Blue Hen Book Award
Previous Blue Hen Book Award Winners!
Year Book Author
1996 Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen Harold
1997 Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
1998 No Award
1999 Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
2000 Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
2001  Picture Book Winner: 
Hooway for Wodney Wat
by Helen Lester
2001 Chapter Book Winner: 
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 
by J. K. Rowling
2002 Picture Book Winner: 
Dogs' Night
by Meredith Hooper
2002 Chapter Book Winner: 
Because of Winn Dixie
By Kate DiCamillo
2003 Picture Book Winner: 
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog 
by Cynthia Rylant
2003 Chapter Book Winner: 
Artemis Fowl 
by Eoin Colfer
2004 Picture Book Winner: 
New York's Bravest
by Mary Pope Osborne
2004 Chapter Book Winner: 
Girl in a Cage
by Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
2005 Picture Book Winner: 
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
by Michael Garland
2005 Chapter Book Winner: 
Tale of Despereaux, Being the story of a Mouse, a Princess, some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo
2005 Teen Book Winner: 
Second Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares
2006 Picture Book Winner: 
 Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef
by Marianne Berkes
2006 Chapter Book Winner: 
The Report Card
by Andrew Clements
2006 Teen Book Winner: 
Contents Under Pressure
by Lara Zeises
2007 Picture Book Winner:
Space Station Mars
by Daniel San Souci 
2007 Chapter Book Winner:
Project Mulberry
by Linda Sue Park
2007 Teen Book Winner:
Flush
by Carl Hiaasen
2008 Picture Book Winner:
Library Lion
By Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
2008 Chapter Book Winner:
Clementine
By Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
2008 Teen Book Winner:
Saint Iggy
by K. L. Going
2009 Picture Book Winner:
Ivan the Terrier
by Peter Catalanotto
2009 Chapter Book Winner:
No Talking
by Andrew Clements
2009 Teen Book Winner:
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
by Gabrielle Zevin