It's a single-elimination tournament where picture books go head to head, with the winner decided by student votes.
We Are Definitely Human by X Fang
Fellow 2025 MBM books:
Abzuglutely: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug by Sarah Aronson
ARTificial Intelligence by David Biedrzycki
Being Home by Traci Sorell
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya
Every Wrinkle Has a Story by David Grossman
I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff
Mina by Matthew Forsythe
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker
The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood
The Night Market by Seina Wedlick
The Skydiving Beavers: A True Tale by Susan Wood
The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
Tove and the Island With No Address by Lauren Soloy
Two Together by Brendan Wenzel
We Are Definitely Human by X Fang
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Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann
Fellow 2024 MBM books:
A Mouthful of Minnows by John Hare
A Stone is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth
Big by Vashti Harrison
Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb
Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher
How to Eat in Space by Helen Taylor
How this Book Got Red by Margaret Chu Greanias
If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittenstein
The North Wind and the Sun by Philip Stead
The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Two New Years by Richard Ho
Wants vs Needs vs Robots by Michael Rex
Zhen Yu and the Snake by Erica Lyons
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Fellow 2023 MBM books:
Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Blips on a Screen : how Ralph Baer invented TV video gaming and launched a worldwide obsession by Kate Hannigan
Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison
Stop and smell the cookies by Gibson Frazier
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Jo Bright and the seven bots by Deborah Underwood
Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen
A Penny's Worth by Kimberly Wilson
A Synagogue Just Like Home by Alice Blumenthal McGinty
Shoshi's Shabbat by Caryn Yacowitz
Cher Ami: Based on the World War I Legend of the Fearless Pigeon by Mélisande Potter
Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator by Emma Bland Smith
Fellow 2022 MBM books:
That's Life! by Ame Dyckman
Our Table by Peter Reynolds
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho
The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Linda Elovitz Marshall
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel
Escargot by Dashka Slater
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi
Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Lesléa Newman
Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi
Emily's Idea by Christine Evans
The Smart Cookie by John Jory
Invent-A-Pet by Vicky Fang