2025 Winners
- Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius, written by Lynne Cox and illustrated by Richard Jones, is the winner in the Picture Book Category, receiving 11,013 of the 65,938 total votes cast.
- Odder, written by Katherine Applegate, is the winner in the Junior Book Category, receiving 1,216 of the 5,760 total votes cast.
2025 Activity Booklet
2025 Annotated Picture Book List
2025 Annotated Junior Book List
Voting Summary
| PICTURE BOOKS: 65,938 total votes cast | |
| Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius |
11,013 WINNER |
| How Dinosaurs Went Extinct |
9,945 |
| I Want 100 Dogs |
8,077 |
| Acorn Was a Little Wild |
7,954 |
| A Very Cranky Book |
6,772 |
| I Cannot Draw a Horse |
5,665 |
| A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Walk Into a Book |
5,476 |
| This Story is Not Aboout a Kitten |
4,840 |
| Jumper |
2,564 |
| Beneath |
1,651 |
| My Hands Tell a Story |
1,053 |
| Place Hands Here |
928 |
| JUNIOR BOOKS: 5,760 total votes cast | |
| Odder |
1,216 WINNER |
| Chunky |
937 |
| Kaboom! A Volcano Erupts |
830 |
| The Lost Library |
602 |
| My Head Has a Bellyache |
441 |
| The Marvellers |
325 |
| Finally Seen |
314 |
| The Fire of Stars |
281 |
| Air |
244 |
| Shine On, Luz Véliz! |
252 |
| Maya and the Robot |
179 |
| The Magical Imperfect |
139 |
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