The Lupine Award is a literary prize given annually by the Maine Library Association to a living author or illustrator. The prize can be given to a living illustrator or author who was born in or who resides in Maine for all or part of the year, or has created work with a characterization, plot, or setting that is focused on Maine. The prize has been awarded annually since 1993. Since 2005, separate prizes have been awarded, one to a picture book and the other to a juvenile or young adult book.Book About Monhegan Wins the Lupine Award, Portland Press Herald, 18 Apr 1996.
Beginning in 1989, the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association has been presenting the award. One winner and one honoree in two categories, picture book and juvenile/young adult, are given the award.
Juvenile/Young Adult Winners +YearWinnerHonorable Mentions2024A Game of Noctis by Deva FaganContinental Drifter by Kathy Macleod2023Hoops by Matt TavaresThe Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry20222021Down to Earth by Betty CulleyFranklin Endicott and the Third Key by Kate DiCamillo2020Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults) The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor IftinEcho Mountain by Lauren Wolk2019Searching for Lottie by Susan RossAmerican Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People who Shaped U.S. History by Lisa Trusiani, illustrated by Pau Morgan, Toby Newsome, Cecilia Puglesi2018The Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane MagrasWhat the Wind Can Tell You by Sarah Marie A. Jette2017Grit by Gillian FrenchWho Killed Darius Drake? by Rodman Philbrick2016Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White by Melissa SweetWrecked by Maria Padian2015Paper Things by Jennifer Richard JacobsonThe Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose2014Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman PhilbrickHalf a Chance by Cynthia Lord2013Out of Nowhere by Maria PadianThe Water Castle by Megan Frazer Blakemore2012The Good Braider by Terry FarishGiant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster by Mary M. Cerullo and Clyde F. E. Roper2011Small As an Elephant by Jennifer Richard JacobsonLost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness by Donn Fendler and Lynn Plourde, illustrator Ben Bishop2010Touch Blue by Cynthia LordHenry Aaron's Dream written and illustrated by Matt Tavares2009The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman PhilbrickStitches: A Memoir written and illustrated by David Small2008Season of Ice by Diane Les BecquetsBrett McCarthy: Work in Progress by Maria Padian2007Dragon's Egg by Sarah ThomsonRickshaw Girl by Matali Perkins, Illustrator Jamie Hogan2006Kristin's Wilderness: A Braided Trail by Garrett ConoverBerenice Abbott, Photographer; an Independent Vision by George Sullivan2005Stained by Jennifer Richard JacobsonStained by Jennifer Richard Jacobson2004The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip HooseLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt2003The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Linda S. WingerterA Camping Spree with Mr. Magee written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
Swan Harbor written and illustrated by Laura Rankin
Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England by Mary Morton Cowan2002Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria TestaBloody Jack by L. A Meyer
Just Ducky written and illustrated by Kathy Mallat
The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo illustrated by Marie Grand Pre2001Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware HolmesRacing the Past by Sis Deans
Turtle Splash by Cathryn Falwell
The Lobster War by Ethan Howland2000The Truth about Great White Sharks by Mary M. Cerullo, photographer Jeffery L. RotmanThe Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick1999Seal Island School by Susan Bartlett, illustrator Tricia TusaThe Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler Wild Child by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch1998Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Mary AzarianPainters of the Caves by Patricia Lauber1997Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky, illustrator Kevin HawkesCocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum, illustrated by Holly Meade1996Grandmother Bryant's Pocket by Jacquelie Briggs MartinNo Honorable Mention1995A Year on Monhegan Island by Julia DeanNight of the Pufflings written and photographed by Bruce McMillan To Hold this Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg by Susan Provost Beller1994Prize in the Snow by Bill Easterling, illustrator Mary Beth OwensNo Honorable Mention1993Wild Fox by Cherie Mason, illustrator Jo Ellen McAllister StammenNo Honorable Mention1992Sing to the Sun written and illustrated by Ashley BryanNo Honorable Mention1991Rosebud and Red Flannel by Ethel Pochocki, illustrator Mary Beth OwensNo Honorable Mention1990Hattie and the Wild Waves written and illustrated by Barbara CooneyNo Honorable Mention1989Brickyard Summer by Paul Janeczko No Honorable Mention
Picture Book Winners +YearWinnerHonorable Mentions2024Kende! Kende! Kende! by Kirsten Cappy and Yaya GentilleThe Tree of Life by Elisa Boxer2023The Lobster Lady Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs, illustrated by Jamie HoganOh, Chickadee! by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illustrated by Jamie Hogan20222021The First Blade of Sweetgrass Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy BakerThe Little Library by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas2020Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani JuanitaChowder Rules! The True Story of an Epic Food Fight by Anna Redding Crowley, illustrated by Vita Lane2019Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel MinterMaybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell, illustrated by Ana Ramirez González2018We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. HigginsThere's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes2017Red and Lulu by Matt TavaresBaabwaa and Wooliam by David Elliott, illustrated by Melissa Sweet2016Freedom Over Me by Ashley BryanHotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins2015Island Birthday by Eva Murray, illustrator Jamie HoganGrowing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares2014The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa SweetJubilee! One Man's Big, Bold and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace by Alicia Potter, illustrator Matt Tavares2013The Secret Pool by Kimberly Ridley, illustrator Rebekah RayeBrave Girl by Michelle Markel, illustrator Melissa Sweet2012Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport, illustrator Matt TavaresEggs 1 2 3: Who will the babies be? by Janet Halfmann, illustrator Betsy Thompson2011Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade written and illustrated by Melissa SweetSammy in the Sky by Barbara Walsh, illustrator Jamie Wyeth2010Many Hands: A Penobscott Indian Story by Angeli Perrow, illustrator Heather AustinA Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood, illustrator Laura Rankin2009The Circus Ship written and illustrated by Chris Van DusenThe Scallop Christmas by Jane Freeberg, illustrator Astrid Sheckels2008A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa SweetHow Mama Brought the Spring by Fran Manushkin, illustrator Holly Berry2007Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison, Illustrator Kevin HawkesSky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator, Illustrator Holly Meade2006For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane, illustrator Ana JuanMax's Words by Kate Banks, illustrator Boris Kulikov2005A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Form by Paul Janeczko, illustrator Chris RaschkaCarmine: A Little More Red written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
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