Winners
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, written by Eric Litwin, and illustrated by James Dean, is the winner in the Picture Book Category with 29,598 votes of the 98,087 cast.
- The Candymakers, by Wendy Mass, is the winner in the Junior Book Category with 1,496 votes of the 9,651 cast..
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Voting Summary
| PICTURE BOOKS: 98,087 total votes cast | |
| Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes | 29598 WINNER |
| 11 Experiments That Failed | 14207 |
| The Princess and the Pig | 11876 |
| Blackout | 8697 |
| Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku | 7207 |
| Otto the Book Bear | 6421 |
| Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? | 6196 |
| The Cow Loves Cookies | 4116 |
| LMNO Peas | 3911 |
| Perfect Square | 3627 |
| Ellen`s Broom | 2053 |
| UnBEElievables | 1278 |
2013 Annotated Picture Book List
| JUNIOR BOOKS: 9,651 total votes cast | |
| The Candymakers | 1496 WINNER |
| Belly Up | 1481 |
| The Roar | 1415 |
| Out of My Mind | 1130 |
| Pie | 977 |
| One Dog and His Boy | 747 |
| Balloons Over Broadway | 587 |
| A Long Walk to Water | 540 |
| One Crazy Summer | 489 |
| Young Fredle | 332 |
| The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman | 173 |
| Peaceful Pieces | 145 |
| The Absolute Value of Mike | 139 |