Nutmeg Book Award2022

Given by Connecticut Library Association

Other Names: Connecticut's Nutmeg Book Award
45 Works 25,791 Books 1,419 Reviews 4.2
The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. We have lists for four divisions: Elementary show more (grades 2-4), Intermediate (grades 4-6), Teen (grades 7-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL),the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (68), Nominee (769)
Categories:
All, Elementary (150), High School (110), Intermediate (320), Middle School (51), Teen (139)
Years:
All, 2024 (45), 2023 (45), 2022 (45), 2021 (45), 2020 (45), 2019 (45), 2018 (45), 2017 (45), 2016 (45), 2015 (45), 2014 (30), 2013 (20), 2012 (20), 2011 (20), 2010 (20), 2009 (20), 2008 (20), 2007 (20), 2006 (20), 2005 (10), 2004 (10), 2003 (10), 2002 (10), 2001 (10), 2000 (10), 1999 (10), 1998 (10), 1997 (10), 1996 (10), 1995 (10), 1994 (10), 1993 (10)

Winner 4

WorkCategoryYear
InvestiGators by John Patrick GreenElementary2022
Sadie by Courtney SummersHigh School2022
Wink by Rob HarrellIntermediate2022
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingMiddle School2022

Nominee 45

WorkCategoryYear
InvestiGators by John Patrick GreenElementary2022
The Undefeated by Kwame AlexanderElementary2022
CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew BrockingtonElementary2022
Superlative Birds by Leslie BulionElementary2022
Meet Yasmin! by Saadia FaruqiElementary2022
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti HarrisonElementary2022
Megabat by Anna HumphreyElementary2022
We Are Water Protectors by Carole LindstromElementary2022
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj MuhammadElementary2022
Seeds Move! by Robin PageElementary2022
Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen PotterElementary2022
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel QuinteroElementary2022
Dinosaur Lady by Linda SkeersElementary2022
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia SotomayorElementary2022
Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel ThomasElementary2022
Sadie by Courtney SummersHigh School2022
Solo by Kwame AlexanderHigh School2022
Grimoire Noir by Vera GreenteaHigh School2022
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererHigh School2022
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramHigh School2022
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben PhilippeHigh School2022
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysHigh School2022
When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. SteigerHigh School2022
Cosmoknights by Hannah TemplerHigh School2022
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca ZappiaHigh School2022
Wink by Rob HarrellIntermediate2022
Sanity & Tallulah by Molly BrooksIntermediate2022
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan GemeinhartIntermediate2022
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex GinoIntermediate2022
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos HernandezIntermediate2022
Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee LucidoIntermediate2022
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole PanteleakosIntermediate2022
Clean Getaway by Nic StoneIntermediate2022
Cog by Greg Van EekhoutIntermediate2022
Harbor Me by Jacqueline WoodsonIntermediate2022
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingMiddle School2022
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann BradenMiddle School2022
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo CartayaMiddle School2022
Pet by Akwaeke EmeziMiddle School2022
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart GibbsMiddle School2022
Snapdragon by Kat LeyhMiddle School2022
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame MbaliaMiddle School2022
Good Enough: A Novel by Jen Petro-RoyMiddle School2022
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. PérezMiddle School2022
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. WilliamsMiddle School2022

Descriptions

The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. We have lists for four divisions: Elementary (grades 2-4), Intermediate (grades 4-6), Teen (grades 7-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL),the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations. (English, Member-written)
Connecticut's childrens choice award. (English, Member-written)

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