We are very pleased to announce the nominees for the 2016-2017 North Carolina Children's Book Awards.  For activities and other resources, please go to the 
2016-17 NCCBA Nominees and Activity Book page.
  
  
Picture Books
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Junior Books
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- I'm Trying to Love Spiders: (it isn't easy)
 Barton, Bethany. New York: Viking Books for Young Readers,  2015 
  
- Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-lights  
 Beck, W.H.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2015. 
  
- I Yam a Donkey
 Bell, Cece.  Boston: Clarion Books, 2015 
  
- Wolfie the Bunny
 Dyckman, Ame.  Illus. Zachariah OHora.  New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015.  
  
- Mother Bruce
 Higgins, Ryan.  New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2015. 
  
- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
 Mattick, Lindsay.  Illus. Sophie Blackall. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2015. 
  
- The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
 Miller, Pat Zietlow.  Illus. Frank Morrison.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. 
  
- A Boy and a Jaguar
 Rabinowitz, Alan.  Illus. Catia Chien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2014. 
  
- Nerdy Birdy
 Reynolds, Aaron.  Illus. Matt Davies. New York: Roaring Press, 2015. 
  
- Henri's Scissors
 Winter, Jeanette.  New York: Beach Lane Books, 2013. 
 
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- Crenshaw
 Applegate, Katherine.  New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2015. 
  
- The War That Saved My Life
 Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  New York: Dial Books, 2015. 
  
- Stella By Starlight
 Draper, Sharon.  New York: Atheneum Books, 2015. 
  
- Mountain Dog
 Engle, Margarita.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013. 
  
- Fish in a Tree
 Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.  New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2015. 
  
- Roller Girl
 Jamieson, Victoria.  New York: Dial Books, 2015. 
  
- Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
 Jones, Kelly.  New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015. 
  
- Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace
 Marino, Nan.  New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2013. 
  
- Pax
 Pennypacker, Sara.  New York: Balzer + Bray, 2016. 
  
- Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
 Pizzoli, Greg.  New York, NY: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2015. 
  
- Fuzzy Mud
 Sachar, Louis.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2015. 
 
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