2020 Nominees and Materials

The following resources are for the 2019-2020 North Carolina Children's Book Award. Children voting in the Picture Book category are expected to read at least 5 nominees and children voting in the Junior Book category are expected to read at least 3 of the nominees. The Activity Booklet includes activities that can be used in the classroom or public library setting. Printable ballots and vote tally sheets will be posted before the voting season begins next year.

2020 Activity Booklet 
NCSLMA Nominee PowerPoint

Picture Book List-Ballot
Junior Book List-Ballot

2020 Nominees sign with covers (can be used as ballot - kids circle choices)

Picture Books

Junior Books

  • Because
    Willems, Mo. Illustrated by Amber Ren.  New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2019.


  • Can I Be Your Dog?
    Cummings, Troy. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2018.


  • The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
    Biebow, Natascha. Illustrated by Steven Salerno. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.


  • Misunderstood Shark: Starring Shark!
    Dyckman, Ame. Illustrated by Scott Magoon. New York: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.


  • Mixed: A Colorful Story
    Chung, Arree. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018.


  • Potato Pants!
    Keller, Laurie. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018.


  • The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet
    Deedy, Carmen Agra. Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. New York: Scholastic Press, 2017.


  • The Very Impatient Caterpillar
    Burach, Ross. New York: Scholastic Press, 2019.


  • We Don't Eat Our Classmates
    Higgins, Ryan T.. Los Angeles: Disney-Hyperion, 2018.


  • The Word Collector
    Reynolds, Peter H.. New York: Orchard Books, and imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.
  • Ban This Book
    Gratz, Alan. New York: Starscape, 2017.


  • Be Prepared
    Brosgol, Vera. New York: First Second, 2018.


  • Breakout
    Messner, Kate. New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018.


  • A Boy Called Bat
    Arnold, Elana K.. New York: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.


  • Float
    Martin, Laura. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.


  • Front Desk
    Yang, Kelly. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2018.


  • Full of Beans
    Holm, Jennifer L.. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2016.


  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
    Harrison, Vashti. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.


  • Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
    McAnulty, Stacy. New York: Random House, 2018.


  • Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo
    Maynard, Thane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.