Grand Canyon Young Reader Award Winners

2016

Picture Book: Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos


Non-Fiction Book: A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke


Intermediate: Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Gabenstein
Tween: Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

2015

Picture Book: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt


Non-Fiction Book: The True Story of Ten Dogs by Michaela Muntean


Intermediate: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Tween: Drama by Raina Telgemeier

2014

Picture Book: Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds


Non-Fiction Book: Nic Bishop Snakes by Nic Bishop


Intermediate: Pie by Sarah Weeks
Tween: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

2013
Picture Book: Art & Max by David Wiesner
Non-Fiction Book: 1 + 1 = 5: And Other Unlikely Additions by David LaRochelle
Intermediate: Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Tween: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
2012
Picture Book: Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Non-Fiction Book: 2030: A Day in the Life of Tomorrow's Kids by Amy Zuckerman and James Daly
Intermediate: Closed For The Season by Mary Downing Hahn
Tween: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2011
Picture Book: I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll illustrated by Howard McWilliam
Non-Fiction: BIg Cats: Hunters of the Night by Elaine Landau
Intermediate: The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman
Tween: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2010
Picture Book: Chester by Melanie Watt
Non-Fiction: Are You Quite Polite?: Silly Dilly Manners Songs by Alan Katz
Intermediate: Swindle by Gordon Korman
Tween: Schooled by Gordon Korman
2009
Picture Book: There Was a Coyote That Swallowed a Flea by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Gray
Non-Fiction: Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards
Intermediate: Deep and Dark and Dangerous: a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Tween: Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
2008
Teen Favorite: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Tween: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Intermediate: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Non-Fiction: Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy
Picture Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont

2007

TEEN: Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

INTERMEDIATE: Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng and

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

NON-FICTION: Geogra-Fleas! by Joan Holub

PICTURE BOOK: Pinduli by Janell Cannon

2006

PICTURE BOOK: My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

NON-FICTION BOOK: Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Peter and the Starcatchers by Berry/Pearson

TEEN BOOK: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

2005

PICTURE BOOK: Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

TEEN BOOK: The House of the Scorpions by Nancy Farmer

2004

PICTURE BOOK: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Word Eater by Mary Amato

TEEN BOOK: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

2003

PICTURE BOOK: The Water Hole by Graeme Base
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Babe & Me by Dan Gutman
TEEN BOOK: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

2002

PICTURE BOOK: Bark George by Jules Feiffer
INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
TEEN BOOK: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

2001

PICTURE BOOK: What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

TEEN BOOK: Holes by Louis Sacher

2000

PICTURE BOOK: Chocolatina by Erik Kraft

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

1999

PICTURE BOOK: Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Drive-By by Lynne Ewing

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine

1998

PICTURE BOOK: Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Harold Nolen

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse

1997

PICTURE BOOK: The Toll Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon

1996

PICTURE BOOK: Soft Child by Joe Hayes

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

1995

PICTURE BOOK: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Totally Disgusting by Bill Wallace

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: The Giver by Lois Lowry

1994

PICTURE BOOK: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

MIDDLE SCHOOL/YA BOOK: Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi

1993

PICTURE BOOK: The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

INTERMEDIATE BOOK: Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar

The award used to be biennial with only one winner

1989 The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

1987 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

1985 The Stupids Die by Harry Allard & James Marshall

1983 Superfudge by Judy Blume

1981 Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard & James Marshall

1979 How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

1977 Tales of a Forth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume