Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by ASE (8 Lists)



Bear Island by Matthew Cordell
2022 Mock Caldecott List
143 books — 66 voters
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Picture Books About Fish
125 books — 32 voters

The Undefeated by Kwame AlexanderGoing Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling LyonsCarl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah FreedmanSea Glass Summer by Michelle HoutsThere Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach
2020 Mock Caldecott List
109 books — 95 voters
Let's Have a Dog Party by Mikela PrevostThe Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross BurachNot Your Nest! by Gideon StererAngry Cookie by Laura DockrillOne Is a Piñata by Roseanne Thong
2019 EB
50 books — 2 voters

Does It Fart? by Nick CarusoGo Show the World by Wab KinewThe Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce SidmanCamp Panda by Catherine ThimmeshThey Call Me Güero by David Bowles
2019 JNF and Comics
47 books — 3 voters
Patina by Jason ReynoldsThe Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick HarrisMerci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg MedinaFlora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamilloAre You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken? by Kelly Jones
2019 JFIC
52 books — 2 voters

Sarai and the Around the World Fair by Sarai GonzálezMeet Yasmin! by Saadia FaruqiJasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko FlorenceJasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper by Debbi Michiko FlorenceJasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl by Debbi Michiko Florence
2019 EZ
55 books — 1 voter
Fox the Tiger by Corey R. TaborTiger vs. Nightmare by Emily TetriAdventures of Otto by David MilgrimSee Pip Flap by David MilgrimHarold & Hog Pretend For Real! by Dan Santat
2019 ICR List
50 books — 3 voters