The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is unique because kids get to choose the winner! Each year an expert panel--teachers, librarians, parents--creates a list of 25 books to compete for the award. Kids in grades 4-6 across the state get to vote for their favorite if they read at least five nominees.
The winner of the 2019 Massachusetts Children's Book Award is:
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen The MCBA nominees for the 2018-2019 award were:
- Anderson, J.D. (2016). Ms. Bixby’s Last Day.
- Arnold, E. (2017). A Boy Called Bat.
- Barnett, M. (2015). The Terrible Two.
- Blabey, A. (2016). The Bad Guys #1.
- Chad, J. (2016). Science Comics: Volcanoes.
- Connor, L. (2016). All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook.
- DiCamillo, K. (2016). Raymie Nightingale.
- Dinerstein, E. (2016). What Elephants Know.
- Dumas, F. (2016). It Ain’t so Awful, Falafel.
- Gannon, N. (2017). The Doldrums.
- Gidwitz, A. (2016). The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog.
- Grimes, N. (2017). One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance.
- Hahn, M. D. (2016). Took: A Ghost Story.
- Hale, N. (2015). The Underground Abductor.
- Kelly, J. (2015). The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate.
- Lord, C. (2015). A Handful of Stars.
- Martin, A.M. (2014). Rain Reign.
- Nielsen, J.A. (2015). A Night Divided.
- Pennypacker, S. (2016). Waylon! One Awesome Thing.
- Ponti, J. (2016). Framed: A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery.
- Reynolds, J. (2016). Ghost.
- Rhodes, J.P. (2016). Towers Falling.
- Shovan, L. (2016). The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary.
- Tavares, M. (2015). Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues.
- Wolk, L. (2016). Wolf Hollow.
The 2017-2018 winner was The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. (Click here to see the rest of last year's list.) |
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