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.
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2013 Winner
by Herve Tullet
Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to create imaginative images.
2013 Missouri Building Block Award Nominees
by Michael Ian Black Illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imagination.
by Jef Czekaj Illustrated by Jef Czekaj
Important secrets about how best to live a cat's life will be revealed only to those who can prove that they are genuine cats.
by Ken Geist Illustrated by Henry Cole
Illustrations and simple rhyming text introduce six pairs of animal twins, that moo, hop, swing, swim, flap, and hoot their way through the day.
by Chris Haughton Illustrated by Chris Haughton
George finds it hard to be a good dog when there are cats to chase, flowers to dig up, and a delicious cake sitting on the kitchen table.
by David LaRochelle Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard
A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.
by Lola Schaefer Illustrated by Jessica Meserve
An energetic and imaginative boy becomes a big brother.
by Janet Stevens
Tired of hearing Dog yipping at chairs and trying to round up rugs, Bird tells him to go to the country to find a cow, but this is one cattle dog who does not know a cow when he sees one.
by Jan Thomas Illustrated by Jan Thomas
Brave Cowboy tries to sing his young calf pals to sleep on a dark, dark night, with humorous results.
by Mo Willems Illustrated by Mo Willems
Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.
by Eric Litwin Illustrated by James Dean
Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.
