Missouri Building Block Picture Book Awards 2023 - 2024
All of the titles are read to each UA Kindergarten class. Students have the opportunity to vote on their favorite to help select this year's winner. The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, sponsored and selected by the Youth Services Community of Interest (YSCI), is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by children.
2022 WINNER
WOLFBOY
By Andy Harkness
Wolfboy is very hungry, and as he seeks rabbits he becomes growly, drooly, and more, until finally his stomach is filled, with a little help from his friends.
2023-2024 NOMINEES
Cows go Boo! by Steve Webb
Don't eat bees: Life lessons from Chip the dog by Dev Petty
I'm a unicorn by Helen Yoon
I'm terrified of bath time by Simon Rich
Lou by Breanna Carzoo
Mel fell by Corey R Tabor
One Sheep, Two Sheep by Tammi Sauer
People are Wild by Margaux Meganck
Shhh! The baby's asleep by JaNay Brown-Wood
The book of rules by Brian Gehrlein