2025 Nominees

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin

Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs

The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Inside of a Dog (Young Readers Edition) by Alexandra Horowitz

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Seaman's Journal Written and Illustrated by Patricia Reeder Eubank

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, Illustrated by Dan Hanna

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beatty, Illustrated by David Roberts

Interrupting Chicken Written and Illustrated by David Ezra Stein

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss

Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus Written and Illustrated by Mo Willems

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak