2021 Results and Materials

2021 Winners

  • Be Quiet!, written and illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins, is the winner in the Picture Book Category, receiving 12,348 of the 49,513 total votes cast.

  • Stargazing, by Jen Wang, is the winner in the Junior Book Category, receiving 513 of the 3,068 total votes cast.


2021 Activity Booklet
2021 Annotated Picture Book List
2021 Annotated Junior Book List

Voting Summary

PICTURE BOOKS:     49,513 total votes cast
Be Quiet! 12,348 WINNER
The Good Egg 9,890
Rescue and Jessica: a life-changing friendship 8,586
Hair Love 6,953
The Donkey Egg 4,541
Brilliant Deep: rebuilding the world's coral reefs 2,769
La Princesa and the Pea 1,836
The Day You Begin 1,144
Fry Bread 855
Going Down Home with Daddy 591


JUNIOR BOOKS:    3,068 total votes cast
Stargazing 513 WINNER
Because of the Rabbit 486
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 463
From the Desk of Zoe Washington 350
Aru Shah and the End of Time 329
Honeybee: the busy life of Apis Mellifera 233
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head 226
Harbor Me 167
Cape 165
Prairie Lotus 136

PICTURE BOOK Resources


Be Quiet! Read-aloud

Be Quiet! Activities

The Brilliant Deep Read-aloud

The Brilliant Deep Activities

The Day You Begin Read-aloud

The Day You Begin Activities

The Donkey Egg Read-aloud

The Donkey Egg Activities

Fry Bread Read-aloud

Fry Bread Activities

Going Down Home with Daddy Read-aloud

Going Down Home with Daddy Activities

The Good Egg Read-aloud

The Good Egg Activities

Hair Love Read-aloud

Hair Love Activities

La Princesa and the Pea Read-aloud

La Princesa and the Pea Activities

Rescue & Jessica Read-aloud

Rescue & Jessica Activities


JUNIOR BOOK Resources

Aru Shah and the End of Time Book Trailer

Aru Shah and the End of Time Activities

Because of the Rabbit Book Trailer

Because of the Rabbit Activities

Cape Book Trailer

Cape Activities

Day the Universe Exploded My Head Book Trailer

Day the Universe Exploded My Head Activities

From the Desk of Zoe Washington Book Trailer

From the Desk of Zoe Washington Activities

Harbor Me Book Trailer

Harbor Me Activities

Honeybee Read-aloud

Honeybee Activities

Prairie Lotus Book Talk

Prairie Lotus Activities

Stargazing Book Trailer

Stargazing Activities

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle Book Trailer

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle Activities