The shortlists for the Indies Choice Book Awards have been announced. The awards are voted on my indie booksellers in the US. Eligible titles must have appeared on one of the American Booksellers Association’s Indie Next List, Kids’ Indie Next List or Indies Introduce list. Here are the shortlisted titles in the juvenile categories:

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS SHORTLIST

Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake by Devin Elle Kurtz

Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo by Bess Kalb, illustrated by Erin Kroan

Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat

If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall

Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin

A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

MIDDLE GRADE SHORTLIST

All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson

Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson

Dragonborn by Struan Murray

Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

YOUNG ADULT SHORTLIST

Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

DEBUT CHILDREN’S SHORTLIST

Murder at the Museum by Alasdair Beckett-King

One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller

The Queen’s Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu

Trans History by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett

Whale Eyes by James Robinson