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Important Dates

November 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017

• Children may nominate their favorite picture and junior books published in the years 2014-present. 
• Nominations are accepted on nccba.blogspot.com or through teachers and librarians via an email to co-chair, Janet West (janet.west@wakegov.com). 

March 1 - 31, 2017

•  Children vote for their favorite picture book and/or junior book at their school and/or public library.

March 31, 2017

• Deadline for nominations for 2017-2018 consideration list.
• Deadline for librarians to submit votes for EACH title. Enter votes at nccba.blogspot.com or send to co-chair, Lisa England (lengland@wsfcs.k12.nc.us).

For the complete guidelines, go to the "About the NCCBA" page and open the NCCBA Guidelines document.

2016-2017 Picture Book and Junior Book Nominees

We are very pleased to announce the nominees for the 2016-2017 North Carolina Children's Book Awards.  For activities and other resources, please go to the 2016-17 NCCBA Nominees and Activity Book page.

Picture Books

Junior Books

I'm Trying to Love Spiders: (it isn't easy) Barton, Bethany. New York: Viking Books for Young Readers,  2015 Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-lights  Beck, W.H.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2015. I Yam a Donkey Bell, Cece.  Boston: Clarion Books, 2015 Wolfie the Bunny Dyckman, Ame.  Illus. Zachariah OHora.  New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015. Mother Bruce Higgins, Ryan.  New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2015. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear Mattick, Lindsay.  Illus. Sophie Blackall. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2015. The Quickest Kid in Clarksville Miller, Pat Zietlow.  Illus. Frank Morrison.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. A Boy and a Jaguar Rabinowitz, Alan.  Illus. Catia Chien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2014. Nerdy Birdy Reynolds, Aaron.  Illus. Matt Davies. New York: Roaring Press, 2015. Henri's Scissors Winter, Jeanette.  New York: Beach Lane Books, 2013.

Crenshaw Applegate, Katherine.  New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2015. The War That Saved My Life Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  New York: Dial Books, 2015. Stella By Starlight Draper, Sharon.  New York: Atheneum Books, 2015. Mountain Dog Engle, Margarita.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013. Fish in a Tree Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2015. Roller Girl Jamieson, Victoria.  New York: Dial Books, 2015. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Jones, Kelly.  New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015. Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace Marino, Nan.  New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2013. Pax Pennypacker, Sara.  New York: Balzer + Bray, 2016. Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower Pizzoli, Greg.  New York, NY: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2015. Fuzzy Mud Sachar, Louis.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2015.

2016 Picture Book and Junior Book Winners!

2016 Picture Book Winner

2016 Junior Book Winner

2016 Voting summary

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

2015-16 Picture Book and Junior Book Nominees

Picture Books

Junior Books

Ivan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla Applegate, Katherine. G. Brian Karas (ill): Boston: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2014 My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I am Not) Brown, Peter: NY: Little Brown and Co. 2014 The Cart That Carried Martin Bunting, Eve. Don Tate (ill): Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. 2013 Gravity Chin, Jason: NY: A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press. 2014 Last Stop on Market Street de la Peña, Matt . Christian Robinson (ill): NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons a Penguin Imprint. 2015 Gaston DiPucchio, Kelly. Christian Robinson (ill): NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2014 Some Bugs DiTerlizzi, Angela. Brendan Wenzel (ill): NY: Beach Lane Books. 2014 This Orq. (He Cave Boy) Elliott, David, Lori Nichols (ill): Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights. 2014 Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: the Story of Elizabeth Blackwell Stone, Tanya Lee. Marjorie Priceman (ill.): NY: Henry Holt and Co. 2013 Blue on Blue White, Dianne. Beth Krommes (ill): NY: Beach Lane Books. 2014

The One and Only Ivan Applegate, Katherine: NY: Harper. 2012 The Night Gardener Auxier, Jonathan: NY: Amulet Books. 2014 El Deafo Bell, Cece: NY: Amulet Books. 2014 Poached Gibbs, Stuart: NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2014 Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Grabenstein, Chris: NY: Random House. 2013 The Fourteenth Goldfish Holm, Jennifer L.: NY: Random House. 2014 Elvis and the Underdogs Lee, Jenny. Kelly Light (ill).: NY: Balzar + Bray. 2013 Rain Reign Martin, Ann: NY: Feiwel and Friends. 2014 Counting by 7s Sloan, Holly Goldberg: NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. 2013 Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things Voigt, Cynthia. Iacopo Bruno (ill): NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 2013 Brown Girl Dreaming Woodson, Jacqueline: NY: Nancy Paulsen Books an imprint of Penguin Books. 2014