Nutmeg Book Award2024

Given by Connecticut Library Association

Other Names: Connecticut's Nutmeg Book Award
45 Works 17,617 Books 820 Reviews 4.3
The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. We have lists for four divisions: Elementary show more (grades 2-4), Intermediate (grades 4-6), Teen (grades 7-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL),the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (68), Nominee (769)
Categories:
All, Elementary (150), High School (110), Intermediate (320), Middle School (51), Teen (139)
Years:
All, 2024 (45), 2023 (45), 2022 (45), 2021 (45), 2020 (45), 2019 (45), 2018 (45), 2017 (45), 2016 (45), 2015 (45), 2014 (30), 2013 (20), 2012 (20), 2011 (20), 2010 (20), 2009 (20), 2008 (20), 2007 (20), 2006 (20), 2005 (10), 2004 (10), 2003 (10), 2002 (10), 2001 (10), 2000 (10), 1999 (10), 1998 (10), 1997 (10), 1996 (10), 1995 (10), 1994 (10), 1993 (10)

Nominee 45

WorkCategoryYear
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything (Inspiring Activism and Diversity Book About Children with Special Needs) by Annette Bay PimentelElementary2024
Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew CordellElementary2024
Dear Earth…From Your Friends in Room 5 by Erin DealeyElementary2024
It Fell from the Sky by Terry FanElementary2024
How to Find a Fox by Kate GardnerElementary2024
The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom GauldElementary2024
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker HarveyElementary2024
Wind Riders #1: Rescue on Turtle Beach by Jen MarlinElementary2024
Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McAnultyElementary2024
The Fastest Girl on Earth! Meet Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Driver! by Dean RobbinsElementary2024
Sir Ladybug (Sir Ladybug, 1) by Corey R. TaborElementary2024
Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowElementary2024
The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship by Kim TomsicElementary2024
Sugar in Milk by Thrity UmrigarElementary2024
Mellybean and the Giant Monster by Mike WhiteElementary2024
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyHigh School2024
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty CulleyHigh School2024
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez GillilandHigh School2024
Raybearer by Jordan IfuekoHigh School2024
The Bridge by Bill KonigsbergHigh School2024
Heroine by Mindy McGinnisHigh School2024
Heartstopper: Volume 1 by Alice OsemanHigh School2024
Girls Like Us by Randi PinkHigh School2024
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn SolomonHigh School2024
In the Wild Light by Jeff ZentnerHigh School2024
Raising Lumie by Joan BauerIntermediate2024
Scritch Scratch: A Ghost Story by Lindsay CurrieIntermediate2024
Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie EscabasseIntermediate2024
The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda FoodyIntermediate2024
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. HolmIntermediate2024
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah KapitIntermediate2024
American as Paneer Pie by Supriya KelkarIntermediate2024
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-PhillipsIntermediate2024
Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie SorosiakIntermediate2024
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew SwansonIntermediate2024
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna AlkafMiddle School2024
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. AlstonMiddle School2024
Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles) by John David AndersonMiddle School2024
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyMiddle School2024
Swim Team by Johnnie ChristmasMiddle School2024
Dress Coded by Carrie FirestoneMiddle School2024
Spin by Lamar GilesMiddle School2024
Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold) by Varian JohnsonMiddle School2024
Ana on the Edge by A. J. SassMiddle School2024
Other Words for Home by Jasmine WargaMiddle School2024

Descriptions

The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. We have lists for four divisions: Elementary (grades 2-4), Intermediate (grades 4-6), Teen (grades 7-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL),the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations. (English, Member-written)
Connecticut's childrens choice award. (English, Member-written)

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