2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award – Picture Book Text Winner and Nominees

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Margarita Engle

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Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise

Sean Taylor

Last Stop on Market Street

Matt De La Pena

The New Small Person

Lauren Child

When Otis Courted Mama

Kathi Appelt

A Poem in Your Pocket

Margaret McNamara

Goodnight, Good Dog

Mary Lyn Ray

How the Sun Got to Coco’s House

Bob Graham

Mama’s Nightingale

Edwidge Danticat

Maya’s Blanket

Monica Brown

Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats

Alicia Potter

Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook

Anne Vittur Kennedy

Waiting

Kevin Henkes

When Sophie’s Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt

Molly Bang