American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award 1991-1999

The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award was established in 1991. Books were chosen by American Booksellers Association bookstore members, based on the books they "most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year." The children's award was added in 1993.

In 2000, the American Booksellers Association renamed the ABBY the Book Sense Book of the Year Award.

Children's ABBY Award winners:

1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling, illus. by Mary Grandpré

1998 The Hat, Jan Brett


1997 Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Kevin Henkes

1996 Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney, illus. by Anita Jeram



1995 The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister



1994 Stellaluna, Janell Cannon



1993 Old Turtle, Douglas Wood, illus. by Cheng-Khee Chee



1992 Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle, Susan Jeffers, illus.



1991 The Education of Little Tree, Forrest Carter


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