2024 Results and Materials

2024 Winners

  • Negative Cat, written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, is the winner in the Picture Book Category, receiving 11,844 of the 69,840 total votes cast.

  • Invisible, written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and illustrated by Gabriela Epstein, is the winner in the Junior Book Category, receiving 900 of the 6,039 total votes cast.


2024 Activity Booklet
2024 Annotated Picture Book List
2024 Annotated Junior Book List

Voting Summary

PICTURE BOOKS:     69,840 total votes cast
Negative Cat
11,844 WINNER
Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover)
10,839
Clovis Keeps His Cool
8,892
Memory Jars
6,698
Paletero Man/¡Que Paletero tan Cool!
5,783
Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme
5,515
How to Solve a Problem: the Rise (and Fall) of a Rock-climbing Champion
5,026
The Blue House
4,637
Dandelion Magic
4,333
What Can You Do With a Rock?
2,358
Jabari Tries
2,047
I Am Every Good Thing
1,868

JUNIOR BOOKS:    6,039 total votes cast
Invisible
900 WINNER
Dog Squad
758
Your Place in the Universe
673
A Rover's Story
559
Swim Team
507
The Boy at the Back of the Class
469
Starfish
443
30,000 Stitches: the Inspiring Story of the National 9/11 Flag
435
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
434
The Elephant in the Room
420
The Last Beekeeper
346
Solimar
95

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Picture Book Nominees


The Blue House Read-aloud

The Blue House Activities

 Chester Van Chime Read-aloud

  Chester Van Chime Activities

Clovis Keeps His Cool Read-aloud

Clovis Keeps His Cool Activities

Dandelion Magic Read-aloud

Dandelion Magic Activities

How to Solve a Problem Read-aloud

How to Solve a Problem Activities

I Am Every Good Thing Read-aloud

I Am Every Good Thing Activities

Jabari Tries Read-aloud

Jabari Tries Activities

Memory Jars Read-aloud

Memory Jars Activities

Negative Cat Read-aloud

Negative Cat Activities

Paletero Man Read-aloud

Paletero Man Activities
 

Sheepish Read-aloud

Sheepish Activities

What Can You Do with a Rock? Read-aloud

What Can You Do with a Rock? Activities
  

Junior Book Nominees

30000 Stitches Read-aloud

30000 Stitches Activities
Boy at the Back of the Class Book Trailer

Boy at the Back of the Class Activities
Dog Squad Book Trailer

Dog Squad Activities
Elephant in the Room Read-aloud

Elephant in the Room Activities
Invisible Book Trailer

Invisible Activities
Last Beekeeper Book Trailer

Last Beekeeper Activities
A Rover's Story Book Trailer

A Rover's Story Activities
Solimar Book Trailer

Solimar Activities
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! Book Trailer

Stand Up, Yumi Chung! Activities
Starfish Book Trailer

Starfish Activities
Swim Team Book Talk

Swim Team Activities
Your Place in the Universe Read-aloud

Your Place in the Universe Activities