresistible to tiny fingers wanting to poke through and tear them! From my son loving it as a baby in board book format to him discovering that the family is living in wartime and becoming a big brother himself (rather than connecting to the baby image – now the older sibling) – it’s somehow become a very special book to us!
one of our favourite books here is “down the back of the chair” by Nargaret Mahy… funny and wonderful to read aloud, my 3 year old twins can almost recite the whole book including the made up actions for emphasis!
My favourite award winning book has to be… Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild things Are”… Just love it. Won 1964 Caldecott Medal
Can read it hundreds of times!!!
“… and it was still hot.”
I love Olivia by Ian Falconer. Great humor adults can appreciate too.
I love Stephen Michael King’s book ‘Leaf’ which receiveed an hounourable mention from the Children’s Book Council of Australia last year.
Having no words at all opens it up to be a slightly new story each time.
The girls love to give the boy and his dog a different name each time.
The whole families favourite is Where The Wild Things Are. We read it nearly every day with the boys taking it in turns to be Max or the Wild Things, acting it out as I read, priceless memories thanks to Mr Sendak!
We love Astrid Lindgren’s “Pippi Longstocking”. I read it and loved it when I was little, any now my girls love to laugh over the outrageous things that Pippi gets up to. We love Lauren Childs illustrated edition.
Our family really love many classic illustrated books. But to pick one, it has to be We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury; classic poetry with vivid pictures.
I love Holes by Louis Sachar.
my 5 year old loves Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. We have checked it out of the library multiple times!
I love all of Oliver Jeffer’s picture books – each book tells such a gentle story with beautiful painterly illustrations. They deserve to be read over and over again! My favourite would have to be ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’.
We love Goodnight Moon, it sets a great bedtime routine for my daughter and she can name all the many things in the great green room!