Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers checklist
Every Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers book on our site, newest first. Print it and tick off the ones you have read.
| Read | Year | Title | By | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | All The Hulk Feels | Dan Santat | Winner | |
| 2026 | Night Light | Michael Emberley | Nominee | |
| 2026 | Steve, A Rare Egg | Kelly Collier | Nominee | |
| 2026 | The Faraway Forest: Wally's Route | Debbie Fong | Nominee | |
| 2026 | The Fire-Breathing Duckling | Frank Cammuso | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Hilda and Twig Hide from the Rain | Luke Pearson | Winner | |
| 2025 | Bog Myrtle | Sid Sharp | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Club Microbe | Elise Gravel, Montana Kane | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Night Stories | Liniers | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Poetry Comics | Grant Snider | Nominee | |
| 2024 | Bigfoot and Nessie: The Art of Getting Noticed | Chelsea M. Campbell and Laura Knetzger | Winner | |
| 2024 | Burt the Beetle Lives Here! | Ashley Spires | Nominee | |
| 2024 | Go-Go Guys | Rowboat Watkins | Nominee | |
| 2024 | Milk and Mocha: Our Little Happiness | Melani Sie | Nominee | |
| 2024 | Tacos Today: El Toro & Friends | Raúl the Third | Nominee | |
| 2024 | The Light Inside | Dan Misdea | Nominee | |
| 2023 | The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! | Mo Willems | Winner | |
| 2023 | Beneath The Trees: A Fine Summer | Dav | Nominee | |
| 2023 | Fox + Chick: Up and Down: and Other Stories | Sergio Ruzzier | Nominee | |
| 2023 | Grumpy Monkey Who Threw That? | Suzanne Lang and Max Lang | Nominee | |
| 2023 | Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book | Ryan T. Higgins | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis | Julie and Stan Sakai | Winner | |
| 2022 | I Am Oprah Winfrey | Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Join the Crow Crowd! | Elise Gravel | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Monster Friends | Kaeti Vandorn | Nominee | |
| 2022 | Tiny Tales: Shell Quest | Steph Waldo | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Our Little Kitchen | Jillian Tamaki | Winner | |
| 2021 | Bear | Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Cat Kid Comic Club | Dav Pilkey | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Donut Feed the Squirrels | Mika Song | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Kodi | Jared Cullum | Nominee | |
| 2021 | Lift | Minh Lê and Dan Santat | Nominee | |
| 2020 | Comics: Easy as ABC | Ivan Brunetti | Winner | |
| 2020 | A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse | Frank Viva | Nominee | |
| 2020 | Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur | John Patrick Green | Nominee | |
| 2020 | The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! | Mo Willems | Nominee | |
| 2020 | Who Wet My Pants? | Bob Shea and Zachariah Ohora | Nominee | |
| 2020 | ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market | Raúl the Third | Nominee | |
| 2019 | Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer | James Kochalka | Winner | |
| 2019 | Petals | Gustavo Borges | Nominee | |
| 2019 | Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths | Graham Annable | Nominee | |
| 2019 | This is a Taco! | Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley | Nominee | |
| 2019 | Tiger vs. Nightmare! | Emily Tetri | Nominee | |
| 2018 | Good Night, Planet | Liniers | Winner | |
| 2018 | Adele in Sand Land | Claude Ponti | Nominee | |
| 2018 | Arthur and the Golden Rope | Joe Todd-Stanton | Nominee | |
| 2018 | Egg | Kevin Henkes | Nominee | |
| 2018 | Little Tails in the Savannah | Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci | Nominee | |
| 2017 | Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea | Ben Clanton | Winner | |
| 2017 | Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World | James Sturm | Nominee | |
| 2017 | Burt's Way Home | John Martz | Nominee | |
| 2017 | I'm Grumpy | Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm | Nominee | |
| 2017 | The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! | Chris Schweizer | Nominee | |
| 2016 | Little Robot | Ben Hatke | Winner | |
| 2016 | Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion | Dominque Roques and Alexis Dormal | Nominee | |
| 2016 | SheHeWe | Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch | Nominee | |
| 2016 | The Only Child | Guojing | Nominee | |
| 2016 | Written and Drawn by Henrietta | Liniers | Nominee | |
| 2015 | The Zoo Box | Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke | Winner | |
| 2015 | A Cat Named Tim And Other Stories | John Martz | Nominee | |
| 2015 | BirdCatDog | Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch | Nominee | |
| 2015 | Hello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration in 40 Stories | Traci N. Todd and Elizabeth Kawasaki | Nominee | |
| 2015 | Mermin, Book 3: Deep Dives | Joey Weiser | Nominee | |
| 2014 | Itty Bitty Hellboy | Art Baltazar and Franco | Winner | |
| 2014 | Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas | Philippe Coudray | Nominee | |
| 2014 | Odd Duck | Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon | Nominee | |
| 2014 | Otto's Backwards Day | Frank Cammuso with Jay Lynch | Nominee | |
| 2014 | The Big Wet Balloon | Liniers | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Babymouse for President | Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm | Winner | |
| 2013 | Benny and Penny in Lights Out | Geoffrey Hayes | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Kitty & Dino | Sara Richard | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Maya Makes a Mess | Rutu Modan | Nominee | |
| 2013 | Zig and Wikki in The Cow | Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Dragon Puncher Island | James Kochalka | Winner | |
| 2012 | Beauty and the Squat Bears | Émile Bravo | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking | Philippe Coudray | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Nursery Rhyme Comics | Chris Duffy | Nominee | |
| 2012 | Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic | Geoffrey Hayes | Nominee |
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