2025-26 Nominated Books Announced
Grades K-3
Grades 7-12
Grades K-3
Nominees
Enough Is...by Jessica Whipple
Roar- Choo by Charlotte Cheng
Almost Underwear by Jonathon Roth
Flamingos Are Pretty Funky by Abi Cushman
Luigi the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
Cranky by Phuc Tran
The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt
Award Resources to come
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-12
Grades K-3
Nominees
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Impossible Creatures by Katherine RundellPlace to Hang the Moon by Kate AlbusWishkeeper's Apprentice by Rachel Chivers KhooLegend of the Last Library by Frank L. ColeTwo Degrees by Alan GratzFirefly Summer by Morgan MatsonWild River by Rodman PhilbrickMany Points of Me by Caroline GerterMidnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart
Award Resources to come
Grades 7-12
Grades 7-12
Grades 7-12
Nominees
The Enigma Girls: how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II by Candace Fleming
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
The Hope of Elephants by Amanda Rawson Hill
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
The Kill Factor by Ben Factor
Garden of the Cursed (#1) by Katy Rose Pool
To Kill the Shadow (Mistlands #1) by Katherine Quinn
The Last Dragon an Mars (The Dragonships #1) by Scott Reintgen
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu
Gallant by V. E. Schwab
Award Resources to come