Award Winning Books
Read below to see a complete list of the Missouri Mark Twain and Show Me Award Book Nominees for the 2023-2024 school year. Read 4 or more to join Mrs. Kent's ice cream voting party in March. You must pass an AR quiz over the book 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 2023 listed below!
Missouri Show Me Award Nominees 2023-2024 (Grades 1-3)
Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominees 2023-2024
(Grades 4-6)
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Linked by Gordon Korman
Nightingale by Deva Fagan
Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt
One Kid's Trash by Jamie Sumner
Pony by R.J. Palacio
Six Feet Below Zero by Ena Jones
Tangled Up in Luck by Merrill Wyatt
The Hidden Knife by Melissa Marr
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holmes
The Night Ride by J. Andersen Coats
Worst-Case Collin by Rebecca Cabrera
Newbery & Caldecott Award Winners (2023)
Newbery Award Winner:
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Newbery Honor Books
Ivaliz Explains it All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Lee
Caldecott Award Winner:
Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Caldecott Honor Books
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Griffin
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Night Owl by Christopher Denise
Choosing Brace: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmet Till Sparked the Civil Rights by Janelle Washington
Building Block Award Nominees 2023-2024 (Birth-Kindergarten)
The Building Block Award Nominee Titles:
Cows Go Boo by Steve Webb
Don't Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty
I'm a Unicorn by Helen Yoon
I'm Terrified of Bath Time by Simon Rich
Lou by Breanna Carzoo
Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
One Sheep Two Sheep by Tammi Sauer
People are Wild by Margaux Meganck
Shh! The Baby's Asleep by JaNay Brown-Wood
The Book of Rules by Brian Gehrlein
Dogwood Award Nominees 2022-2023 (3rd-5th Grade)
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 image of the Dogwood titles nominated this year for grades 3rd-5th. For additional Dogwood nominated by grade level, review the MASL webpage below:
Missouri Association of School Librarians Website
