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Read below to see a complete list of the Missouri Mark Twain and Show Me Award Book Nominees for the 2025-2026 school year. Read 4 or more to join Mrs. Kent's ice cream voting party in March. You must pass an AR quiz for Mark Twain nominees with 70% or better. Students all across Missouri cast their votes and the book with the most votes will win the Missouri Award! Read all of either category of nominees to join the Library Wall of Fame and earn a free book!
Read below to see a complete list of the Missouri Mark Twain and Show Me Award Book Nominees for the 2025-2026 school year. Read 4 or more to join Mrs. Kent's ice cream voting party in March. You must pass an AR quiz for Mark Twain nominees with 70% or better. Students all across Missouri cast their votes and the book with the most votes will win the Missouri Award! Read all of either category of nominees to join the Library Wall of Fame and earn a free book!
Also, check out the Building Blocks, Dogwood, Caldecott, & Newbery Award Winner and Honorees for 2024 listed below!
Missouri Show Me Award Nominees (Grades 1-3)
Missouri Show Me Award Nominees (Grades 1-3)
& Mark Twain Nominees (Grades 4-6)
& Mark Twain Nominees (Grades 4-6)
Show Me Award Nominees (Grades 1 - 3)
Basketball Dreams by Chris Paul
Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions by Darshana Khiani
Cooler Than Lemonade by Harshita Jerath
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias
The Kitten Story: A Mostly True Tale by Emily Jenkins
Marvelous Mabel by Crystal Hubbard
The Mighty McKraken by Izzy B
Seals are Jerks by Jared Chapman
The Three Little Guinea Pigs by Erica S. Perl
The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick & Liz Garton Scanlon
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins
Mark Twain Award Nominees (Grades 4 - 6)
The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes
Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall
Farther Than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey
Four Eyes by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza
Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C. Rudd
Jaw Breaker by Christina Wyman
Lasagna Means I love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders
Nothing Else But Miracles by Kate Albus
When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
Newbery & Caldecott Award Winners (2024)
Newbery & Caldecott Award Winners (2024)
Newbery Award Winner:
The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Newbery Honor Books
Elf Dog & Owl Boy by M.T Anderson
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow. Disney-Hyperion
Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
MexiKid by Pedro Martín
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Hayeri
Caldecott Award Winner:
Big by Vashti Harrison
Caldecott Honor Books
In Every Life by Marla Frazee
Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter by Aida Salazar
There Was a Party For Langston by Jason Reynolds
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung
Building Block Award Nominees 2024-2025 (Birth-Kindergarten)
Building Block Award Nominees 2024-2025 (Birth-Kindergarten)
The Building Block Award Nominee Titles:
I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming
Mister Kitty is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
The Best Day Ever by Marianna Coppo
Problem Solved by Jan Thomas
My Dad is a Tree by Jon Agee
A Good Place by Lucy Cousins
I am Stuck by Julia Mills
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton
A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
NO is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein
Dogwood Award Nominees 2025-2026
Dogwood Award Nominees 2025-2026
The Dogwood titles are books of interest to a range of readers in grades PreK-12 and connect young readers in Missouri with quality non-fiction books to broaden their knowledge of the world. See the images of the Dogwood titles nominated this year for grades K - 5. For additional Dogwood nominated by grade level, review the MASL webpage below:
Missouri Association of School Librarians Website
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