Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees - 2025-2026

Massachusetts Children’s Book Award honors books that promote reading for pleasure among students in grades four through six. The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is sponsored by Salem State University. Browse by title below or entire collection here:

• Willowdeen by Katherine Applegate
• The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
• Just Roll with It by Lee Durfee-Lavoie
• Duel by Jessixa Bagley
• Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
• The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
• The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
• Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
• Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen
• Lion of the Sky by Ritu Hemnani
• The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly
• Attack of the Black Rectangle by A. S. King
• We Are Big Time by Hena Khan
• The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
• Medusa by Katherine Marsh
• Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass
• Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee
• Aniana Del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
  
• The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy
• Four Eyes by Rex Ogle
• Cameron Battle and The Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry
  
• Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
• Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Arenas Valenti