2025 Wilde Awards for the Littles

Simple stories related to everyday events interject humor and build to the more complex and imaginative in books for preschoolers to early grade elementary kiddos.

A SCRUB IN THE TUB, Jan Thomas (Beach Lane)
LITTLE FREDDIE TWO PANTS: THE DOG WITH TOO MANY PANTS, Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins (Philomel)
DON’T TRUST FISH, Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat (Beach Lane)
A SNOWY DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE, written by Philip Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead (Roaring Brook)
AGGIE AND THE GHOST, Matthew Forsythe (Simon and Schuster)
THE MOON MOVED IN, Sue Soltis, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez (Chronicle)
CAT NAP, Brian Lies (Greenwillow)

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