Lupine Award

Given by Youth Services Section Interest Group, Maine Library Association

Other Names: Maine Library Association Lupine Award
103 Works 37,366 Books 2,146 Reviews 4.1


Since 1989 the Lupine Award has been presented annually by the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association.

The Lupine Award is designed to honor a living author or show more illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown through the work’s characterization, plot or setting. An author or illustrator is considered a resident if he or she was born in this state or currently resides in Maine for all or part of the year.

The award distinguishes one winner and one honoree in the categories of picture book and juvenile/young adult.

The Lupine Award was inspired by beloved Maine author and artist Barbara Cooney's book Miss Rumphius, which tells the story of the author's great aunt, who loved the sea, worked in a library, traveled the world and made it her mission to make the world a more beautiful place.

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Stages:
All, Winner (50), Honor (53)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2021 (4), 2020 (4), 2019 (4), 2018 (4), 2017 (4), 2016 (4), 2015 (4), 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2010 (4), 2009 (3), 2008 (5), 2007 (4), 2006 (4), 2005 (4), 2004 (2), 2003 (4), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (2), 1999 (3), 1998 (2), 1997 (2), 1996 (1), 1995 (3), 1994 (1), 1993 (3), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1)

Winner 50

WorkCategoryYear
Down to Earth by Betty CulleyJuvenile/Young Adult2021
The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne GreenlawPicture Book2021
Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults): The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor IftinJuvenile/Young Adult2020
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration by Samara Cole DoyonPicture Book2020
Searching for Lottie by Susan RossJuvenile/Young Adult2019
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling LyonsPicture Book2019
The Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane MagrasJuvenile/Young Adult2018
We don't eat our classmates by Ryan T. HigginsPicture Book2018
Grit by Gillian FrenchJuvenile/Young Adult2017
Red and Lulu by Matt TavaresPicture Book2017
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa SweetJuvenile/Young Adult2016
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley BryanPicture Book2016
Paper Things by Jennifer Richard JacobsonJuvenile/Young Adult2015
Island Birthday by Eva MurrayPicture Book2015
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman PhilbrickJuvenile/Young Adult2014
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen BryantPicture Book2014
Out of Nowhere by Maria PadianJuvenile/Young Adult2013
The Secret Pool by Kimberly RidleyPicture Book2013
The Good Braider by Terry FarishJuvenile/Young Adult2012
Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen RappaportPicture Book2012
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard JacobsonJuvenile/Young Adult2011
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa SweetPicture Book2011
Touch Blue by Cynthia LordJuvenile/Young Adult2010
Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story by Angeli PerrowPicture Book2010
The Circus Ship by Chris Van DusenPicture Book2009
Season of Ice by Diane Les BecquetsJuvenile/Young Adult2008
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman PhilbrickJuvenile/Young Adult2008
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen BryantPicture Book2008
Dragon's Egg by Sarah L. ThomsonJuvenile/Young Adult2007
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan MadisonPicture Book2007
Kristin's wilderness : a braided trail by Garrett ConoverJuvenile/Young Adult2006
For You Are a Kenyan Child by Kelly CunnanePicture Book2006
Stained by Jennifer Richard JacobsonJuvenile/Young Adult2005
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. JaneczkoPicture Book2005
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip M. Hoose2004
The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig (Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin2003
Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria Testa2002
Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes2001
The Truth About Great White Sharks by Mary M. Cerullo2000
Seal Island School by Susan Bartlett1999
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin1998
Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky1997
Grandmother Bryant's Pocket by Jacqueline Briggs Martin1996
A Year on Monhegan Island by Julia Dean1995
Prize in the Snow by Bill Easterling1994
Wild Fox: A True Story by C. Mason1993
Sing to the Sun: Poems and Pictures by Ashley Bryan1992
Rosebud and Red Flannel by Ethel Pochocki1991
Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story From Brooklyn by Barbara Cooney1990
Brickyard Summer by Paul B. Janeczko1989

Honor 53

WorkCategoryYear
Franklin Endicott and the Third Key by Kate DiCamilloJuvenile/Young Adult2021
The Little Library (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series) by Margaret McNamaraPicture Book2021
Echo Mountain by Lauren WolkJuvenile/Young Adult2020
Chowder Rules!: The True Story of an Epic Food Fight by Anna Crowley ReddingPicture Book2020
American Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People Who Shaped U.S. History by Lisa TrusianiJuvenile/Young Adult2019
Maybe Tomorrow? (a story about loss, healing, and friendship) by Charlotte AgellPicture Book2019
What the Wind Can Tell You by Sarah Marie JetteJuvenile/Young Adult2018
There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade BradfordPicture Book2018
Who Killed Darius Drake?: A Mystery by Rodman PhilbrickJuvenile/Young Adult2017
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship by David ElliottPicture Book2017
Wrecked by Maria PadianJuvenile/Young Adult2016
Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. HigginsPicture Book2016
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip HooseJuvenile/Young Adult2015
Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues by Matt TavaresPicture Book2015
Half a Chance by Cynthia LordJuvenile/Young Adult2014
Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace by Alicia PotterPicture Book2014
The Water Castle by Megan Frazer BlakemoreJuvenile/Young Adult2013
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle MarkelPicture Book2013
The Truth about Dangerous Sea Creatures by Mary M. CerulloJuvenile/Young Adult2012
Eggs, 1, 2, 3: Who Will The Babies Be? by Janet HalfmannPicture Book2012
Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness by Donn FendlerJuvenile/Young Adult2011
Sammy in the Sky by Barbara WalshPicture Book2011
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt TavaresJuvenile/Young Adult2010
A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah UnderwoodPicture Book2010
Stitches: A Memoir by David SmallJuvenile/Young Adult2009
Hard Scrabble Harvest by Dahlov IpcarPicture Book2009
Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress by Maria PadianJuvenile/Young Adult2008
How Mama Brought the Spring by Fran ManushkinPicture Book2008
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali PerkinsJuvenile/Young Adult2007
Sky Sweeper by Phillis GershatorPicture Book2007
Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision by George SullivanJuvenile/Young Adult2006
Max's Words by Kate BanksPicture Book2006
Broken Song by Kathryn LaskyJuvenile/Young Adult2005
Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa SweetPicture Book2005
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt2004
Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England by Mary Morton Cowan2003
Swan Harbor by Laura Rankin2003
A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen2003
The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo2002
Just Ducky by Kathy Mallat2002
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L. A. Meyer2002
Racing the Past by Sis Deans2001
Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond by Cathryn Falwell2001
The Lobster War by Ethan Howland2001
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick2000
The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler1999
Wild Child by Lynn Plourde1999
Painters of The Caves (National Geographic Society) by Patricia Lauber1998
Cocoa Ice by Diana Karter Appelbaum1997
To Hold This Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg by Susan Provost Beller1995
Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan1995
It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It - How You Can, Too! by Phillip M. Hoose1993
A Short Walk Around the Pyramids & Through the World of Art by Philip M. Isaacson1993

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