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2016 Winners and Finalists

The Children’s Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages. Learn more

Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year Finalists

Winner
The Little Shop of Monsters

The Little Shop of Monsters

By: R.L. Stine
Illustrated by:
 Marc Brown
ISBN: 9780316369831

 
Clark the Shark: Afraid of the Dark

Clark the Shark

By: Bruce Hale
Illustrated by:
 Guy Francis
ISBN: 9780062374509
 
Sick Simon

Sick Simon

By: Dan Krall
ISBN: 9781442490970
 
Stick and Stone

Stick and Stone

By: Beth Ferry
Illustrated by:
 Tom Lichtenheld
ISBN: 9780544032569
 
To the Sea

To the Sea

By: Cale Atkinson
ISBN: 978-1-4847-0813-2

Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year Finalists

Winner
I’m Trying To Love Spiders

I’m Trying To Love Spiders

By: Bethany Barton
ISBN: 9780670016938

 
Fort

Fort

By: Cynthia DeFelice
ISBN: 9780374324278
 
Funny Bones

Funny Bones

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419716478
 
Monkey and Elephant and a Secret Birthday Surprise

Monkey and Elephant and a Secret Birthday Surprise

By: Carole Lexa Schaefer
Illustrated by:
 Galia Bernstein
ISBN: 9780763661311
 
Nnewts: Book One: Escape from the Lizzarks

Nnewts

By: Doug TenNapel
ISBN: 9780545676472

Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year Finalists

Winner
Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Hilo Book 1

By: Judd Winick
ISBN: 9780385386173

 
Backlash

Backlash

By: Sarah Darer Littman
ISBN: 9780545651264
 
Saved By the Bell (Vol. 1)

Saved By the Bell (Vol. 1)

By: Joelle Sellner
Illustrated by:
 Chynna Clugston-Flores and Tim Fish
ISBN: 9781631403125
 
The Terrible Two

The Terrible Two

By: Mac Barnett and Jory John
Illustrated by:
 Kevin Cornell
ISBN: 9781419714627
 
Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing (Sort Of)

Tom Gates

By: Liz Pichon
ISBN: 9780763674731

Teen Book of the Year Finalists

Winner
All the Bright Places

All the Bright Places

By: Jennifer Niven
ISBN: 9780385755894

 
A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses

By: Sarah J. Maas
ISBN: 9781619635180
 
P.S. I Still Love You

P.S. I Still Love You

By: Jenny Han
ISBN: 9781442426733
 
Red Queen

Red Queen

By: Victoria Aveyard
ISBN: 9780062310637
 
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles)

Winter (The Lunar Chronicles)

By: Marissa Meyer
ISBN: 9780312642983

Children's Choice Debut Author Finalists

Winner
George

George

By: Alex Gino
ISBN: 978-0545812542

 
The Question of Miracles

The Question of Miracles

By: Elana K. Arnold
ISBN: 9780544334649
 
Roller Girl

Roller Girl

By: Victoria Jamieson
ISBN: 9780525429678
 
The Thing About Jellyfish

The Thing About Jellyfish

By: Ali Benjamin
ISBN: 9780316380867
 
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

By: Kelly Jones
Illustrated by:
 Katie Kath
ISBN: 9780385755528

Teen Choice Debut Author Finalists

Winner
Conviction

Conviction

By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
ISBN: 9781423197386

 
An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes

By: Sabaa Tahir
ISBN: 9781595148032
 
More Happy Than Not

More Happy Than Not

By: Adam Silvera
ISBN: 978-1616955601
 
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By: Becky Albertalli
ISBN: 9780062348678
 
We All Looked Up

We All Looked Up

By: Tommy Wallach
ISBN: 9781481418775

Children's Choice Illustrator Finalists

Winner
The Princess and the Pony

The Princess and the Pony

By: Kate Beaton
Illustrated by:
 Kate Beaton
ISBN: 9780545637084

 
Little Elliot, Big Family

Little Elliot, Big Family

By: Mike Curato
Illustrated by:
 Mike Curato
ISBN: 9780805098266
 
The Red Hat

The Red Hat

By: David Teague
Illustrated by:
 Antoinette Portis
ISBN: 9781423134114
 
Strictly No Elephants

Strictly No Elephants

By: Lisa Mantchev
Illustrated by:
 Taeeun Yoo
ISBN: 9781481416474
 
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

Tricky Vic

By: Greg Pizzoli
ISBN: 9780670016525
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