Nominees
NOMINEES
2025-2026 Nominees
Author
Aaron Reynolds
Illustrator
Peter Brown
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Author
Laurel Snyder
Illustrator
Dan Santat
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Authors
Katherine Trejo
Scott Martin-Rowe
Illustrator
Karla Monterrosa
Publisher
Lil Libros
Author
Kim Rogers
Illustrator
Jonathan Nelson
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Steve Smallman
Illustrator
Miguel Ordóñez
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Shannon Stocker
Illustrator
Devon Holzwarth
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Channa Stiefel
Illustrator
Chuck Groenink
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Author
Colleen Paeff
Illustrator
Nancy Carpenter
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Author
Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Dan Gemeinhart
Publisher
MacMillan
Authors
Katherine Applegate
Gennifer Choldenko
Illustrator
Wallace West
Publisher
MacMillan
Author
Sally J. Pla
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Claire Swinarski
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Veera Hiranandani
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Nicola Yoon
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Jeff Zentner
Publisher
Penguin Random House
2024-2025
Authors
David Levithan
Jennifer Niven
Publisher
Knopf - Penguin Random House
Author
Maria Andreu
Publisher
Balzer & Bray - Harper Collins
Author
Ruta Sepetys
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Erin Bow
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Author & Illustrator
Matt Faulkner
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Author
Anne Blankman
Publisher
Puffin Books
Author
Skyler Schrempp
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Author
Kelly Barnhill
Publisher
Algonquin Books for Young Readers
Author
Kelly Yang
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Author
Wafa’ Tarnowska
Illustrator
Vali Mintzi
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Author
Emma Bland Smith
Illustrator
Jenn Ely
Publisher
Charlesbridge Books
Author
Meeg Pincus
Illustrator
Alexander Vidal
Publisher
Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster)
Author
Naaz Khan
Illustrator
Mercé López
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Authors
Phùng Nguyên Quang and Huynh Kim Liên
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Andrea Wang
Illustrator
Hyewon Yum
Publisher
Neal Porter Books
Author
Monica Arnaldo
Publisher
Harper Collins
2023-2024
Author
Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Authors
Kimberly Jones
Gilly Segal
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Author
Darcie Little Badger
Illustrator
Rovina Cai
Publisher
Hardie Grant Publishing
Author
B.B. Alston
Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Publisher
CreateSpace
Author
Geoff Rodkey
Publisher
Random House Children’s Books
Author
Megan E. Freeman
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Author
Jenn Reese
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Author
Dusti Bowling
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Author & Illustrator
Peter Sís
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Author
Kim Tomsick
Illustrators
Hadley Hooper
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Author
Megan Hoyt
Illustrators
Iacopo Bruno
Publisher
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Author
Beth Ferry
Illustrators
The Fan Brothers
Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator
Loren Long
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Author & Illustrator
Sophie Blackall
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Lu Fraser
Illustrator
Kate Hindley
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Author
Bob Shea
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
2022-2023
Author
Elizabeth Acevedo
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Deb Caletti
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Author
Ben Guterson
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Katherine Marsh
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Jennifer L. Holm
Publisher
Random House Children’s Books
Author
Dusti Bowling
Publisher
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Author
Caron Levis
Illustrator
Charles Santoso
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Author & Illustrator
Patricia Polacco
Publisher
GP Putnam and Sons
Author
Linda Skeers
Illustrator
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Author & Illustrator
Ryan T. Higgins
Publisher
Disney
Authors
Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Illustrator
Brittany Jackson
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Author
Suzanne Lang
Illustrator
Max Lang
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Author
Jory John
Illustrator
Pete Oswald
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Carrie Finnison
Illustrator
Brianne Farley
Publisher
GP Putnam and Sons
2021-2022
Author
Lesa Cline-Robinson
Illustrator
Frank Ransome
Publisher
Holiday House
Writer
Susan Wood
Illustrator
Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Writer
Let the Children March
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Writer
Randy Ribay
Publisher
Penguin/Kokila
Writer
David Yoon
Publisher
GP Putnam’s Sons
Writer
Ruta Sepetys
Publisher
Penguin
Writer
Jessica Townsend
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Writer
Kristine Levine
Publisher
GP Putnam’s Sons
Writer
Elissa Brent Weissman
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Writer
Katherine Applegate
Publisher
Macmillan
Writer
Dan Gemeinhart
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Writer
Jasmine Warga
Publisher
Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins
Writer
Minh Lê
Illustrator
Dan Santat
Publisher
Hachette
Writer
Lupita Nyong’o
Illustrator
Vashti Harrison
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young People
Writer
Alexandra Penfold
Illustrator
Suzanne Kaufman
Publisher
Alfred Knopf
Writer
Matthew A. Cherry
Illustrator
Vashti Harrison
Publisher
Penguin/Kokila
Writer and Illustrator
Yuyi Morales
Publisher
Holiday House Books
2020-2021
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