Book Awards

NH Book Awards

The NH Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote literacy and honor the best in recent children’s picture books. Students across NH in grades K-3 vote for their favorite nominee every year in the fall. To learn more about the award, current nominees and past winners use the link above.



Annually NH students in grades 4 -6 have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Great Stone Face Award Nominee. To learn more about the award, current nominees and past winners use the link above.

Annually all New Hampshire students in grades 7-8 are encouraged to read and vote for the favorite student selected nominee. To learn more about the award, current nominees and past winners use the link above.


National Book Awards

To learn more about the awards, current nominees and past winners recognized annually by The American Library Association use the links below.

Awarded to the artist who created the most distinguished picture book of the year.

Awarded to the author of the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year.

Awarded to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published during the preceding year.