Massachusetts Children's Book Award

2026 MCBA Winner

Congratulations to Katherine Applegate on her book Willodeen winning the Massachusetts Children's Book Award for 2026!

Congratulations to Katherine Applegate on her book Willodeen winning the Massachusetts Children's Book Award for 2026!

Tied for second place

Duel

Written by Jessixa Bagley, Illustrated by Aaron Bagley

Four Eyes

Written by Rex Ogle, Illustrated by Dave Valeza

Tied for third place

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Written by: Amy Sarig King

The Myth of Monsters: Medusa

Written by Katherine Marsh

The Mona Lisa Vanishes

Nicholas Day

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

Just Roll with it: A graphic novel

Lee Durfey-Lavoie & Veronica Agarwal

Hidden Truths

Elly Swartz

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

Adam Gidwitz

The Secret Language of Birds

Lynn Kelly

We Are Big Time: A Graphic Novel

Hena Khan

Book info coming soon

4th & 5th graders are required to read at least 1 book from the MCBA list by April

Students need to read 5 books in order to vote for the award

Students who read all 25 books will receive a special recognition

MCBA votes will be due April 2027

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