Massachusetts Childrens’ Book Awards List 2025-26

This page has links to the physical copies of these books that you can put on hold and pick up at the Nevins Library. If you are looking for an eBook copy of these books, most of them are available on the Libby App (and some of them have Audiobooks available there too), you can find links to them on our MCBA 2025-26 List of Books in Libby list.

Willodeen
by Katherine Applegate

610L

Just Roll with It
by Veronica Agarwal

GN370L

The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet
by Jake Maia Arlow

770L

Duel
by Jessixa Bagley

420L

Simon Sort of Says
by Erin Bow

N/A

Wrath of the Rain God
by Karla Arenas Valenti

N/A

The Mona Lisa Vanishes
by Nicholas Day

780L

The Eyes and the Impossible
by Dave Eggers

790L

The Probability of Everything
by Sarah Everett

N/A

Max in the House of Spies
by Adam Gidwitz

680L

Swim Team
by Johnnie Christmas

N/A

Lion of the Sky
by Ritu Hemnani

N/A

Wrecker
by Carl Hiaasen

810L

The Secret Language of Birds
by Lynne Kelly

720L

We Are Big Time
by Hena Khan

GN320L

Attack of the Black Rectangles
by A. S. King

710L

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
by Beth Lincoln

810L

Medusa: The Myth of Monsters
by Katherine Marsh

N/A

Lo and Behold
by Wendy Mass

HL420L

Telephone of the Tree
by Alison McGhee

660L

Aniana Del Mar Jumps In
by Jasminne Mendez

NP (Non-Prose)

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
by Chanel Miller

850L

Four Eyes
by Rex Ogle

GN280L

The Wrong Way Home
by Kate O’Shaughnessy

640L

Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms
by Jamar J Perry

N/A

Hidden Truths
by Elly Swartz

HL600L