2025 Nominees

A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warranty

Back to the Bright Before by Katherin Nolte 

ChupaCarter by George Lopez & Ryan Calejo

Field of Screams by Wendy Parris

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

Just Gus by McCall Hoyle

The Legend of the Dream Giants by Dustin Hansen

The Rhythm of Time by S A Crosby

The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

The Hungry Place by Jessie Haas

The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris

Additional helpful review sites:

https://www.thestorygraph.com/ 

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ 

2025 Promotional items:

Poster 

2025 Nominees video 

Publisher videos of nominees 

Videos of author interviews, news, and more 

Bookmarks--3 or 4 books per bookmark 

Bookmark of all nominees per bookmark 

Book summary hand-out for students

Slide show of nominees 

Summaries of each nominee