KIDS FAVORITES

The books on the annual FAVORITES Award are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!

KID READ. KID CHOSEN.

Each year, thousands of children, teens, teachers, and librarians across 50 states read newly published K-12-grade books and vote for the ones they like best. Over 70 coordinators nationwide display hundreds of publisher-submitted titles in their schools and libraries so that every book can be read and voted on. The books with the most votes become the annual KIDS FAVORITES, TEEN FAVORITES, TEACHER FAVORITES, & LIBRARIAN FAVORITES, a group of 12 award lists showcasing new books that young readers, teachers, and librarians loved reading.

The CBC then creates PDFs, spreadsheets, and online visual book lists to discover the best in new children’s, middle-grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. We promote these KIDS FAVORITES Award extensively as great resources for families, classrooms, libraries, bookstores, and everyone who loves books!

The 2026 FAVORITES Award will be announced soon this spring! Want to participate in 2027? Applications are open, see below for details.

2025 FAVORITES AWARD

2025 DOWNLOADABLE FAVORITES LISTS

2025 Children’s Favorites Awards:
- K-2ND Grade PDF
- 3RD-5TH Grade PDF
2025 Middle-Grade Favorites Awards:
- 6TH-8TH Grade PDF
2025 Young Adult Favorites Awards:
- 9TH-12TH Grade PDF
2025 Teacher Favorites Awards:
2025 Librarian Favorites Awards:

2025 SPREADSHEETS OF WINNING TITLES

2025 VISUAL LISTS

2025 Favorites Award visual booklists

2025 PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS

Participating locations for the 2025 Favorites Awards (blog post)

PAST YEARS’ WINNING TITLES

2024 Favorites Award PDF — for all groups and grades
2024 Spreadsheet Favorites Award — for all groups and grades
2024 Favorites Award visual booklists — for all groups and grades
Participating locations for the 2024 Favorites Award (blog post)

2023 Favorites Award PDF — for all groups and grades
2023 Favorites Award spreadsheet — for all groups and grades
2023 Favorites Award visual booklists — for all groups and grades

View the lists when they were known as Children’s Choices, Young Adults’ Choices, and Teachers’ Choices.

Teachers, School & Public Librarians, and Booksellers: The application process to be a 2027 KIDS FAVORITES local coordinator is now OPEN until March 30th. Learn more here and apply.

Publishers: Submissions are currently CLOSED; they open yearly every spring. To learn more about submitting titles, check out past submission guidelines and email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org with questions.