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Barnes & Noble First Annual Children’s & YA Book Awards

B&N Book Awards. Children's & YA Shortlist

Picture Book Shortlist

These titles spark the imaginations of our youngest readers and combine exciting visual storytelling with fun ways to learn and develop.

Young Readers Shortlist

Magic, myth, and real-life choices appeal to our independent readers in a wide-ranging shortlist of high-quality books.

YA Shortlist

Hard-hitting plotlines and complex characterization reflect the mature and intelligent publishing emerging for teens.

B&N Reads

An Essential Reading List for Growing Up From Rebecca Stead, Author of The List of Things That Will Not Change

BN Editors

Making Memories With Food and Opinionated Toddlers: An Exclusive Guest Post (and Recipe!) From J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Author of Every Night Is Pizza Night

BN Editors

The Magic of the Road: Five Questions for Cleo Wade, Author of What the Road Said

Kat Sarfas

Come celebrate the very first Barnes & Noble Children’s and YA Book Awards with us! Discover and celebrate the best works in Children’s publishing. Our Children’s and YA Book Awards categories include Best Picture Books, Best Young Reader Books, and Best YA Books. For books that spark the imaginations of our very youngest readers, our Picture Books shortlist combines exciting visual storytelling with fun ways to learn and develop. For books that appeal to our independent readers through magic, myth, and real-life choices we have our Best Young Reader Books. Lastly, we have the Best YA Book Awards for books that reflect increasingly mature and intelligent publishing, with hard-hitting plotlines and complex characterization that encourages and uplifts. If you’re interested in expanding your children's or teen’s libraries with the best books, check out Barnes & Noble Children’s and YA Book Awards Shortlist.