And the 2023-2024 Chickadee Award Winner is.......
Vote totals for this year: 24,332
1) One Turtle's Last Straw 6308
2) Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind 4322
3) How to Party Like a Snail 3425
4) Lion Lights 2569
5) Big Truck, Little Island 2184
6) Wombat Said Come In 1641
7) Jack Knight’s Brave Flight 1513
8) Walter Had a Best Friend 1035
9) Tomatoes In My Lunchbox 740
10) Everything in Its Place 595
Big Truck Little Island
by Chris Van Dusen
Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind
by Monica Silvie
illustrated by Elina Ellis
Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging
by Pauline David-Sax
illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
How to Party Like a Snail
by Naseem Hrab
illustrated by Kelly Collier
Jack Knight's Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service
by Jill Esbaum
illustrated by Stacy Innerst
Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace With Lions
by Richard Turere with Shelly Pollock
illustrated by Sonia Possentini
One Turtle's Last Straw: The Real-Life Rescue That Sparked a Sea Change
by Elisa Boxer
illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Tomatoes in My Lunchbox
by Constantia Manoli
illustrated by Magdalena Mora
Walter Had a Best Friend
by Deborah Underwood
illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier
Wombat Said Come In
by Carmen Agra Deedy
illustrated by Brian Lies