The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles each spring. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year.
The 2023 Ladybug Picture Book Award winner is Noodle And The No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano.
2024 Ladybug Nominees are:
We have all the Ladybug Award Nominees in the Picture Book Room. Read one today!
Every year in November, you can vote at the Wilton Public Library for your favorite Ladybug nominee.
Each spring, New Hampshire students in 4th through 6th grade can vote on their favorite from a list of 20 books. The winner becomes the recipient of the Great Stone Face Book Award. Kids can vote starting April 1 at The American Library Association website.
The winner for 2024 is Odder by Katherine Applegate
Nominees for the 2024-2025 Award:
The winner for 2023 was Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
The Isinglass Award winner for 2024- This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg 
The Isinglass Award winner for 2023- Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi
The Isinglass Teen Read Award promotes teen reading, the participation of teens in the creation of their own reading list, and honors those authors whose works speak to youth. Voting is done annually in April.
Titles must be nominated by teens in grades 7-8, can be fiction or nonfiction books, and must have a publication date within the last two years.
Current short list for 2025 on the shelf at the WPL:
Attack Of The Black Rectangles by A.S.King
Don't Want To Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton
The Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin
Royal Blood by Aimee Carter
Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Sunshine by Jarrett Krosoczka
Zhara by S. Jae-Jones
You can order The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar through interlibrary loan.
The Flume Award is given to books nominated by New Hampshire teens in grades 9-12.
The books must have a publication date within the last two years, and are nominated and voted upon by teens - with a little librarian help to make the list manageable!
The 2024 Flume Award winner was I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Flume Nominations for 2025:
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
The Confession Of Hemingway Jones by Kathleen Hannon
The Door Of No Return by Kwame Alexander
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Into The Light by Mark Oshiro
The Last Saxon King by Andrew Varga
The Princess And The Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angelilne Boulley
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammond
Th
e Newbery Medal Award honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2024 Medal Winner: The Eyes And The Impossible by Dave Eggers.
For more information about The Newbery Medal Award, The Newbery Honor Award, and former winners, visit:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
The Newbery Medal Award turns 100 this year- happy birthday!
The Caldecott Medal Award is given to the illustrator of that year's "most distinguished American picturebook for children".
The 2024 Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book was awarded to Big by Vashti Harrison, published by Little, Brown and Company.
The 2023 Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book was awarded to Hot Dog by Doug Salati published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House.
Click here for more information about the Caldecott Medal Award.
For a comprehensive list of all national book awards, go to:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia