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