Ladybug Finalists for 2025

Based on two rounds of voting by New Hampshire's library community, we have chosen The Ladybug Picture Book Award finalists for the 2025 Ladybug Picture Book Award. New Hampshire children, from preschool to third grade, will select the winning picture book when they vote in November 2025. The deadline for sending in votes will be Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 11:30 pm. Voting materials will be posted on the Ladybug web page in June and a voting guide will be released around Labor Day. 

 The 2025 nominees for the Ladybug Picture Book Award are:

• The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
• The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly
• Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb and Erin Kraan
• Flat Cat by Tara Lazar and Pete Oswald
• I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff and Julie Kwon
• Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin
• No Cats in the Library by Lauren Emmons
• We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
• The Yellow Bus by Loren Long