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Nutmeg Book Awards: Elementary Grades 2-3

2026 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

2025 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Cover of Yoshi's Big Swim: One Turtle's Epic Journey Home by Mary Wagley Copp

2025 Winner

Link to Anglerfish: the Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine Alexander in the catalog

Link to Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling in the catalog

Link to Batcat by Meggie Ramm in the catalog

Link to The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows in the catalog

Link to Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen in the catalog

Link to Dear Beast by Dori Hillestad Butler in the catalog

Link to Ducks Overboard!: a True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum in the catalog

Link to Evergreen by Matthew Cordell in the catalog

Link to Everything in Its Place by Pauline David-Sax in the catalog

Link to Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh in the catalog

Link to The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff in the catalog

Link to My Two Border Towns by David Bowles in the catalog

Cover of The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson

Link to Wombats! Go Camping by Maddie Frost in the catalog

2024 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to Mellybean and the Giant Monster by Jen Marlin in the Catalog

2024 Winner

Link to Abdul's Story byJamilah Thompkins-Bigelow in the Catalog

Link to Ablaze with Color: a Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey in the Catalog

Link to All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel in the Catalog

Link to Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McNulty in the Catalog

Link to Cornbread and Poppy by Matthew Cordell in the Catalog

Link to Dear Earth... from Your Friends in Room 5 by Erin Dealey in the Catalog

Link to The Elephants Come Home by Kim Tomsic in the Catalog

Link to The Fastest Girl on Earth! by Dean Robbins in the Catalog

Link to How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner in the Catalog

Link to It fell from the sky by the Fan Brothers in the Catalog

Link to The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld in the Catalog

Link to Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor in the Catalog

Link to Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar in the Catalog

Link to Wind Riders #1: Rescue on Turtle Beach by Jen Marlin in the Catalog

2023 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley in the Catalog

2023 Winner

Link to Bear Goes Sugaring by Maxwell Eaton in the Catalog

Link to Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield in the Catalog

Link to Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel in the Catalog

Link to in a Jar by Deborah Marcero in the Catalog

Link to It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear in the Catalog

Link to J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard in the Catalog

Link to Arlo and pips king of the birds by Elise Gravel in the Catalog

Link to LIft by Minh Lê in the Catalog

Link to Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell in the Catalog

Link to Mr. Summerling’s Secret Code by Dori Hillestad Butler in the Catalog

Link to Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo in the Catalog

Link to The Paper Kingdom by Pascal Campion in the Catalog

Link to Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan in the Catalog

Link to Shadow Island by Mike and Nancy Deas in the Catalog

2022 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to Investigators by John Green in the Catalog

2022 Winner

Link to Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen Potter in the Catalog

Link to CatStronauts : Mission Moon by Drew Brockington in the Catalog

Link to Dinosaur lady : the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist by Linda Skeers in the Catalog

Link to Just ask! : be different, be brave, be you by Sonia Sotomayor in the Catalog

Link to Little leaders : bold women in black history by Vashti Harrison in the Catalog

Link to Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi in the Catalog

Link to Megabat by Anna Humphrey in the Catalog

Link to Moth : an evolution story by Isabel Thomas in the Catalog

Link to My papi has a motorcycle by Isabel Quintero in the Catalog

Link to The proudest blue : a story of hijab and family by Ibtihaj Muhammad in the Catalog

Link to Seeds Move! by Robin Page in the Catalog

Link to Superlative Birds by Leslie Bulion in the Catalog

Link to The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander in the Catalog

Link to We are water protectors by Carole Lindstrom in the Catalog

2021 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to We don't eat our classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins in the Catalog

2021 Winner

Link to After the Fall by Dan Sanitat in the Catalog

Link to Because by Mo Willems in the Catalog

Link to Borrowing bunnies : the surprising true tale of fostering rabbits by Cynthia Lord in the Catalog

Link to The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell in the Catalog

Link to Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson in the Catalog

Link to Game Changers The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome in the Catalog

Link to Ida, Always by Caron Levis in the Catalog

Link to The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau in the Catalog

Link to Jasmine Toguchi, mochi queen by Debbi Michiko Florence in the Catalog

Link to Magic ramen : the story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang in the Catalog

Link to Rescue & Jessica : a life-changing friendship by Jessica Kensky in the Catalog

Link to Seashells More Than a Home by Melissa Stewart in the Catalog

Link to Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors in the Catalog

Link to The World Is Not a Rectangle A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter in the Catalog

2020 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2020 Winner

2019 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2019 Winner

2018 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2018 Winner

2017 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2017 Winner

2016 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2016 Winner

2015 Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

2015 Winner

2015 was the first year of the Elementary Nutmeg level.

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