Ladybug Nominees 2021

Based on votes from New Hampshire's library community we have chosen The Ladybug Picture Book Award nominees for the 2021 Ladybug Picture Book Award. New Hampshire children, from preschool to third grade, will select the winning picture book when they vote in November 2021. The deadline for sending in votes will be Friday, December 17, 2021 at 4:30pm. Voting materials will be posted on the Ladybug web page by the end of July. 

 
The 2021 nominees for the Ladybug Picture Book Award are:

• I am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes  and Gordon C. James
• Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and Vashti Harrison 
• Hike by Pete Oswald
• If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall 
• Lift by Minh Lê and Dan Santat           
• Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich    
• Outside In by  Deborah Underwood and Cindy Derby
• Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor
• Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry and Juana Martinez-Neal
• We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade