Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award

The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award is awarded by the Children's Services Round Table of the Missouri Library Association. This award is designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age.

2011 Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Nominees

	The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky
	When a mysterious sound sends the whole forest running away in fear, only the littlest rabbit is courageous enough to discover what really happened.

	If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberly
	Monsters sing their own version of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement.

	Birds by Kevin Henkes
	Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.

	Ready for Anything by Keiko Kasza
	Raccoon is nervous about all of the things that could spoil a picnic, from bees to dragons, until Duck convinces him that surprises can be fun.

	The Great Monster Hunt by Norbert Landa
	When Duck hears a noise under her bed and runs to fetch help, each animal that hears about it imagines a more dangerous beast in Duck's room.

	For Just One Day by Laura Leuck


	Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
	As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.

	Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli
	Tilly drives the other barnyard animals crazy with her silliness, but after gruffly telling her to stop, they discover that they miss her old ways.

	Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
	Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

	The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
	While all the other animals on the farm enjoy eating their regular food, the cow chooses to eat the one thing that she loves best.

Past Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Winners

	2010 - The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
	The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

2009 - Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug by Ed Emberley
Die-cut pages reveal the scary and mean parts of a bullybug as it prepares to attack some itty-bitty baby bugs, but a rescuer arrives on the scene before the bully can make good on its threats.

2008 - Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anne Dewdney
A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.

2007 -Move Over Rover by Karen Beaumont
When a storm comes, Rover expects to have his doghouse all to himself but finds that various other animals, including a skunk, come to join him.

2006 - I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.

2005 - Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear.

2004 - Bubble Bath Pirates! by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
When pirate mommy announces bath time, it is yo-ho-ho and to the bath we go for her little pirates.

2003 - The Little School Bus by Carol Roth, illustrated by Pamela Paparone
An assortment of animals, including a goat in a coat, a quick chick, and a hairy bear, ride the bus to and from school.

2002 - Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass& Philemon Sturges, and illustrated by Ashley Wolff
A raccoon tries to find out which of his animal friends stole the cookies.

2001 - Two Cool Coyotes by Jillian Lund
Frank the coyote is sad when his friend Angelina moves away, but then he finds a new friend when Larry moves into the den next door.

2000 - Bark George by Jules Feiffer
George is a dog, yet when his mother asks him to bark all he can do is produce various animal noises. George and the reader are in for quite a surprise when his mother takes him to the vet.

1999 - No David! by David Shannon
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.

1998 - Cock-A-Doodle-Moo by Bernard Most
When the rooster loses its voice and must ask the cow for help to wake everybody, the resulting sound provides a hearty laugh for the farmer and his animals.

1997 - Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter
While a young girl waits for the delivery of a hot pizza, she provides the appropriate animal sounds for a variety of pretend animal pizza deliverers.

1996 - Splash, Splash by Jeff Sheppard
All kinds of animals, from a bee to a frog, fall into the water, making their own distinctive noises as they get wet.