Little Bluestem
Winner: Poopsie Gets Lost by Hannah E. Harrison
Honor: Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown
Honor: How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman & Jennifer Harney
Honeybee
Winner: Odder by Katherine Applegate & Charles Santoso
Honor: Controlled Burn by Erin Soderberg Downing
Honor: Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzales & Gabriela Epstein
Meadowlark
Winner: Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
Honor: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Honor: Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2024-2025 Little Bluestem Nominees
Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Tiffany Rose.
Agatha May and the Anglerfish by Nora Morrison and Jessie Ann Foley, illustrated by Mika Song.
Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown.
Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Phillip C. Stead, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Jennifer Harney
I’m a Unicorn by Helen Yoon
More than Peach by Bellen Woodard, illustrated by Fanny Liem
My Parents Won’t Stop Talking by Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden
Poopsie Gets Lost by Hannah E. Harrison
We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins
2024-2025 Honeybee Nominees
Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel by James Howe and Andrew Donkin
Controlled Burn by Erin Soderberg Downing
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire, illustrated by David Litchfield
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzales, illustrated by Gabriela Epstein
The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart
Odder by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz
The Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
2024-2025 Novel Nominees
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jason Griffin
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: the Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
What Happened to Rachel Riley by Claire Swinarski