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Nutmeg Book Awards: 2026 Nominees

2026 Nutmeg Award

Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular by Polly Owen in the catalog.
Link to The Egg Incident by Ziggy Hanaor in the catalog.
Link to Feathers Together by Caron Levis in the catalog
Link to Great Carrier Reef by Jessica Stremer in the catalog
Link to Henry, Like Always by Jenn Bailey in the catalog.
Link to The Iguanodon's Horn by Sean Rubin in the catalog
Link to Just Harriet by Elana K. Arnold in the catalog
Link to The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage in the catalog
Link to The Skull by Jon Klassen in the catalog.
Link to The World's Best Class Plant by Liz Garton in the catalog

Intermediate Nominees Grades 4-6

Link to Air by Monica Roe in the catalog
Link to The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. Salerni in the catalog
Link to The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley in the catalog
Link to Dogtown by Katherine Applegate in the catalog
Link to Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega in the catalog
Link to Grounded by Aisha Saeed in the catalog.
Link to It Found Us by Lindsay Currie in the catalog.
Link to Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry in the catalog.
Link to Speak Up! by Rebecca Burgess in the catalog.
Link to Trex by Christyne Morrell in the catalog.

Middle School Nominees Grades 7-8

Link to Alone by Megan E. Freeman in the catalog.
Link to Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez in the catalog.
Link to Don't Want to Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton in the catalog.
Link to The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander in the catalog.
Link to Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf in the catalog.
Link to The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera in the catalog.
Link to The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
Link to Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow in the catalog.
Link to Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena by Julia C. Dao in the catalog.
Link to What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski in the catalog.

High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to The 9:09 Project by Mark H. Parsons in the catalog.
Link to For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome in the catalog.
Link to Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow in the catalog.
Link to The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe in the catalog.
Link to The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes in the catalog
Link to Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang in the catalog
Link to The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho in the catalog
Link to Spin by Rebecca Caprara in the catalog
Link to The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White in the catalog.
Link to Throwback by Maureen Goo in the catalog