The HKGDBA Committee is thrilled to announce the results of the Golden Dragon Book Awards 2025-2026. It has been wonderful to see so many children and young adults reading and exploring this year's wide variety of shortlisted books. Thank you so much to all who voted and to all the schools that tirelessly support the Award.
Early Childhood
Younger Reader
Older Reader
Mature Reader
Debbie Alvarez Award
Early Childhood: Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat (ill.)
Younger Reader: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness and Tim Miller (ill.)
Older Reader: Uprooted : A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan
Mature Reader: Whale Eyes : A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson
Debbie Alvarez: Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
Early Childhood
Younger Reader
Older Reader
Mature Reader
Debbie Alvarez Award
Early Childhood: Holey Moley by Bethan Clarke and Anders Frang (ill.)
Younger Reader: Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Older Reader: Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
Mature Reader: The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss
Debbie Alvarez: Wild Crossings: How People Create Safe Passage for Animals by Rachel Ip and Katie Hickey (ill.)
GDBA 2026-2027 LONGLIST
NOMINATIONS
If you have a title you would like to nominate for the 2026-2027 Golden Dragon Book Award longlist, please submit your nomination by clicking the black button below. Books must have a publication year of 2024, 2025 or 2026.
Keep nominating titles for the 2026-2027 HKGDBA! The shortlists will be announced on 1st October 2026.