And the 2023-2024 Chickadee Award Winner is.......

Congratulations to Elisa Boxer and Marta Álvarez Miguéns


We have an opening for a committee member. Have you always wanted to join us? Now is your chance. Check out the application details here, and complete the application by the April 15th deadline. 

Grant applications are now open for a chance to enter to win a selection of Chickadee Award Nominated Books for 2024-2025. The winning school/library will be notified by July 1, 2024. 


Vote totals for this year: 24,332

1) One Turtle's Last Straw     6308

2) Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind   4322

3) How to Party Like a Snail   3425

4) Lion Lights  2569

5) Big Truck, Little Island   2184

6) Wombat Said Come In   1641

7) Jack Knight’s Brave Flight   1513

8) Walter Had a Best Friend   1035

9) Tomatoes In My Lunchbox   740

10) Everything in Its Place   595


Big Truck Little Island

by Chris Van Dusen

Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind

by  Monica Silvie

illustrated by Elina Ellis

Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging

by  Pauline David-Sax

illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

How to Party Like a Snail

by Naseem Hrab

illustrated by Kelly Collier

Jack Knight's Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service

by Jill Esbaum

illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace With Lions

by Richard Turere with Shelly Pollock

illustrated by Sonia Possentini

One Turtle's Last Straw: The Real-Life Rescue That Sparked a Sea Change

by Elisa Boxer

illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns

Tomatoes in My Lunchbox

by Constantia Manoli

illustrated by Magdalena Mora

Walter Had a Best Friend

by Deborah Underwood

illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier

Wombat Said Come In

by Carmen Agra Deedy

illustrated by Brian Lies

Check in the menu for details about our curriculum guide to use with texts,  watch video clips for many of the titles, learn how to vote, purchase stickers and more.