2019 BGHB Picture Book Award winners extras



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).

 

 

 

 

HONOR BOOKS


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

 

 


We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga written by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Frané Lessac (Charlesbridge) received a BGHB Picture Book Honor.

 

 


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.

 

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