2026 Winners
- 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli, written by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Lian Cho, is the winner of the picture book category receiving 11,825 votes of the 61,273 votes cast.
Squished, written by Megan Wagner Lloyd and illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter, is the winner of the junior book category receiving 571 votes of the 3,911 votes cast.
2026 Activity Booklet
2026 Annotated Picture Book List
2026 Annotated Junior Book List
Voting Summary
| PICTURE BOOKS: 61,273 total votes cast | |
| 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli | 11,825 WINNER |
| Buffalo Fluffalo | 8,286 |
| Don't Trust Cats | 7,898 |
| Home In a Lunchbox | 6,427 |
| The Three Billy Goats Gruff | 5,899 |
| Whalesong | 5,347 |
| The Yellow Bus | 3,906 |
| The Man Who Didn't Like Animals | 3,775 |
| Ice Cream Everywhere | 3,237 |
| Zap! Clap! Boom! | 2,516 |
| Whirligigs | 1,597 |
| Two New Years | 560 |
| JUNIOR BOOKS: 3,911 total votes cast | |
| Squished | 571 WINNER |
| The Last Dragon on Mars | 565 |
| Things In the Basement | 448 |
| The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum | 394 |
| Haiku, Ew! | 383 |
| Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic | 337 |
| Ferris | 287 |
| Hummingbird | 245 |
| Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy | 226 |
| No Matter the Distance | 193 |
| We Own the Sky | 140 |
| Wild Brunch | 122 |
Picture Book Nominees
Junior Book Nominees
