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

 

The winners of the 2017 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award have been announced. The award is given to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator each year. Three honor books were also selected this year. In order to be eligible, authors and illustrators can have had no more than three books previously published.

Here are the winners:

NEW WRITER AWARD

A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts, illustrated by Hyewon Yum

 

NEW ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer

 

HONOR BOOKS

 

Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty (NEW WRITER HONOR)

The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head by Daisy Hirst (NEW ILLUSTRATOR HONOR)

The Journey by Francesca Sanna (NEW WRITER HONOR)

 

The Association for Library Service to Children has published their 2017 Notable Children’s Books list. The list contains outstanding books for ages birth through 14. The lengthy list is available here on the ALSC’s website.

The longlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal has been announced. The UK award is given for illustration. The list is slightly more diverse than this year’s Carnegie longlist.

Here are the books on the longlist:

 

Alpha by Bessora, illustrated by Barroux

A Beginner’s Guide to Bear Spotting by Michelle Robinson, illustrated by David Roberts

 

Bob the Artist by Marion Deuchars

Counting Lions by Virginia McKenna and Katie Cotton, illustrated by Stephen Walton

 

The Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Chris Riddell

The Great Fire of London by Emma Adams, illustrated by James Weston Lewis

 

Greenling by Levi Pinfold

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay

 

The Journey by Francesca Sanna

The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright, illustrated by Jim Field

 

Little One by Johanna Weaver

The Marvels by Brian Selznick

 

Perfect by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Cathy Fisher

Rain by Sam Usher

 

Return by Aaron Becker

There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith

 

Tidy by Emily Gravett

The Whale by Vita Murrow, illustrated by Ethan Murrow

 

Wild Animals of the North by Dieter Braun

The Wolves of Currumpaw by William Grill