2026 Young Adult Non Fiction Honor Awards

A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out

by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura
Random House Studio 

Great Apes: Protecting Our Animal Cousins

by Christopher Gudgeon
Orca Book Publishers

Saving Our Stugeon: Protecting Wisconsin’s Ancient Fish

by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Speaking on Climate: A Guide to Speechwriting for a Better Future

by Rune Kier Nielsen
Lerner Publishing Group