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Blue Hen Book Award: Previous award winners

The Blue Hen Book Award is a children’s choice award sponsored by the Youth Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. The award encourages literacy and library use by children and teens.

2013

No awards given this year

2012

We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781423133087
Publication Date: 2010-09-14
Category: Younger Readers
Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
ISBN: 9780399246265
Publication Date: 2009-11-03
Category: Middle Readers
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
ISBN: 9780763643614
Publication Date: 2010-02-09
Category: Teen Readers

2011

Tiger Pups by Tom Harvey; Keith Philpott (Illustrator); Allie Harvey; Sarah L. Thomson
ISBN: 9780061773143
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
Category: Younger Readers
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
ISBN: 9780803730823
Publication Date: 2009-09-17
Category: Middle Readers
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
ISBN: 9780525421030
Publication Date: 2009-04-02
Category: Teen Readers

2010

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
ISBN: 9780152060206
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Category: Younger Readers
Nightmare at the Book Fair by Dan Gutman
ISBN: 9781416924388
Publication Date: 2008-07-29
Category: Middle Readers
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 9780439023481
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Category: Teen Readers

2009

Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416912477
Publication Date: 2007-09-18
Category: Younger Readers
No Talking by Andrew Clements; Mark Elliott (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416909835
Publication Date: 2007-06-26
Category: Middle Readers
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
ISBN: 9780374349462
Publication Date: 2007-08-21
Category: Teen Readers

2008

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen; Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763622626
Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Category: Younger Readers
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker; Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780786838837
Publication Date: 2008-02-15
Category: Middle Readers
Saint Iggy by K. L. Going
ISBN: 9780152057954
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Category: Teen Readers

2007

Space Station Mars by Daniel San Souci (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781582461427
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Category: Younger Readers
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
ISBN: 9780618477869
Publication Date: 2005-04-18
Category: Middle Readers
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
ISBN: 9780375821820
Publication Date: 2005-09-13
Category: Teen Readers

2006

Over in the Ocean by Marianne Berkes; Jeanette Canyon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781584690627
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Category: Younger Readers
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
ISBN: 9780689845246
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Category: Middle Readers
Contents under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises
ISBN: 9780385730471
Publication Date: 2004-04-13
Category: Teen Readers

2005

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525471332
Publication Date: 2003-07-28
Category: Younger Readers
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo; Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763625290
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
Category: Middle Readers
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
ISBN: 9780385729345
Publication Date: 2003-04-22
Category: Teen Readers

2004

New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne; Stephen T. Johnson (Illustrator); Lou Fancher (Illustrator); Steve Johnson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375821967
Publication Date: 2002-08-13
Category: Younger Readers
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen; Robert J. Harris
ISBN: 9780399236273
Publication Date: 2002-09-16
Category: Middle Readers

2003

The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant; Mark Teague (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780590100410
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Category: Younger Readers
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
ISBN: 9780786808014
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Category: Middle Readers

2002

Dogs' Night by Meredith Hooper; Allan Curless (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761318248
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Category: Younger Readers
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 9780763680862
Publication Date: 2015-12-08
Category: Middle Readers

2001

Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester; Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780395923924
Publication Date: 1999-03-15
Category: Younger Readers
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
ISBN: 9780545582889
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
Category: Middle Readers

2000 - 1996

Category: Younger Readers

Note: No award given in 1998

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780590929974
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
2000
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780064435574
Publication Date: 1999-03-27
1999
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate; Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780140562736
Publication Date: 2001-07-09
1997
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen; Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780688078874
Publication Date: 1994-04-29
1996