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Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winners And Nominees 2023 Award Winner The 2023 Rhode Island Children's Book Award winner is Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter! This year 7,069 students from 107 schools and public libraries voted for their favorite 2023 nominee. A big thank you to all the librarians and teachers who promoted the list, connected kids with the books, and conducted voting! 2023 Voting Breakdown 1 Allergic 1111 2 Bartali's Bicycle 700 3 Chunky 686 4 Willodeen 447 5 The Lion of Mars 437 6 Shark Summer 428 7 Saving American Beach 409 8 Katie the Catsitter 404 9 The 1619 Project 372 10 Saving Sorya 320 11 Unspeakable 302 12 Maya and the Robot 246 13 The People's Painter 227 14 She Was the First! 219 15 The Adventure is Now 213 16 Simon B' Rhymin 187 17 Playing the Cards You're Dealt 118 18 Bea is for Blended 113 19 Sona Sharma Very Best Big Sister 73 20 Unsettled 57 2024 Nominees Coming Soon: Printable Nominee Bookmark (Annotated)Visit the RICBA LibGuide for additional resources. Art Club by Rashad Doucet The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran, illustrated by Michelle Pereira Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Aparna Varma Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Oliver Dominguez Finch House by Ciera Burch Grimwood by Nadia Shireen The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Kevin Hong Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord How Not to Get Eaten by Josette Reeves, illustrated by Asia Orlando Jovita Wore Pants by Aida Salazar, illustrated by Molly Mendoza The Last Plastic Straw by Dee Romito, illustrated by Ziyue Chen Lolo’s Sari-Sari Store by Sophia N. Lee, illustrated by Christine Almeda Mabuhay! By Zack Sterling Meesh the Bad Demon by Michelle Lam, illustrated by Lauren “Perry” Wheeler My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Steph Littlebird Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms by Maya Prasad, illustrated by Abira Das Shermy & Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor by Kirby Larson, illustrated by Shinji Fujioka Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh RICBA Winners and Nominees 2010-2023 Year Winner Nominees 2023 Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter 2023 Nominees 2022 The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and illustrated by Oge Mora 2022 Nominees 2021 Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team by Susan Hood & Pathana Sornhiran 2021 Nominees 2020 Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home by Sy Montgomery 2020 Nominees 2019 Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick and illustrated by Iacopo Bruno 2019 Nominees 2018 O'Connor, Barbara. Wish. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2016. 2018 Nominees 2017 Telgemeier, Raina. Sisters. New York: Graphix, 2014. 2017 Nominees 2016 Bell, Cece. El Deafo.New York: Amulet Books, 2014. 2016 Nominees 2015 Grabenstein, Chris. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.New York : Random House, 2013. 2015 Nominees 2014 Palaciao, R.J. Wonder. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 2014 Nominees 2013 Santat, Dan. Sidekicks. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2011. 2013 Nominees 2012 Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. New York: Amulet Books, 2010. 2012 Nominees 2011 Jenkins, Steve. Never Smile at a Monkey: and 17 Other Important Things to Remember. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. 2011 Nominees 2010 Kibuishi, Kazu. Amulet. Book 1, The Stonekeeper. New York: Graphix, 2008. 2010 Nominees 1991-2010 Winners and Nominees