Every Child a Reader has rebranded their annual awards into the Kids’ Book Choice Awards with new categories. The awards are voted on by children with voting currently open until November 14th. Here are the finalists in each category:
BEST PICTURE BOOK DUO (AGE 3-8)

Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Felicia Marshall

Click Clack, Good Night by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

The Heart of Mi Familia by Carrie Lara, illustrated by Christine Battuz

How Do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague

Lift by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat

The Merry Christmas Mittens by Sarah Janco, illustrated by Blayne Fox
BEST PICTURE BOOK PAGE (AGE 3-8)

All Along the River by Magnus Weightman

All Because You Matter by Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier

The Alphabet’s Alphabet by Chris Harris, illustrated by Dan Santat

Arlo the Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep by Catherine Rayner

Babbit and Joan, a Rabbit and a Phone by Denise Turu

How to Spot an Artist by Danielle Krysa
FAVORITE EARLY READER SERIES

Billie B. Brown Series by Sally Rippin, illustrated by Aki Fukuoka

Elephant and Piggie Like Reading Series by Ryan T. Higgins and Mo Willems

Feel Better Books Series by Leah Bowen and Holly Brochmann, illustrated by Shirley Ng

Little People, Big Dreams Series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Sophie Beer

Little Monster Series by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by Bonnie Leick

The Magnificent Makers Series by Theanne Griffith, illustrated by Reggie Brown
FAVORITE ILLUSTRATED CHARACTER

Bentley Bee from Bee Heartful by Frank J. Sileo, illustrated by Claire Keay

Little Blue Truck from Little Blue Truck’s Valentine by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry

Nibbles the Book Monster from Nibbles: Colors by Emma Yarlett

Ms. Johnson from The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shante, illustrated by Alison Hawkins

Old Dog from This Old Dog by Martha Brockenbrough, illustrated by Gabriel Alborozo

The Princess in Black from The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: K-2ND GRADE

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez

Every Color of Light by Hiroshi Osada, illustrated by Ryoji Arai

I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James

I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade
BEST BOOK OF FACTS (AGE 8-12)

50 Adventures in the 50 States by Kate Siber, illustrated by Lydia Hill

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Hudson, illustrated by Erin K. Robinson

Hop To It: Poems to Get You Moving by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, illustrated by Franzi Paetzold

I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast by Michael Holland, illustrated by Phillip Giordano

Kate the Chemist: The Big Book of Experiments by Kate Biberdorf

A Search for the Northern Lights by Elizabeth and Izzi Rusch, illustrated by Cedar Lee
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL (AGE 8-12)

Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework by Lincoln Pierce

Class Act by Jerry Craft

InvestiGators by John Patrick Green

Max Meow: Cat Crusader by John Gallagher

Camping with Unicorns by Dana Simpson

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
FAVORITE AUTHOR (AGE 8-12)
Chris Grabenstein
Jeff Kinney
Dav Pilkey
Jason Reynolds
Rick Riordan
Trudi Trueit
Jacqueline Woodson
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 3RD-4TH GRADE

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky, illustrated by Julie Morstad

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann

The Paper Boat by Thao Lam

Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 5TH-6TH GRADE

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Once Upon an Eid edited by S. K. Ali and Aisha Saeed

Twins by Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright
BEST FANTASY WORLD BUILDING (AGE 12-18)
Cassandra Clare
Suzanne Collins
Helena Dahlgren
Melissa de la Cruz
Sabaa Tahir
F.C. Yee
FAVORITE BOOK COVER (AGE 12-18)

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

Camper Girl by Glenn Erick Miller

Fangs by Sarah Anderson

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

What If…? by Carrie Turley, illustrated by Lara Law
FAVORITE TRUE STORY (AGE 12-18)

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease by Gail Jarrow

Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers

No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley

This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TEEN

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee