Boston Globe Horn Book picture book, fiction, and poetry award winners are part of Archer Library's juvenile collection. Explore BGHB Award winner and honor books in the juvenile collection by searching for "Boston Globe Horn Book" in the library catalog. Award winners for picture books and fiction by year are featured below.
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 2010 | If I Know Here | Croza, Laurel | PZ7.C8862 La 2010 |
| 2011 | Pocketful of Posies | Mavor, Salley | PZ8.3.P587 2010 |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Barnett, Mac | PZ7.B2662 Ext 2012 |
| 2013 | Building Our House | Bean, Jonathan | PZ7.B367 Bui 2013 |
| 2014 | Mr. Tiger Goes Wild | Brown, Peter | PZ7.B81668 Mr 2013 |
| 2015 | The Farmer and the Clown | Frazee, Marla | PZ7.F866 Far 2014 |
| 2016 | Jazz Day | Orgill, Roxane | PS3615.R52 2016 |
| 2017 | Freedom Over Me | Bryan, Ashley | PZ7.B8372 Fr 2016 |
| 2018 | They Say Blue | Tamiki, Jillian | PZ7.T15867 th 201 2018 |
| 2019 | The Patchwork Bike | Clarke, Maxine B. | PZ7.1. C5943 Pat 2018 |
| 2020 | Saturday | Mora, Oge | PZ7.M6682 Sat 2019 |
| 2021 | I Talk Like A River | Scott, Jordan | PZ7.S33 Ita 2020 |
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 1990 | Lon Po Po | Young, Ed | PZ8.1.Y84 1989 |
| 1991 | The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks | Paterson, Katherine | PZ8.1.P2316 |
| 1992 | Seven Blind Mice | Young, Ed | PZ8.3.Y786 Se 1991 |
| 1993 | The Fortune Tellers | Alexander, Lloyd | PZ7.A3774 Fn 1992 |
| 1994 | Grandfather's Journey | Say, Allen | PZ7.S2744 Gr 1993 |
| 1995 | John Henry | Lester, Julius | PZ8.1.L434 Jo 1994 |
| 1996 | In the Rain with Baby Duck | Hest, Amy | PZ7.H4375 In 1995 |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Sparrow Boy | Pinkney, Brian | PZ7.P6347 Ad 1997 |
| 1998 | And if the Moon Could Talk | Banks, Kate | PZ7.B22594 An 1998 |
| 1999 | Red-Eyed Tree Frog | Cowley, Joy | QL668.E24 C685 1999 |
| 2000 | Henry Hikes to Fitchburg | Johnson, D.B. | PZ7.J63163 Heh 2000 |
| 2001 | Cold Feet | DeFelice, Cynthia | PZ7.D3597 Co 2000 |
| 2002 | Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate | Graham, Bob | PZ7.G751667 Le 2001 |
| 2003 | Big Momma Makes the World | Root, Phyllis | PZ7.R6784 Bo 2002 |
| 2004 | Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Gerstein, Mordicai | GV551.G47 2003 |
| 2005 | Traction Man is Here! | Grey, Mini | PZ7.G873 Tr 2005 |
| 2006 | Leaf Man | Ehlert, Lois | PZ7.E3225 Le 2005 |
| 2007 | Dog and Bear: Two Friends | Seeger, Laura | PZ7.S4514 Dog 2007 |
| 2008 | At Night | Bean, Jonathan | PZ7.B67 Atn 2007 |
| 2009 | Bubble Trouble | Mahy, Margaret | PZ8.3.M278 Bu 2009 |
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 1967 | London Bridge is Falling Down | Spier, Peter | PS8.3.M85 Sp |
| 1968 | Tikki Tikki Tembo | Mosel, Arlene | PZ8.1.M8346 ti 1989 |
| 1969 | The Adventures of Paddy Pork | Goodall, John S. | |
| 1970 | Hi, Cat | Keats, Ezra Jack | |
| 1971 | If I Built a Village | Mizumura, Kazue | PZ7.M6999 Id |
| 1972 | Mr. Grumpy's Outing | Burningham, John | PZ7.B936 Mi3 |
| 1973 | King Stork | Pyle, Howard | |
| 1974 | Jambo Means Hello | Feelings, Muriel L. | PL8701.F4 |
| 1975 | Anno's Alphabet | Anno, Mitsumasa | PZ7.A5875 An3 |
| 1976 | Thirteen | Charlip, Remy | |
| 1977 | Grandfa' Grig had a Pig | Tripp, Wallace | |
| 1978 | Anno's Journey | Anno, Mitsumasa | |
| 1979 | The Snowman | Briggs, Raymond | PZ7.B7646 Sn 1978 |
| 1980 | The Garden of Abdul Gasazi | Van Allsburg, Chris | PZ7.V266 gar |
| 1981 | Outside Over There | Sendak, Maurice | PZ7.S47 Ou |
| 1982 | A Visit to William Blake's Inn | Willard, Nancy | PS3573.I444 v5 1981 |
| 1983 | A Chair for My Mother | Williams, Vera B. | PZ7.W6685 Ch 1982 |
| 1984 | Jonah and the Great Fish | Hutton, Warwick | BS580.J55 H87 1984 |
| 1985 | Mama Don't Allow | Hurd,Thacher | PZ7.H9562 Mam 1985 |
| 1986 | The Paper Crane | Bang, Molly | PZ7.B2217 Pap 1985 |
| 1987 | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters | Steptoe, John | PZ7.S585 Mu 1987 |
| 1988 | The Boy of the Three Year Nap | Snyder, Dianna | PZ8.1.S66 Bo 1988 |
| 1989 | Shy Charles | Wells, Rosemary | PZ8.3.W465 Sh 1988 |
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | Stead, Rebecca | PZ7.S8085 wh 2009 |
| 2011 | Blink & Caution | Wynne-Jones, Tim | PZ7.W993 Bl 2011 |
| 2012 | No Crystal Stair | Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux | PZ7.N43773 No 2012 |
| 2013 | Eleanor & Park | Rowell, Rainbow | PZ7.R7963 Ele 2013 |
| 2014 | Grasshopper Jungle | Smith, Andrew | |
| 2015 | Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms | Rundell, Katherine | PZ7.R88786 Car 2014 |
| 2016 | The Lie Tree | Hardinge, Frances | PZ7.H218 Li 2016 |
| 2017 | The Hate U Give | Thomas, Angie | PZ7.T3642 Hat 2017 |
| 2018 | The Poet X | Acevedo, Elizabeth | PZ7.5.A348 Po 2018 |
| 2019 | The Season of Styx Malone | Magoon, Kela | PZ7.M2739 Sum 2018 |
| 2020 | King and the Dragonflies | Callender, Kacen | PZ7.C317 Kin 2020 |
| 2021 | From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry | Yog, Paula | |
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 1990 | Maniac Magee | Spinelli, Jerry | PZ7.S75663 Man 1990 |
| 1991 | True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi | PZ7.A953 Tr 1990 |
| 1992 | Missing May | Rylant, Cynthia | PZ7.R982 Mj 1992 |
| 1993 | Ajeemah and His Son | Berry, James | PZ7.B46173 Aj 1992 |
| 1994 | Scooter | Williams, Vera B. | PZ7.W6685 Sc 1993 |
| 1995 | Some of the Kinder Planets | Wynne-Jones, Tim | PZ7.W993 So 1995 |
| 1996 | Poppy | Avi | PZ7.A953 Po 1995 |
| 1997 | The Friends | Yumoto, Kazumi | PZ7.Y8967 Fr 1996 |
| 1998 | The Circuit | Jimenez, Francisco | PZ7.J57525 Ci 1999 |
| 1999 | Holes | Sachar, Louis | PZ7.S1185 Ho 1998 |
| 2000 | The Folk Keeper | Billingsley, Franny | PZ7.B4985 1999 |
| 2001 | Carver: A Life in Poems | Nelson, Marilyn | PS3573.A4795 C37 2001 |
| 2002 | Lord of the Deep | Salisbury, Graham | PZ7.S15225 Lo 2001 |
| 2003 | The Jamie and Angus Stories | Fine, Anne | PZ7.F495673 Jam 2002 |
| 2004 | The Fire-Eaters | Almond, David | PZ7.A448 Fi 2003 |
| 2005 | The Schwa Was Here | Shusterman, Neal | PZ7.S55987 Sch 2004 |
| 2006 | Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | DiCamillo, Kate | PZ7.D5455 Mi 2006 |
| 2007 | Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing | Anderson, M.T. | PZ7.A54395 Ast 2006 |
| 2008 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Alexie, Sherman | PZ7.A382 Ab 2007 |
| 2009 | Nation | Pratchett, Terry | PZ7.P8865 Nat 2008 |
| Year | Title | Author | Call Number |
| 1967 | The Little Fishes | Haugaard, Erik | |
| 1968 | The Spring Rider | Lawson, John | |
| 1969 | A Wizard of Earthsea | LeGuin, Ursula | PZ7.L5215 Wi 1991 |
| 1970 | The Intruder | Townsend, John | |
| 1971 | A Room Made of Windows | Cameron, Eleanor | |
| 1972 | Tristan and Iseult | Sutcliff, Rosemary | |
| 1973 | The Dark is Rising | Cooper, Susan | PZ7.C7878 Dar3 |
| 1974 | M.C. Higgins, The Great | Hamilton, Virginia | PZ7.H1828 Mac |
| 1975 | Transport 7-41-R | Degens, T | |
| 1976 | Unleaving | Walsh, Jill Patton | |
| 1977 | Child of the Owl | Yep, Laurence | PZ7.Y44 Ch3 |
| 1978 | The Westing Game | Raskin, Ellen | PZ7.R1817 We |
| 1979 | Humbug, Mountain | Fleischman, Sid | |
| 1980 | Conrad's War | Davies, Andrew | |
| 1981 | The Leaving | Hall, Lynn | |
| 1982 | Playing Beatie Bow | Park, Ruth | |
| 1983 | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Hamilton, Virginia | PZ7.H1828 Sw 1982 |
| 1984 | A Little Fear | Rightson, Patricia | |
| 1985 | The Moves Make the Man | Brooks, Bruce | PZ7.B7913 Mo 1984 |
| 1986 | In Summer Light | Oneal, Zibby | PZ7.O552 Ip 1985 |
| 1987 | Rabble Stark | Lowry, Lois | PZ7.L9673 Rab 1987 |
| 1988 | The Friendship | Taylor, Mildred | PZ7.T7123 Fr 1987 |
| 1989 | The Village by the Sea | Fox, Paula | PZ7.F838 Vi 1988 |
"First presented in 1697 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: picture book, fiction and poetry, and nonfiction" (Horn Book, About the Awards, 2019).
I Talk Like a River
Saturday
The Patchwork Bike
They Say Blue
Freedom over Me