KIDS FAVORITES

The annual KIDS FAVORITES 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, MIDDLE-GRADE FAVORITES, and TEEN FAVORITES!

The teachers and librarians who coordinate the program also get to vote, and their FAVORITES are compiled too.

The CBC then creates PDFs, spreadsheets, and online visual book lists as great resources for families, classrooms, libraries, bookstores, and everyone who loves children’s books!

KIDS FAVORITES was originally founded in 1974 as Children’s Choices, a project co-sponsored by the CBC and the International Literary Association (ILA).

After the voting by the young people in their care — which resulted in the KIDS FAVORITES — we are happy to announce the 2026 TEACHER FAVORITES and LIBRARIANS FAVORITES!

2026 FAVORITES

2026 DOWNLOADABLE FAVORITES LISTS

PAST YEARS’ WINNING TITLES

2025 Favorites PDF — all groups and grades
2025 Spreadsheet Favorites — all groups and grades
2025 Favorites visual booklists — all groups and grades
Participating locations for the 2025 Favorites — blog post

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

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

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

Publishers: Submissions are OPEN now until June 3. To learn more about submitting titles, check out our book content guidelines and email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org with questions.