2023-2024
The 2023-2024 Winners are here!
The Nebraska Golden Sower Award committee is delighted to announce the 2022-23 winners!
We’d like to thank the Nebraska youth who read and voted for their favorite nominees of the school year. We tallied 63,553 votes — that’s a whole lot of reading! This would not be possible without the educators, librarians, parents, and guardians who foster a positive reading environment and provide access to books like the Golden Sower nominees. A special thank you to the wonderful authors and publishers that make these great books for kids and teens!
Here are this year's winners!
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Our 2024-2025 have already been announced so you and your students can keep reading all summer long. If you’d like to contribute to the 2024-2025 manual, please contact nlagoldensower@nebraskalibraries.org.
2023-2024 Nominees
2023-2024 Little Bluestem Nominees
Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty, illustrated by David Roberts.
Bear is a Bear by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by David Santat.
Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monsen, illustrated by Abby Hanlon.
Chez Bob by Bob Shea
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did) by Ryan T. Higgins
Not Yeti by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Claire Keane
Something's Wrong! A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John, illustrated by Erin Kraan
Time for Bed, Old House by Janet Costa Bates, illustrated by A.G.Ford
Click here for a printable Little Bluestem (Primary) Nominees list.
Click here for a complete printable list.
2023-2024 Honeybee Nominees
Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
Imaginary by Lee Bacon, illustrated by Katy Wu
One Small Hop by Madelyn Rosenberg
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
Six Feet Below Zero by Ena Jones
Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro
What Comes Next by Rob Buyea
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
The Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
Click here for a printable Honeybee (Chapter Book) Nominee list.
Click here for a complete printable list.
2023-2024 Novel Nominees
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin
Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Ten Thousand Tries by Amy Makechnie
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier