2019 Nominees and Materials

2019 Activity Booklet

2019 Book Cover Ballot

2018-19 Annotated Picture Book List
2018-19 Annotated Junior Book List

Nominees for the 2018-2019 North Carolina Children's Book Awards. 

Picture Books

Junior Books

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again Santat, Dan. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2017. A Perfect Day Smith, Lane. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016. The Bad Seed John, Jory. Illustrated by Pete Oswald. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. Love de la Peña, Matt. Illustrated by Loren Long. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. Malala's Magic Pencil Yousafzai, Malala. Illustrated by Kerascoët. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Nerdy Birdy Tweets Reynolds, Aaron. Illustrated by Matt Davies. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2017. Plants Can't Sit Still Hirsch, Rebecca. Illustrated by Mia Posada. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2016. Read the Book, Lemmings! Dyckman, Ame. Illustrated by Zachariah OHora. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Super Manny Stands Up! DiPucchio, Kelly. Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017. Trombone Shorty Andrews, Troy. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015.

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion Barton, Chris. Illustrated by Victo Ngai. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2017. The First Rule of Punk Pérez, Celia C..  New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017. How This Book Was Made: Based on a True Story Barnett, Mac. Illustrated by Adam Rex. Los Angeles: Disney Hyperion, 2016. I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grownups Harris, Chris. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. The Parker Inheritance Johnson, Varian. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018. Refugee Gratz, Alan. New York: Scholastic Press, 2017. Waylon! One Awesome Thing Pennypacker, Sara. Los Angeles: Disney-Hyperion, 2016. Wishtree Applegate, Katherine. New York: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2017.