2025 RIMSBA Nominees

Buzzing by Samuel Sattin

The Clackity by Lora Senf

Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell by Candace Fleming

Ellie Engle Saves Herself

 by Leah Johnson

The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

 by Adrianna Cuevas

A First Time for Everything

by Dan Santat

Hoops by Matt Tavares

The Labors of Hercules Beal

 by Gary D Schmidt

The Otherwoods

by Justine Pucella Winans

The Lost Year

by Katherine Marsh

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration 

by Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki

Simon Sort of Says

by Erin Bow

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

 by Beth Lincoln

The Supervillain's Guide to Being a Fat Kid

 by Matt Wallace

The Unforgettable Logan Foster

by Shawn Peters

Vivian Lantz's Second Chances

by Kathryn Ormsbee

What Stays Buried

 by Suzanne Young

What Happened to Rachel Riley?

 by Claire Swinarski

Wretched Waterpark

by Kiersten White

You Are Here: Connecting Flights

edited by Ellen Oh