Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., announced the 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners on May 29th, 2019, at School Library Journal's Day of Dialog in New York City. You can watch the announcement video here and read the press release here.

Read reviews of all of the 2019 Picture Book winners here; see below for more web extras about them.

WINNER

The 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Award winner is The Patchwork Bike written by Maxine Beneba Clarke; illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd (Candlewick).

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• Five questions for Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van Thanh Rudd on The Patchwork Bike (June 2019 Horn Book Herald)
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• "2019 CaldeNotts" by Thom Barthelmess (Calling Caldecott)
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HONOR BOOKS

Dreamers written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House) received a BGHB Picture Book Honor.

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• Yuyi Morales Talks with Roger about Dreamers (August 2018)
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• May/June 2018 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: Making a Difference, with original cover art by Yuyi Morales
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• Dreamers post by Julie Danielson at Calling Caldecott
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• And the winner of the 2019 Calling Caldecott mock vote is…
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• Illustrator Yuyi Morales’s 2016 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech for Thunder Boy Jr.
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga written by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Frané Lessac (Charlesbridge) received a BGHB Picture Book Honor.

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• Five questions for Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac on We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
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• We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga post by Alia Jones at Calling Caldecott
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From the June 2019 issue of The Horn Book Herald. Click here for a list of past BGHB winners and honorees. For book reviews, acceptance speeches, and more, click on the tags Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards or BGHB19.