2016 Winners
- Gaston, written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Christian Robinson, is the winner in the Picture Book Category, receiving 24,350 of the 78,307 total votes cast.
- The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, is the winner in the Junior Book Category, receiving 2,449 of the total 8,797 votes cast.
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Voting Summary
| PICTURE BOOKS: 78,307 total votes cast | |
| Gaston | 24350 WINNER |
| My Teacher is a Monster (No, I am Not!) | 18603 |
| Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of a Shopping Mall Gorilla | 14969 |
| The Cart that Carried Martin | 4224 |
| Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell | 4103 |
| Gravity | 3778 |
| Some Bugs | 2639 |
| Last Stop on Market Street | 2332 |
| Blue on Blue | 2182 |
| This Orq: He Cave Boy | 1127 |
2016 Annotated Picture Book List
| JUNIOR BOOKS: 8,797 total votes cast | |
| The One and Only Ivan | 2449 WINNER |
| Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library | 1154 |
| El Deafo | 1066 |
| The Night Gardener | 799 |
| The Fourteenth Goldfish | 764 |
| Poached | 589 |
| Rain Reign | 581 |
| Counting by 7s | 509 |
| Elvis and the Underdogs | 333 |
| Brown Girl Dreaming | 322 |
| Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things | 231 |