Ladybug Book Award (grades K-3)

The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children’s picture books. A committee of children’s librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles each spring. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year.

2021 Winner

2020-21 Nominee List

Click an underlined title below to access a copy in e-book format through NH Downloadables.

Born to Ride: A Story about Bicycle Face by Larissa Thule, illustrated by Kelsey Garrity-Riley

Crunch, The Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

Fix That Clock by Kurt Cyrus

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler

Saturday by Oge Mora

Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep by Eric Barclay

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, illustrated by Vashti Harrison

There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach

Truman by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Ladybug Bedtime Stories read by Miss Amanda on Facebook

Can I Be Your Dog? (2020 Winner!) by Troy Cummings

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, ill. by Vashti Harrison

Fix That Clock by Kurt Cyrus

Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, ill. by Juana Martinez-Neal

Truman by Jean Reidy

There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach