The nominees for the 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced and the website is now open for children to vote on their own or with classrooms or librarians. Voting is open until April 25. Winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 2-8.

K-2nd Grade Book of the Year Nominees

  

Clark the Shark Afraid of the Dark by Bruce Hale, illustrated by Guy Francis

The Little Shop of Monsters by R. L. Stine, illustrated by Marc Brown

Sick Simon by Dan Krall

 

Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

To the Sea by Cale Atkinson

 

3rd – 4th Grade Book of the Year Nominees

 

Fort by Cynthia DeFelice

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh

 

I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

Monkey and Elephant and a Secret Birthday Surprise by Carole Lexa Schaefer, illustrated by Galia Bernstein

Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks by Doug TenNapel

 

5th – 6th Grade Book of the Year Nominees

 

Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

 

Saved by the Bell by Joelle Sellner, illustrated by Chynna Clugston Flores and Tim Fish

The Terrible Two by Jory John and Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing [sort of] by Liz Pichon

 

Children’s Choice Debut Author Finalists

 

George by Alex Gino

The Question of Miracles be Elana K. Arnold

 

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

 

Children’s Choice Illustrator Finalists

 

Little Elliot, Big Family by Mike Curato

The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

 

The Red Hat by David Teague, illustrated by Antoinette Portis

Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli