The Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books for early readers.
Name change
From 2012 to 2015 the award was appended with "up to age 7" and from 2016 to 2019 it was appended with "up to age 8". For the 2020 awards the age designation was dropped.
Winners and nominees
Year Title AuthorsPublisherResult2012Dragon Puncher Island Top Shelf ProductionsWinnerBeauty and the Squat Bears Yen PressNomineeBenjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking Candlewick Press/Toon BooksNursery Rhyme Comics (ed)First Second BooksPatrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic Candlewick Press/Toon Books2013Babymouse for President and Matthew HolmRandom HouseWinnerBenny and Penny in Lights OutCandlewick Press/Toon BooksNomineeKitty & Dino Yen Press/Hachette Book GroupMaya Makes a Mess Candlewick Press/Toon BooksZig and Wikki in The Cow and Trade LoefflerCandlewick Press/Toon Books2014Itty Bitty Hellboy and FrancoDark Horse ComicsWinnerBenjamin Bear in Bright IdeasToon BooksNominee Toon BooksOdd Duck and Sara VaronFirst Second BooksOtto's Backwards Day with Jay LynchToon Books2015 and Aron Nels SteinkeFirst Second BooksWinnerBirdCatDog and Meritxell BoschLerner Publishing Group/Graphic UniverseNominee Koyama PressHello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration in 40 Stories and Elizabeth Kawasaki (eds)Viz MediaMermin, Book 3: Deep Dives Oni Press2016Little Robot First Second BooksWinnerAnna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion and Alexis DormalFirst Second BooksNominee GuojingSchwartz & WadeSheHeWe and Meritxell BoschLerner Publishing Group/Graphic UniverseWritten and Drawn by Henrietta Toon Books2017Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea Tundra BooksWinnerApe and Armadillo Take Over the World Toon BooksNomineeBurt's Way Home Koyama Press Abrams BooksI'm Grumpy and Matthew HolmRandom House2018Good Night, Planet LiniersToon BooksWinnerAdele in Sand Land, trans. by Skeeter Grant and Françoise MoulyToon BooksNomineeArthur and the Golden Rope Flying Eye Books/Nobrow PressEggGreenwillow BooksLittle Tails in the Savannah and Federico Bertolucci, trans. by Mike KennedyLion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press2019Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream ComputerTop Shelf Productions/IDW PublishingWinnerPetalsKaBOOM!NomineePeter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths First Second BooksThis is a Taco! and Josh ShipleyCubHouse/Lion Forge ComicsTiger vs. Nightmare! First Second Books2020Comics: Easy as ABCToon BooksWinnerKitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur First Second Books/Macmillan PublishersNominee Hyperion Books Toon Books¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market Versify/Houghton Mifflin HarcourtWho Wet My Pants? and Zachariah OhoraLittle, Brown2021Our Little Kitchen Abrams Books for Young ReadersWinner and Joe Todd-StantonArchaia Entertainment/Boom! StudiosNomineeCat Kid Comic Club Scholastic GraphixDonut Feed the SquirrelsRandom House Graphic/Random House Children's BooksKodi Top Shelf ProductionsLift and Dan SantatLittle, Brown Young Readers2022Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie ChibisIDW PublishingWinnerJoin the Crow Crowd!HarperAlleyNomineeI Am Oprah Winfrey and Christopher Eliopoulos Dial Books for Young ReadersMonster FriendsRandom House GraphicTiny Tales: Shell QuestHarperAlley2023Union Square KidsWinnerBeneath The Trees: A Fine SummerDavMagnetic PressNomineeFox + Chick: Up and Down: and Other StoriesChronicle BooksGrumpy Monkey Who Threw That? and Max LangRandom House StudioHey, Bruce!: An Interactive BookDisney/Hyperion2024Bigfoot and Nessie: The Art of Getting NoticedChelsea M. Campbell and Laura KnetzgerPenguin WorkshopWinnerBurt the Beetle Lives Here!Ashley SpiresKids Can PressNomineeGo-Go GuysRowboat WatkinsChronicle BooksThe Light InsideDan MisdeaPenguin WorkshopMilk and Mocha: Our Little HappinessMelani SieAndrews McMeelTacos Today: El Toro & FriendsRaúl the ThirdVersify2025Hilda and Twig Hide from the RainLuke PearsonFlying EyeWinnerBog MyrtleSid SharpAnnick PressNomineeClub MicrobeElise Gravel, Montana KaneDrawn & QuarterlyNight StoriesLiniersAstra BooksPoetry ComicsGrant SniderChronicle Books2026 All The Hulk Feels Dan Santat Abrams Fanfare/Marvel Winner The Faraway Forest: Wally's RouteDebbie FongChronicle BooksNomineeThe Fire-Breathing DucklingFrank CammusoTOON BooksNight LightMichael EmberleyHoliday HouseSteve, A Rare EggKelly CollierKids Can Press
References
External links Eisner Award on the comic-con web page