Ladybug Finalists for 2026

Based on two rounds of voting by New Hampshire's library community, we have chosen The Ladybug Picture Book Award finalists for the 2026 Ladybug Picture Book Award. New Hampshire children, from preschool to fourth grade, will select the winning picture book when they vote in November 2026. The deadline for sending in votes will be Sunday, December 20, 2026 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 2026 nominees for the Ladybug Picture Book Award are: 

• Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe
• Broken by X. Fang
• Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor
• The Day the Books Disappeared by Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Dan Santat
• Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat
• If I Built a Town by Chris Van Dusen
• The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood and LeUyen Pham 
• Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale From a Little Cave by Drew Beckmeyer
• The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown