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Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winners And Nominees

2024 Award Winner

The 2025 winner will be announced after voting closes April 28. 

The 2024 Rhode Island Children's Book Award winner is Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel! This year 7,160 students from 99 schools and public libraries voted for their favorite 2024 nominee. A big thank you to all the librarians and teachers who promoted the list, connected kids with the books, and conducted voting!

2024 Voting Breakdown

1 Killer Underwear Invasion 1109  
2 The Whale Who Swam Through Time 979  
3 Swim Team 686  
4 Fighting for YES! 566  
5 A Rover's Story 439  
6 Expedition Backyard 422  
7 Flipping Forward Twisting Backwards 350  
8 Growing Pangs 347  
9 Amazing Landmarks 338  
10 A Comb of Wishes 254  
11 Going Places 246  
12 Nothing is Little 235  
13 Zia Erases the World 233  
14 Miles Lewis King of the Ice 204  
15 Forest Fighter 201  
16 Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party 152  
17 Keepunumuk 118  
18 Singing with Elephants 111  
19 The Button Box 107  
20 When Winter Robeson Came 63  

 

2026 Nominees

Visit the RICBA LibGuide for all resources. 

  1. A Bite Above the Rest by Christine Virnig
  2. Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect by Hilda Eunice Burgos
  3. Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso
  4. Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature by Lynn Brunelle
  5. The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen
  6. Invisible Isabel by Sally J. Pla
  7. Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic: A Graphic Novel by Sangu Mandanna
  8. The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Emma McKenna, Full Out by Kate Messner
  9. Legendarios #1: Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Arenas Valenti
  10. The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner's Guide with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley by Maurice Ashley
  11. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
  12. Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia
  13. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story by George Takei
  14. Off the Map by Meika Hashimoto
  15. The Racc Pack by Stephanie Cooke
  16. Search for a Giant Squid: Pick Your Path by Amy Seto Forrester
  17. Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by Ævar Þór Benediktsson
  18. They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt
  19. Wagnificent: The Adventures of Thunder and Sage by Bethanie Deeney Murguia
  20. Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills, Donna Janell Bowman

 

RICBA Winners and Nominees 2010-2024

Year Winner Nominees
2024 Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel 2024 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