(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award Winners

The Geisel Award is given to books that are nominated as the "most distinguished" for beginning readers. The first award was given in the year 2006.

These titles are available throughout the Sussex County Library System, and each title will display which library has them and their availability. This list will be updated as new titles are added to the collection.

Please keep in mind that some of these titles will have multiple entries within the catalogue. If the copy clicked on through the list here is not available, try to type the title into the search bar and see if other editions will appear within the system.

They are listed in alphabetical order by the title of the book.

Updated April 16, 2026
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Benny and Penny in the big no-no! a Toon book
Hayes, Geoffrey
Paper Book
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner "A perfect example of a graphic novel designed just for young readers...Children will connect with the realistic dialogue and page-turning appeal of the story. They will be thrilled to enter the world of graphic novels."--American Library...
Bink & Gollie
DiCamillo, Kate.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! Winner of the 2011 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award! In a brilliant collaboration, best-selling authors Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, along with acclaimed illustrator Tony Fucile, introduce an outrageously funny pair of friends. Meet...
Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas : the twenty-sixth book of their adventures
Rylant, Cynthia.
Paper Book
Since its creation in 1987, the Henry and Mudge series has grown into one of the most beloved and acclaimed beginning-reading series ever. With more than two million copies sold, the American Library Association, the Library of Congress, Parents' Choice, The Horn Book Magazine, the...
There is a bird on your head!
Willems, Mo.
Paper Book
Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so...
You are (not) small
Kang, Anna
Paper Book
Winner of the 2015 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all! The simple text of Anna Kang and bold illustrations of New Yorker cartoonist...

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