Literature for Children and Young Adults: Geisel Award

(Geisel Award for 2024)
Fox has a problem: His kite is stuck in a tree! But every clever plan creates even more problems for him - and for all his friends. Can they work together to fix things before it's too late Carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and whimsical illustrations, Fox Has a Problem is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader.

(Geisel Award for 2023)
Learning to ride a bike is hard. Can I do it? Yes, I can! A fun comic that kindergarteners and first graders can read on their own.

(Geisel Award for 2022)
Fox is up late in the night. There are shadows and noises everywhere. Fox is sure the night is full of monsters! Then he meets the real creatures of the night and realizes they are not so scary after all.

(Geisel Award for 2021)
"What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat - Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to 'see the cat.' How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog?

(Geisel Award for 2020)
In this very young picture book mystery, a little boy out for a walk with his family stops to show a building doorman his new "bot": "I have a bot!" Only he doesn't have it for long, because it floats up out of his hands like an escaped balloon. "Stop! Bot!" Springing to action, the kind doorman runs up to each floor of the building to try and catch it -- along with the help of each floor's resident. But while everything looks normal at first, every floor (and resident) is a little more wacky and unusual than the last! Musicians, baseball players, zoo animals, and finally a very large monkey all play a part -- but will they rescue the Bot before it's too late?!

(Geisel Award for 2019)
Fox decides to become a tiger because they are fast and sneaky, and soon, his other animal friends are joining in.

(Geisel Award for 2018)
Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.

(Geisel Award for 2017)
"Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searches for his 'est' in this hilarious story about growing up"-- Provided by publisher.

(Geisel Award for 2016)
"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"

(Geisel Award for 2015)
Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all!

(Geisel Award for 2014)
After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.

(Geisel Award for 2013)
Through illustrations and simple text, birds demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall, and high.

(Geisel Award for 2012)
"A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like."

(Geisel Award for 2011)
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

(Geisel Award for 2010)
Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover that she is not as scary as they feared.

(Geisel Award for 2009)
Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.

(Geisel Award for 2008)
Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.

(Geisel Award for 2007)
In three short stories, two fox sisters run away from home, bury a time capsule, and take advantage of some creative juice.

(Geisel Award for 2006)
When Henry and his dog Mudge go with Henry's parents to visit Great-Grandpa Bill in the home with lots of other grandpas, they lead them all on a wonderful adventure.