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Nutmeg Books for Children and Teens

Nutmeg Book Award
The Nutmeg Book Award is a program that allows kids to vote on their favorite books and authors. A list of 10 books (15 at the elementary level) is selected by a committee of students, school librarians, and public librarians around the state. When the list is announced on May 1 of each year, children from around the state read the nominees and vote the following April for their favorite. This is the only Connecticut state award where KIDS make the final decision.
2020 Nutmeg Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Nutmeg Awards!
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Elementary
A Boy Called Bat
Elana K. Arnold
Intermediate
Ban This Book
Alan Gratz
Middle School
Posted
John David Anderson
High School
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
2021 Nutmeg Nominees
The 2021 Nutmeg nominees were announced on May 1, 2020. Below is the list of nominees in each category.
Most of the titles below are available to borrow as downloadable e-books and audio books through the Hoopla and Overdrive links on our library website. Get started reading now!!
Elementary (Grades 2-3, click HERE for flyer)
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
Because Score by Mo Willems (author)
Performance by Amber Ren (illustrator)
Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits
by Cynthia Lord
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Ida, Always by Caron Levis
The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau
Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuko Ando by Andrea Wang
Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes
Seashells: More than a Home by Melissa Stewart
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors
The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
by Jeanette Winter
Intermediate (grades 4-6, click HERE for flyer)
Framed! by James Ponti
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
The New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie
Restart by Gordon Korman
We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
Middle School (grades 7-8, click HERE for flyer)
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
The New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
High School (grades 9-12, click HERE for flyer)
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin