2026 Outstanding Comics Awards

This is the inaugural year for the Outstanding Comics for Children Awards selected by ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table. The awards are given for different ages in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and series. Below are the list of teen and children’s winners.

CHILDREN’S FICTION – WINNER

Froggy: A Pond Full of Pals by Paige Walshe

CHILDREN’S FICTION – HONOR BOOKS

Fresh Start by Gale Galligan

The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day by Raúl the Third

CHILDREN’S NONFICTION – WINNER

How to Draw a Secret by Cindy Chang

CHILDREN’S NONFICTION – HONOR BOOKS

How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares

I’m a Dumbo Octopus by Anne Lambelet

CHILDREN’S SERIES – WINNER

Witches of Brooklyn Volumes 1-5 by Sophie Escabasse

CHILDREN’S SERIES – HONOR BOOKS

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Volumes 1 & 2

Peapod Farm Volumes 1-3 by Lucy Knisley

YOUNG ADULT FICTION – WINNER

The Boy Wonder by Juni Ba

YOUNG ADULT FICTION – HONOR BOOKS

Hunger’s Bite by Taylor Robin

Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – WINNER

Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – HONOR BOOKS

Bloody Mary by Kristina Gehrmann

My Perfectly Imperfect Body by Debbie Tung

YOUNG ADULT SERIES – WINNER

Teen Titans by Kim Garcia

YOUNG ADULT SERIES – HONOR BOOKS

Feral Volume 1&2 by Tony Fleecs

Tsumiki Ogami’s Not-So-Ordinary Life Volumes 1&2 by Miyu Morishita