The Children’s Book Council has announced the seven finalists in each of the categories for the 2017 Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards. The award is the only national US book award voted on by children and teens. Here are the finalists:

K-2nd GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 

 

Don’t Wake Up the Tiger by Britta Teckentrup

Frankencrayon by Michael Hall

 

King Baby by Kate Beaton

Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp

 

Nanobots by Chris Gall

Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching by Laura Gehl, illustrated by Joyce Wan

The Thank You Book by Mo Willems

 

3rd-4th GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

The Ant and the Grasshopper by Carl Sommer, illustrated by Ignacio Noe

Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon

 

The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch

Noodlehead Nightmares by Tedd Arnold

 

Once Upon an Elephant by Linda Stanek, illustrated by Shennen Bersani

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton, illustrated by Don Tate

Wolf Camp by Andrea Zuill

 

5th-6th GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

Booked by Kwame Alexander

Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger

 

Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes

Hilo Book 2: Saving the Whole Wide World by Judd Winick

 

Maker Lab by Jack Challoner

The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero by Rachel Renee Russell

Wet Cement by Bob Raczka

 

TEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

 

The Crown by Kiera Cass

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

 

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir