We are very pleased to announce the nominees for the 2026 North Carolina Children's Book Awards. In order to vote in March 2026, children should read at least 5 picture book nominees and/or 3 junior book nominees.
Annotated Picture Book list
Annotated Junior Book list
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- 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli
David LaRochelle
Illustrated by Lian Cho
- Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb
Illustrated by Erin Kraan
- Don't Trust Cats: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog
Dev Petty
Illustrated by Mike Boldt
- Home in a Lunchbox
Cherry Mo
- Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World
Judy Campbell-Smith
Illustrated by Lucy Semple
- The Man Who Didn't Like Animals
Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Two New Years
Richard Ho
Illustrated by Lynn Scurfield
- Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas
Zachariah OHora
- Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
- The Yellow Bus
Loren Long
- Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm
Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrated by Elly MacKay
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- Ferris
Kate DiCamillo
- Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature
Lynn Brunelle
Illustrated by Julia Patton
- Hummingbird
Natalie Lloyd
- The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen
- The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum
Lisa Yee
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic
Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Deena So'Oteh
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Angie Thomas
- No Matter the Distance
Cindy Baldwin
- Squished
Megan Wagner Lloyd
Illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
- Things in the Basement
Ben Hatke
- We Own the Sky
Rodman Philbrick
- Wild Brunch: Poems About How Creatures Eat
David L. Harrison
Illustrated by Giles Laroche
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