New Hampshire Book Awards

2023-2024 Nominee and Voting Information

The Ladybug Award for grades K-3

  • 2024 Winner: 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle
  • 2023 Winner: Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano
  • 2022 Winner: MIlk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Crandall Brown
  • 2021 Winner: Snail Crossing by Corey Tabor
  • 2020 Winner: There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach
  • 2019 Winner: Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings
  • 2018 Winner: Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima

The Great Stone Face Award for grades 4-6 

  • 2025 Winner: Hoops by Matt Tavares
  • 2024 Winner: Odder by Katherine Applegate
  • 2023 Winner: Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter
  • 2022 Winner: Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
  • 2021 Winner: Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
  • 2020 Winner: New Kid by Jerry Craft
  • 2019 Winner: The Trail by Meika Hashimoto
  • 2018 Winner: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

The Isinglass Award for grades 7-8 

  • 2025 Winner: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
  • 2024 Winner: This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg
  • 2023 Winner: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
  • 2022 Winner: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
  • 2021 Winner: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
  • 2020 Winner: Refugee by Alan Gratz
  • 2019 Winner: Restart by Gordon Korman

The Flume Award for grades 9-12 

  • 2025 Winner: The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
  • 2024 Winner: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
  • 2023 Winner: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
  • 2022 Winner: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
  • 2021 Winner: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • 2020 Winner: Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
  • 2019 Winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

National Book Awards

The Caldecott Medal and The Newberry Medal