Parents' Choice Book Award

Given by Parents' Choice Foundation

755 Works 290,240 Books 17,128 Reviews 4.1
(1978–2022)


The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, show more and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and had been described by the Cincinnati Enquirer as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.




The Parents' Choice Awards were established in 1978 by Diana Huss Green, who was then the president of the Parents' Choice Foundation. The award recipients were determined by a committee of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and children. One of six award commendations were given to award winners: Classic, Gold, Silver, Recommended, Approved or "Fun Stuff."
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WorkCategoryYear
Booked by Kwame Alexander
2016
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
2016
Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson
2016
Tupelo Honey by Lis Anna-Langston
2016
Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt
2016
A Beetle Is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston
2016
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
2016
Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb [YA] by Neal Bascomb
2016
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
2016
Hannah and Sugar by Kate Berube
2016
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
2016
Motor Miles by John Burningham
2016
Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman
2016
Guess Who, Haiku by Deanna Caswell
2016
Lucy by Randy Cecil
2016
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome
2016
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
2016
Daddies Are Awesome by Meredith Costain
2016
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau
2016
Bloom by Doreen Cronin
2016
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
2016
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? by Kate DiCamillo
2016
Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman
2016
The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber
2016
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan
2016
The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship in World War I by Michael Foreman
2016
Ancient and Epic Tales: From Around the World by Heather Forest
2016
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman
2016
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching by Laura Gehl
2016
American Girl Cooking: Recipes for Delicious Snacks, Meals & More by Nicole Hill Gerulat
2016
The Forest Feast for Kids: Colorful Vegetarian Recipes That Are Simple to Make by Erin Gleeson
2016
Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
2016
The Princess and the Giant by Caryl Hart
2016
100 events that made history : memorable moments that shaped the modern world by Clare Hibbert
2016
The Big Monster Snorey Book by Leigh Hodgkinson
2016
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
2016
Flora and the Peacocks by Molly Idle
2016
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
2016
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
2016
The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
2016
Saving Wonder by Mary Knight
2016
Moletown by Torben Kuhlmann
2016
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee
2016
Swap! by Steve Light
2016
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
2016
SHOUT: A LOUD AND LIVELY BOOK SHOWCASING THE TALENTS, THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND VOICES OF KIDS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY "ABLE." by Pat Loewi
2016
Otters Love to Play by Jonathan London
2016
How Machines Work: Zoo Break! by David Macaulay
2016
The Sandwich Thief by André Marois
2016
Wandmaker by Ed Masessa
2016
Everyone by Christopher Silas Neal
2016
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
2016
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill
2016
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
2016
The Best Man by Richard Peck
2016
Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express by Holly Robinson Peete
2016
Be a Better Writer: For School, For Fun, For Anyone Ages 10-15 (The Be a Better Writer Series) by Steve Peha
2016
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
2016
Framed! by James Ponti
2016
Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson
2016
This Is Not a Picture Book! by Sergio Ruzzier
2016
The White House: A Pop-Up of Our Nation's Home by Robert Sabuda
2016
Once Was a Time by Leila Sales
2016
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
2016
Rescued by Eliot Schrefer
2016
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
2016
The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman
2016
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade
2016
Welcome to the Symphony: A Musical Exploration of the Orchestra Using Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 by Carolyn Sloan
2016
"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?" (All the Wrong Questions) by Lemony Snicket
2016
Everland by Wendy Spinale
2016
Cody and the Mysteries of the Universe by Tricia Springstubb
2016
Lenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead
2016
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
2016
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
2016
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh
2016
BroBots by J. Torres
2016
Oyster War by Ben Towle
2016
The Water Princess by Susan Verde
2016
Teddy & Co. by Cynthia Voigt
2016
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace
2016
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
2016
Cleared for Takeoff: The Ultimate Book of Flight by Rowland White
2016
The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children by Angela Wilkes
2016
Teenagers & Parents : 12 Steps to a Better Relationship by McIntire W., Roger
2016
Hundred Percent by Karen Romano Young
2016
Child of Spring by Farhana Zia
2016
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
2015
Telephone by Mac Barnett
2015
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton
2015
Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama by Hester Bass
2015
Brother Hugo and the Bear by Katy Beebe
2015
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2015
By Trolley Past Thimbledon Bridge by Ashley Bryan
2015
Random Body Parts: Gross Anatomy Riddles in Verse by Leslie Bulion
2015
A Disquisition on Government and Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States by John C. Calhoun
2015
Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper
2015
Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman
2015
The New Small Person by Lauren Child
2015
Pom-pom Pals: Farm by Laura Clempson
2015
Pom-pom Pals: Pets by Laura Clempson
2015
Star Wars Crochet (Crochet Kits) by Lucy Collin
2015
The Cottage in the Woods by Katherine Coville
2015
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies
2015
The Sheep Go on Strike by Jean-Francois Dumont
2015
Home by Carson Ellis
2015
Some Kind of Magic (Neighborhood Novels) by Adrian Fogelin
2015
By Mouse and Frog by Deborah Freedman
2015
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove
2015
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
2015
Down By the Barn by Will Hillenbrand
2015
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects by Paul B. Janeczko
2015
You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang
2015
One Thing Stolen by Beth Kephart
2015
The ''Perfect'' Parent: 5 Tools for Using Your Inner Perfection to Connect with Your Kids by Roma Khetarpal
2015
Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry by Vern Kousky
2015
Pig and Small by Alex Latimer
2015
Toad Weather by Sandra Markle
2015
How to Read a Story by Kate Messner
2015
Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa Newman
2015
The Water and the Wild by K. E. Ormsbee
2015
Peanuts Crochet (Crochet Kits) by Kristen Rask
2015
The Maine Coon's Haiku and Other Poems for Cat Lovers by Michael J. Rosen
2015
Welcome to the Neighborwood by Shawn Sheehy
2015
Smithsonian Everything You Need to Know: Grades 2-3 by Ruth Strother
2015
Smithsonian Everything You Need to Know: Grades K-1 by Ruth Strother
2015
Smithsonian Young Explorers: 50 States by Ruth Strother
2015
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor
2015
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson
2015
Reality Shock! (Ripley's Believe It Or Not!) by Geoff Tibballs
2015
This is the Greatest Place!: The Forbidden City and the World of Small Animals by Brian Tse
2015
The Missing Pieces of Me by Jean Van Leeuwen
2015
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
2015
The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
2014
Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures by Heather Alexander
2014
A Pet for Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
2014
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
2014
Lost Girl Found by Leah Bassoff
2014
When We Go Walking by Cari Best
2014
The Soccer Fence: A story of friendship, hope, and apartheid in South Africa by Phil Bildner
2014
History Year by Year: The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age by Peter Chrisp
2014
Florence Nightingale by Demi
2014
Numbers (TouchThinkLearn) by Xavier Deneux
2014
Superworm by Julia Donaldson
2014
Free Association, Where My Mind Goes During Science Class (A Story About Attention. Distraction, and Creativity) (ADDitude Magazine Top 10 ADHD Books ... (The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses) by Barbara Esham
2014
Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days by Michael Oren Fitzgerald
2014
Friends of Liberty by Beatrice Gormley
2014
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall
2014
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Really Nice Gnome by Bill Harley
2014
Mighty Dads by Joan Holub
2014
Sally Goes to Heaven by Stephen Huneck
2014
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko
2014
The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Gareth Jones
2014
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Paul Kelly
2014
Going Over by Beth Kephart
2014
The Swift Boys & Me by Kody Keplinger
2014
A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley
2014
Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann
2014
Gazpacho for Nacho by Tracey C. Kyle
2014
Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs by Kirby Larson
2014
Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light
2014
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
2014
Always Emily by Michaela MacColl
2014
Two Speckled Eggs by Jennifer K. Mann
2014
Wanderville by Wendy McClure
2014
Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth
2014
Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done by Stephan Pastis
2014
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick
2014
Jim Curious: A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea in 3-D Vision by Matthias Picard
2014
Clara and Davie by Patricia Polacco
2014
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
2014
West of the Moon by Margi Preus
2014
Knowledge Encyclopedia: The World as You've Never Seen It Before by DK
2014
The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra: The Sound of Joy Is Enlightening by Chris Raschka
2014
Under the Same Sun by Sharon Robinson
2014
The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff
2014
The War within These Walls by Aline Sax
2014
Flatland by David Sayre
2014
Threatened by Eliot Schrefer
2014
EIEIO: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help From a Hen by Judy Sierra
2014
The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
2014
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
2014
The Odd One Out by Britta Teckentrup
2014
Fossil by Bill Thomson
2014
Three boys on an electrical boat by J. T. Trowbridge
2014
Heads Up Psychology by Marcus Weeks
2014
Stella's Starliner by Rosemary Wells
2014
Revolution by Deborah Wiles
2014
Outside the Box: A Book of Poems by Karma Wilson
2014
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
2013
Finding Zasha by Randi Barrow
2013
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb
2013
America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
2013
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
2013
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty
2013
Night Light by Nicholas Blechman
2013
I Dare You Not to Yawn by Helene Boudreau
2013
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne
2013
Marc Brown's Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together by Marc Brown
2013
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
2013
Can't Scare Me! by Ashley Bryan
2013
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant
2013
Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg
2013
Bismarck; Some Secret Pages of his History; by Moritz Busch
2013
World War II (Scholastic Discover More) by Sean Callery
2013
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette Leblanc Cate
2013
Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet by Andrea Cheng
2013
I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen
2013
Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins
2013
The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable
2013
Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
2013
Peck, Peck, Peck by Lucy Cousins
2013
Parched by Melanie Crowder
2013
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint
2013
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
2013
Cool Kids Cook: Louisiana by Eliana
2013
The Ugly One by Leanne Statland Ellis
2013
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Rebecca Emberley
2013
Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle
2013
Oh, No! by Candace Fleming
2013
Locomotive by Brian Floca
2013
The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein
2013
The Path of Names by Ari Goelman
2013
A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
2013
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
2013
Jack Templar Monster Hunter by Jeff Gunhus
2013
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley
2013
Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington
2013
Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child by Jessie Hartland
2013
The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman
2013
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny--Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath
2013
Andrew Jenks: My Adventures As a Young Filmmaker by Andrew Jenks
2013
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
2013
Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
2013
You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey
2013
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World by Martin Luther King, Jr.
2013
The Lost Kingdom by Matthew J. Kirby
2013
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Niall Kishtainy
2013
The Hypnotists: Book 1 by Gordon Korman
2013
Freaks by Kieran Larwood
2013
Lion vs Rabbit by Alex Latimer
2013
The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley
2013
The King of Little Things by Bil Lepp
2013
Lisa Loeb's Songs for Movin' and Shakin': The Air Band Song and Other Toe-Tapping Tunes by Lisa Loeb
2013
Mother & Son Kitchen Book Club: Stories and Recipes for Hungry Minds by Theresa Luu
2013
Henry's Hand by Ross Macdonald
2013
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel
2013
What If You Had Animal Teeth? by Sandra Markle
2013
Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass
2013
Itch by Simon Mayo
2013
How to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure
2013
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
2013
Art of McSweeney's by McSweeney's
2013
Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore
2013
Felix and Ella's Vacation (Board and Activity Book) by L de Mouy
2013
leaves of Life by E. Nesbit
2013
The Big Bad Wolf Goes on Vacation by Delphine Perret
2013
Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers by Dav Pilkey
2013
The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
2013
Dig In! by April Jones Prince
2013
Dive In! by April Jones Prince
2013
Poetry for Young People: African American Poetry by Arnold Rampersad
2013
Daisy Gets Lost by Chris Raschka
2013
How to Babysit a Grandpa by Jean Reagan
2013
Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide by Martin J. Rees
2013
Ding Dong! Gorilla! by Michelle Robinson
2013
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
2013
Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People by Susan Goldman Rubin
2013
The Other Side of Free by Krista Russell
2013
The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
2013
Bugs in My Hair! by David Shannon
2013
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
2013
Claude in the City by Alex T. Smith
2013
"When Did You See Her Last?" (All the Wrong Questions) by Lemony Snicket
2013
The Dark by Lemony Snicket
2013
Phoebe and Digger by Tricia Springstubb
2013
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
2013
Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale
2013
Romeo Blue by Phoebe Stone
2013
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
2013
The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy by James L. Swanson
2013
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis
2013
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
2013
Dare to Look! (Ripley's Believe It Or Not!) (ANNUAL) by Geoff Tibballs
2013
A Long Way Away by Frank Viva
2013
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
2013
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery by Margaret Weitekamp
2013
The Treasure of Way Down Deep by Ruth White
2013
Pug: And Other Animal Poems by Valerie Worth
2013
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad? by Jane Yolen
2013
Garden of My Imaan by Farhana Zia
2013
Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger
2012
Scholastic Discover More: Planets by Penelope Arlon
2012
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim
2012
The Moon Over High Street by Natalie Babbitt
2012
Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill
2012
Bailey at the Museum by Harry Bliss
2012
Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf by Olivia Bouler
2012
Alek: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff
2012
The Universe of Fair by Leslie Bulion
2012
Summer of the Wolves by Polly Carlson-Voiles
2012
Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George by Lesa Cline-Ransome
2012
Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close
2012
Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole
2012
Picture My Day by Severine Cordier
2012
Chirchir Is Singing by Kelly Cunnane
2012
Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta
2012
Pick Up Your Pen: The Art of Handwriting by Monica Dengo
2012
Bink and Gollie: Two for One by Kate DiCamillo
2012
Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson
2012
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
2012
All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep by Crescent Dragonwagon
2012
The Revenant by Sonia Gensler
2012
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery by Cynthia Grady
2012
Riding In My Car by Woody Guthrie
2012
Lost and Found by Bill Harley
2012
Just Grace and the Flower Girl Power (The Just Grace Series) by Charise Mericle Harper
2012
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
2012
Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart by Mary Ann Hoberman
2012
The Last Dogs: The Vanishing by Christopher Holt
2012
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
2012
Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
2012
Same Sun Here by Silas House
2012
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
2012
The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
2012
Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities by Mike Jung
2012
Neville by Norton Juster
2012
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan
2012
Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure by Daniel Kirk
2012
Life-Size Farm by Teruyuki Komiya
2012
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
2012
Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets by Kathleen Krull
2012
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson
2012
If You Were a Chocolate Mustache by J. Patrick Lewis
2012
Sweet Dreams by Rose A. Lewis
2012
The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination by Daniel Lipkowitz
2012
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox: The Great Pancake Adventure by Matthew Luckhurst
2012
Better Than You by Trudy Ludwig
2012
The Frank Show by David Mackintosh
2012
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure by Wynton Marsalis
2012
Never Forgotten (Junior Library Guild Selection) by Patricia C. Mckissack
2012
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
2012
Twice as Good: The story of William Powell and Clearview, the only golf course designed, built, and owned by an African-American by Richard Michelson
2012
Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy
2012
Animals and Their Families by Barbara Nascimbeni
2012
Glamorous Glasses by Barbara Johansen Newman
2012
The People of Twelve Thousand Winters by Trinka Hakes Noble
2012
On the Road to Mr. Mineo's by Barbara O'Connor
2012
Red Thread Sisters by Carol Antoinette Peacock
2012
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers by Dav Pilkey
2012
Splat Art: Blops and Dribbles in Need of Your Scribbles by Andrew Pinder
2012
Bear in Love by Daniel Pinkwater
2012
Doodlepedia by DK
2012
Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-up Adventure by Matthew Reinhart
2012
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
2012
How?: The Most Awesome Question and Answer Book About Nature, Animals, People, Places - and You! by Catherine Ripley
2012
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin
2012
The Camping Trip that Changed America by Barb Rosenstock
2012
Wumbers by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
2012
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
2012
Andrew Drew and Drew by Barney Saltzberg
2012
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin W. Sandler
2012
Illusionology by Albert Schafer
2012
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
2012
The Warlock by Michael Scott
2012
Jangles: A Big Fish Story by David Shannon
2012
ZooZical by Judy Sierra
2012
The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth by Anita Silvey
2012
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
2012
Every Day's a Dog's Day: A Year in Poems by Marilyn Singer
2012
Zayde comes to live by Sheri Sinykin
2012
Find a Cow Now! by Janet Stevens
2012
A Place for Bats by Melissa Stewart
2012
Orchards by Holly Thompson
2012
The Lily Pond by Annika Thor
2012
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit by Chris Van Dusen
2012
Surviving the Hindenburg by Larry Verstraete
2012
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker
2012
Red, White, and Boom! by Lee Wardlaw
2012
Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts
2012
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner
2012
Listen to My Trumpet! by Mo Willems
2012
Born and Bred in the Great Depression by Jonah Winter
2012
It's Duffy Time! by Audrey Wood
2012
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
2012
123 Si! a Numbers Book in English and Spanish
2012
Super Science: Feel the Force!: Full of Pop-Up Physics Fun by Tom Adams
2011
My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee
2011
Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro by Amy Axelrod
2011
Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
2011
Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
2011
Bailey by Harry Bliss
2011
My Beastly Book of Hilarious Heroes: 150 Ways to Doodle, Scribble, Color and Draw by Vincent Boudgourd
2011
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown
2011
At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems by Leslie Bulion
2011
Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Eric Carle
2011
Floors by Patrick Carman
2011
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
2011
Amazing Pop-Up Trucks by Robert Crowther
2011
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
2011
My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales: 150 Ways to Doodle, Scribble, Color and Draw by Berengere Delaporte
2011
Phantoms In The Snow by Kathleen Benner Duble
2011
My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer
2011
The Midnight Tunnel: A Suzanna Snow Mystery by Angie Frazier
2011
Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith
2011
Ice by Arthur Geisert
2011
Dear Hot Dog by Mordicai Gerstein
2011
Flanimals Pop-Up by Ricky Gervais
2011
Eona by Alison Goodman
2011
Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich
2011
The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont by Victoria Griffith
2011
My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed by Peter Hannan
2011
Charlie Russell : tale-telling cowboy artist by Lois V. Harris
2011
The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
2011
Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
2011
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
2011
Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
2011
The Crows of Pearblossom by Aldous Huxley
2011
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
2011
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
2011
This Girl Is Different by J. J. Johnson
2011
The Pet Shop Revolution by Ana Juan
2011
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
2011
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
2011
The Loser List by H. N. Kowitt
2011
Big Wig: A Little History of Hair by Kathleen Krull
2011
My Book Of Numbers 1-30 (Kumon Workbooks) by Kumon
2011
My First Book Of Mazes by Kumon
2011
My First Book Of Uppercase Letters (Kumon Workbooks) by Kumon
2011
Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School by David Mackintosh
2011
Your Moon, My Moon: A Grandmother's Words to a Faraway Child by Patricia MacLachlan
2011
I Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo
2011
13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
2011
To Market, to Market by Nikki McClure
2011
Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India by Gerald McDermott
2011
Me . . . Jane by Patrick McDonnell
2011
Waddles by David McPhail
2011
Happy 100th Day by Susan Milord
2011
Making Mummies, Shrinking Heads: And Other Useful Skills (Klutz) by Pat Murphy
2011
Aesop's Fables by Beverley Naidoo
2011
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
2011
Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls
2011
Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers by Pendred Noyce
2011
Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry
2011
The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson
2011
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak Ph.D.
2011
With the Might of Angels: the Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson by Andrea Davis Pinkney
2011
Star Gazer by Chris Platt
2011
Africa Sticker Collection by Putumayo Kids
2011
Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
2011
Seriously, Norman! by Chris Raschka
2011
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
2011
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons and Monsters Pop-Up by Matthew Reinhart
2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
2011
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan Long Shang
2011
I'm Not. by Pam Smallcomb
2011
Now It Is Summer by Eileen Spinelli
2011
The Pasta Detectives by Andreas Steinhöfel
2011
Bring on the Birds by Susan Stockdale
2011
Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan (Lost and Found Omnibus) by Shaun Tan
2011
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh
2011
The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter by Kristen Tracy
2011
Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt
2011
The Queen of France by Tim Wadham
2011
Star Wars: Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log by Daniel Wallace
2011
The Usborne Book of Drawing, Doodling and Coloring by Fiona Watt
2011
Six Days by Philip Webb
2011
The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
2011
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China by Ed Young
2011
A Pet for Miss Wright by Judy Young
2011
The Sandwich Swap by Rania Al Abdullah
2010
Odetta: The Queen of Folk by Stephen Alcorn
2010
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
2010
Split by Swati Avasthi
2010
The Danger Box by Blue Balliett
2010
Let's Save the Animals: A flip the flap book by Frances Barry
2010
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
2010
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia
2010
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
2010
The Klutz Book of Brilliantly Ridiculous Inventions by Brendan Boyle
2010
Gumption! by Elise Broach
2010
Good Fortune by Noni Carter
2010
Eebee's Mix & Mash: Adventures in the Kitchen for Baby & You by Inc. Every Baby Company
2010
Jake by Audrey Couloumbis
2010
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
2010
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
2010
Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan
2010
If You're A Monster And You Know It by Ed Emberley
2010
To Come and Go Like Magic by Katie Pickard Fawcett
2010
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming
2010
The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming
2010
What's Science All About? by Alex Frith
2010
The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Newton Fusco
2010

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(1978–2022)

The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and had been described by the Cincinnati Enquirer as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.


The Parents' Choice Awards were established in 1978 by Diana Huss Green, who was then the president of the Parents' Choice Foundation. The award recipients were determined by a committee of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and children. One of six award commendations were given to award winners: Classic, Gold, Silver, Recommended, Approved or "Fun Stuff."

(English, Wikipedia)
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents%27_Choice_Award
(659), +4 to BN.com's listing (655). To be reconciled. (English, Member-written)

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