Favorites Awards
The books on the annual FAVORITES lists are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!
The Children’s, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Teacher, and Librarian FAVORITES Awards are the most diverse and vibrant book lists anywhere.
The ILA and CBC co-coordinated the Choices program since 1974. The program was paused in 2020 and now the CBC has agreed to run the program in full. We are grateful to the ILA for their years of work in making these lists a go-to resource for educators, librarians, and caregivers.
Each year, young people from Kindergarten to 12th grade, teachers, and librarians across 50 states read newly-published children’s and YA books and vote for the ones they like best. 80 review teams across the country work so that kids and educators read and select books. These Favorites Award lists, selected from hundreds of titles submitted by publishers, can be counted as books children, young adults, teachers, and librarians really enjoy reading!
DOWNLOADABLE 2024 FAVORITES AWARD LISTS
- 2024 Children’s Favorites Awards:
- 2024 Young Adult Favorites Awards:
- 2024 Teacher Favorites Awards:
- 2024 Librarian Favorites Awards:
SPREADSHEETS OF WINNING TITLES
- 2024 Children’s and Young Adult Favorites Awards spreadsheets (K-12TH)
- 2024 Teacher Favorites Award spreadsheets (K-12TH)
- 2024 Librarian Favorites Award spreadsheets (K-12TH)
SEALS FOR WINNING TITLES
If your book title was selected as part of the 2024 Favorites Awards, download your winning seal here to put on your jacket or website:
- 2024 Children’s Favorites Awards seal
- 2024 Young Adult Favorites Award seal
- 2024 Teacher Favorites Award seal
- 2024 Librarian Favorites Award seal
PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS
SEARCHABLE WINNING TITLES
- Favorites Awards CBC searchable book lists — for all years
PAST YEARS WINNING TITLES
- 2023 Favorite Awards PDF — for all groups and grades
- 2023 Favorite Awards spreadsheet — for all groups and grades
View the lists when they were known as Children’s Choices, Young Adults’ Choices, and Teacher’s Choices.
Publishers: Learn more about submitting titles to this list from past submission guidelines. Email Sommer.Wissner@cbcbooks.org with questions.